Went to see Bob Dylan in Manchester last week and had the best time. Of course, most of the joy in seeing Bob live is knowing that you are in the presence of a legend. Even though his voice is shot, his band were very good – nothing disappointed but the highlights for me were: I'll be your baby tonight and Highway 61. We'd been anxious before we arrived because our tickets didn't seem to be too good being, right at the side of the stage. They turned out to be the best seats for that gig. Bob as usual did not face the audience but stood sideways behind his little piano facing us directly – the rest of the arena faded away and we enjoyed a very intimate show aimed at our block of about 200 people.

I've never spent any time in Manchester before. I will definitely go back there, it is a great city with a lovely friendly vibe. This was probably helped by the vividly sunny and intensely cold day making it feel not at all English. We spent most of the day eating and keeping warm which, is easy to do in Manchester – so much to explore and if you like Chinese food it's heaven. The picture is of Yally on the big wheel we went on before lunch. I took it with my telephone because I forgot to take my camera.