On the election campaign trail with Nick Clegg

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg walks through Waterloo train station

Clegg walks through Waterloo station to catch a train to Southampton
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg and Vince Cable on a train to Southampton

Clegg and the Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor, Vince Cable, on the train
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg on a train to Southampton

Clegg reflects during the journey to Southampton
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg addresses supporters outside the Southampton General hospital

Clegg addresses supporters outside Southampton General hospital
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg adjusts an earpiece at Southampton General hospital

Clegg adjusts his earpiece as he meets the public in Southampton
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg talks to his spin doctor

Clegg takes a moment to talk to a spin doctor
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg and his team travel on his campaign bus from Southampton

Clegg and his team travel on his campaign bus from Southampton to Bournemouth
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg about to address the Royal College of Nursing conference

Clegg walks towards the stage to address the Royal College of Nursing conference in Bournemouth
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nurses applaud as Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg

Nurses applaud as the Lib Dem leader speaks
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg addresses the Royal College of Nursing conference at BIC

Clegg waves to the audience at the Royal College of Nursing conference
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg and his aide Mike Girling arrive at The Work Foundation

28 April: Clegg and aide Mike Girling arrive at the Work Foundation in Westminster, where the Lib Dems hold their news conferences
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg prepares to record a message at The Work Foundation

Clegg and Zena Elmharouki prepare to record an interview for Operation Black Vote at the Work Foundation
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaign with Nick Clegg: ick Clegg with his election campaigns director Jon Oates on his battle bus

Clegg with his election campaigns director Jon Oates on his battlebus on the way to Oxford
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg speaks to journalists on his battle bus on the way to Oxford

Clegg speaks to journalists as his battlebus heads for Oxford
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg is interviewed at Oxford Brookes University

A journalist interviews Clegg at Oxford Brookes University
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Clegg shakes hands with a student at Oxford Brookes University

Clegg shakes hands with a student at Oxford Brookes University
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg shakes the hand of Maya Black at South Birmingham College

29 April: Clegg shakes hands with Maya Black, who gave him some tough questions at South Birmingham College
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaign with Nick Clegg: Nick Clegg summons students to stand with him at South Birmingham College

Clegg summons students to stand with him at South Birmingham College during a campaign visit
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg greets journalists and Michael Atherton on the campaign bus

Journalists including Michael Atherton (right) with Clegg on his battlebus
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Students from the University of Birmingham watch the third election debate

Students from the University of Birmingham brave the rain to watch the third televised election debate on a big screen set up by the BBC on a rugby field
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg wears a garland at De Montfort University

30 April: The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, wears a garland after talking to students at De Montfort University in Leicester
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Supporters at a rally at Leicester University

Lib Dem supporters at a rally at Leicester University
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: A woman takes a photo on a mobile phone at De Montfort University

A woman takes a photo on her mobile phone at a Lib Dem rally at De Montfort University in Leicester
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg inspects a clock at the Smith of Derby clock factory in Derby

Clegg inspects a clock face destined for Woolwich Arsenal at the Smith of Derby clock factory in Derby
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg makes a speech outside the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Clegg makes a speech to the media and supporters outside the Crucible theatre in Sheffield
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg is interviewed by the Guardian in the back of his battle bus

Clegg is interviewed by the Guardian in the back of his battlebus
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Campaigning with Clegg: Nick Clegg addresses the audience at the World Snooker Championships

Clegg addresses the audience at the Betfred.com World Snooker Championships at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield
Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

On the election campaign trail with Nick Clegg – part one