With a couple of hours to spare, we took the little ones over to Bean and Brush Cafe in Sale. Unsure of exactly where we were going we parked in the M&S car park, perfect, except it’s a maximum of an hour and a very efficient car parking attendant is on standby. So perhaps try the Tesco&r...

I’d heard pretty horrendous stories about the queues at Legoland despite the facility to pre-book tickets, so in an attempt to avoid this, we decided to go on a school training day. We looked on their website beforehand for the best ticket prices and thus my husband and eldest son booked onlin...

I was recommended Zest by my mother-in-law, a local to the area with very discerning tastes. While my husband walked the dog round the adjacent Doffcocker Lodge (a small local nature reserve) on a rainy afternoon, I took the children in for a snack.   The food is sourced locally and absolutel...