Bolton - Twinned with Belfast in the 1980's

Rain and more rain followed by rain. Well we were heading up North - off to Bolton to see James do a half Ironman. So there I was packing in drizzle at 7:30 am then through lots of rain on the run.

We had a quick stop at Rugby services to swap drivers - they were actually quite nice and well worth using again. The weather was also improving a bit as we went North West. We were there by 1:00 so a decent run never the less.

As to Bolton ? The area the Air B&B and the roads into the event location reminded me of Belfast in the 1980's - looking at the number of flags on the lamp posts. No wonder they call it 'Dangerous Corner'. 

All it needed was a Bobby Sands mural. Turned out we were on the edge of the Makerfield constituency - as we were reminded by the 'Vote Andy for Us' signs scattered around.

I looked it up - the last time I went to Bolton it was in January 2010 with work to see the Council with KCOM. I took the train that time to save the carbon. I (well the company) spent £350 on that.