On the election campaign trail with Nick Clegg – part one

27 April: Clegg arrives at the BBC TV Centre for a Radio 5 Live phone-in with Nicky Campbell Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk Clegg prepares his speech to the Royal College of Nursing as he waits to go on air Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk Clegg puts on headphones prior to his Radio 5 Live phone-in Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk Clegg walks through Waterloo station to catch a train to Southampton Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Clegg and the Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor, Vince Cable, on the train Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk Clegg reflects during the journey to Southampton Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk Clegg addresses supporters outside Southampton General hospital Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk Clegg adjusts his earpiece as he meets the public in Southampton Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Clegg takes a moment to talk to a spin doctor Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Clegg and his team travel on his campaign bus from Southampton to Bournemouth Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk Clegg walks towards the stage to address the Royal College of Nursing conference in Bournemouth Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk Nurses applaud as the Lib Dem leader speaks Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk Clegg waves to the audience at the Royal College of Nursing conference Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk Clegg and Zena Elmharouki prepare to record an interview for Operation Black Vote at the Work Foundation Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk Clegg with his election campaigns director Jon Oates on his battlebus on the way to Oxford Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Clegg speaks to journalists as his battlebus heads for Oxford Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk A journalist interviews Clegg at Oxford Brookes University Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk Clegg shakes hands with a student at Oxford Brookes University Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk 29 April: Clegg shakes hands with Maya Black, who gave him some tough questions at South Birmingham College Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Clegg summons students to stand with him at South Birmingham College during a campaign visit Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Journalists including Michael Atherton (right) with Clegg on his battlebus Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: guardian.co.uk Lib Dem supporters at a rally at Leicester University Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: guardian.co.uk Clegg inspects a clock face destined for Woolwich Arsenal at the Smith of Derby clock factory in Derby Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Clegg makes a speech to the media and supporters outside the Crucible theatre in Sheffield Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Clegg is interviewed by the Guardian in the back of his battlebus Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Clegg addresses the audience at the Betfred.com World Snooker Championships at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk