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...

Gusto is a modern Italian restaurant offering more than just pasta and pizza. We arrived for an early lunch and although the waitress was very friendly and helpful, service was a bit slow and with three children it needed to be quicker. They were all easily distracted with pretty comprehensive activ...

The Anderton Boat Lift in Cheshire is a spectacular feat of Victorian engineering and was the first of its kind in the world when it was built in 1875. It's a 50-foot vertical link between two waterways - the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal.   It's hard to describe and do it justi...