Free cycling training in Manchester

Hats off to the people over at Bike Right on Ashton New Road who are giving away free bike training to commuters.
The fear of the roads is a huge barrier to increasing cycling for commuting or pootling to the shops - journeys which could easily be done by bike.
Training has to be one of the central tenants of any effort to get more people on two wheels along with better infrastructure and some dry weather.

A dead rainbow, yesterday

There is a positive to all the rain we have here - it has rained every day in Manchester since February 26th 1982 - it enables you to spot obstacles in the road more easily in two distinct ways.
Potholes become more easily identified as they fill up with water and diesel spills (known by children as dead rainbows) reveal themselves in all their colourful slippery grandeur.
So, I'm trying to be positive about the rain as it is the only course of action really.