I had to go in to Manchester today and decided to “Park & Ride” and  take the Tram to beat the congestion on the roads. It made a pleasant change.

As the Tram trundled over the bridge across the Irwell, from Salford to Manchester I was rewarded with a rare view of the urban lanscape stretching out below me.

Many of the old disused mill buildings and warehouses have been converted into a plethora of loft apartments and studios. Many house small businesses and design studios and through the sheets of glass which separate these environments from the greater one beyond I could see people going about their daily work and play.

These historic buildings which once housed thousand of mill and factory workers decades or even centuries ago are now home to sophisticated urbanites manipulating computer screens or T.V remote controls.

Surrounding the older buildings are new structures, fantastic edifices of glass and steel stretching their limbs to the steel grey sky.

I could feel the ebb and flow of time.