Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg meet the voters

Lattes all round … Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah in a coffee shop in Kirkcaldy Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Brown courts the younger vote Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Kirkcaldy again: Brown with baby Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk Balloons, buggies and Browns Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk "And I trust we can count on your vote in the election, sir?" Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk The PM stops off at a street in Lochgelly. The duo in lilac may well have some questions on stamp duty for later Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk Gordon stops for a bit Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk Jokes! Photograph: Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk Proud parents snap Amy, 8, and her friend Gordon, 59 Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk Just call me Dave … Conservative party leader David Cameron acts, like, totally natural in a hardware store in Cheam Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk Browsing through children's books in Cheam Photograph: Pool/Pool Photograph: Pool/guardian.co.uk Cameron at a greengrocer's in Cheam, Surrey Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk Cameron turning his back on the yellows. Should the Lib Dems take that as a portentous sign? Photograph: Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Conservative leader shares a joke as he waits for his change Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk Nick Clegg and his wife, Miriam, help build a dry stone wall at Whirlow Hall farm Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Photograph: Chris Radburn/guardian.co.uk Jeans, gloves and beatific grins are essential when dry-stone walling in Sheffield Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters Photograph: Darren Staples/guardian.co.uk Miriam González Durantez adds a touch of glamour to the world of dry stone walling Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Photograph: Chris Radburn/guardian.co.uk Well, if you can build a dry stone wall, convincing the electorate of Great Britain that your party represents a credible alternative should be a walk in the park Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters Photograph: Darren Staples/guardian.co.uk Nick Clegg and Miriam survey the (political) landscape Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters Photograph: Darren Staples/guardian.co.uk 11 April: A resident looks out as Prime Minister Gordon Brown stands on a balcony during a visit to newly built flats in London Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/guardian.co.uk Conservative Party leader David Cameron joins Sir Ian Botham on his latest charity walk in Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk Liberal Democrats Party Leader Nick Clegg and Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable put the finishing touches to the party election manifesto at Mr Clegg's Putney home Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PA Photograph: Ian Nicholson/guardian.co.uk Nick Griffin MEP, the leader of the BNP canvasses for support in Dagenham Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk A British citizen living overseas holds a pamphlet promoting the Conservative party as she chats with a worker from the Conservatives Abroad organisation in Madrid Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Photograph: Jasper Juinen/guardian.co.uk The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, talks to Labour activists after he outlined the party's election manifesto in Walthamstow, London Photograph: Richard Pohle/PA Photograph: Richard Pohle/guardian.co.uk