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...

A favourite of ours pre-children, we decided to return to Dukes with our three-year-old in tow. For those who don’t know it, Dukes 92 is located in a fabulous spot in the Castle- field area of central Manchester at the meeting point of the Bridgewater and Rochdale canals – in fact it tak...

This Grade II listed country inn in Mobberley came highly recommended and following my visit, justly so. Having booked in advance, which we did easily enough on the day, we turned up with two rather irate and hungry children.   Our waitress was wonderful; on seeing that our original table was...