Hundreds of people across Greater Manchester have been battling the elements to get their Covid booster jabs.
It comes after the Prime Minister announced that all adults will get a third vaccination by the end of the month as the country faces a 'tidal wave' of new coronavirus variant Omicron.
The Manchester Evening News went to one vaccination centre in South Manchester - at the Whalley Range Tennis and Cricket Club - where people were waiting up to two hours for their vaccine.
We found James Cooke queuing up with his 19-year-old daughter Natasha.
It's only since Boris Johnson's latest announcement that she's been able to get her booster.
"I'm an old git so I've already had mine," James said.
But the 53-year-old was there to keep his daughter company during the long two-hour wait - and to hold the umbrella.
When we spoke to them, they had already been waiting for around 40 minutes - but they didn't seem to mind too much.
"It's great to see such a good queue," James said.
"They're getting through a huge number of people."
Josh Wheeler shared the same sentiment.
"I was quite glad, for the first time, to see big queues. It's drizzly and miserable but it's worth it," he said.
"I work in a university and I have a lot of interaction with students and other members of staff," said John Willis.
He says that those working in education are 'a little bit more vulnerable' - and sees it as his responsibility to get the booster as soon as he can to protect himself and those around him.
Linda Atkin is from Newcastle-under-Lyme and was taking the opportunity to get her booster jab in Manchester whilst visiting her daughter.
She said that in her home in Stoke-on-Trent she'd have to travel for 45 minutes for her booster jab - and that she wasn't due to get her vaccination until January anyway.
"I just came to see my daughter - and she worries about me," the 66-year-old said.
Michael Mannion, like many of the other people in the queue, has been able to take time off work to get his vaccine.
He's got an important meeting coming up - in person - and getting the jab now is a tactical move - in case he needs time to recover from it.
Another person in the queue, Andrea - who got her booster in Whalley Range this morning - was really impressed with the staff at the centre.
"They were very efficient and got people in and out quickly. Staff were sparse as they obviously didn't have much notice but the ones who were there were friendly," she said.
The vaccination centre at the Whalley Range Tennis and Cricket Club started telling people to stop joining the queue at 2.30pm - but those with appointment were able to go along up until when the centre closed at 5pm.
