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...

AUGUST 2011 - UNFORTUNATELY FRUITCAKE HAS STOPPED TRADING   I was intrigued when Fruitcake was recommended to me as a cafŽ designed absolutely with parents and children in mind. Situated next to Alderley Edge's main high street, Fruitcake is enormous, which on a Saturday lunchti...