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 £5 note gains you entry to the large piece of grassy land adjacent to the runway at Manchester Airport that is always full of people with binoculars. It is somewhere I'd often wondered about as my plane came into land at the airport.   Summer 2009 saw the Aviation Viewing Park re-open...

Just outside Bramhall village near Cheadle Hulme, Bramall Hall Park is 70 acres of breathtaking parkland surrounding one of Cheshire's grandest black and white timber-framed buildings. There is a pay and display car park, 70p for one hour, £1 for two hours, but entrance to the parkland is free...