Manchester Craft Beer Tour – a quality Saturday afternoon

Manchester Craft Beer Tour – a quality Saturday afternoon One of the gifts that my wife and I received last Christmas from our Daughter and Son in Law was tickets for two for the Craft Beer Tour Manchester. The information that was provided with the gift was that tickets were valid for twelve months and […]

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Manchester Airport – it’s always worth a visit (and coffee).

Manchester Airport – it’s always worth a visit (and coffee). We don’t visit the viewing area at Manchester Airport often, but when we do we have always enjoyed our time there, and it’s a terrific place to take children. On this occasion we took our youngest grandson  (he’s three years old) and for the price […]

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City centre Manchester and visiting the Castlefield Viaduct.

City centre Manchester and visiting the Castlefield Viaduct. Manchester really is a great city to visit, whether it’s to see something specific or just to wander round. The last time I posted was back in December when we had taken the bus into the centre and enjoyed a wander and a bite to eat (you […]

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Wandering around central Manchester – December picture post

Wandering around central Manchester – December picture post Just a very short picture post from a recent wander around central Manchester and the Christmas markets. I wouldn’t really say I’m the biggest fan of the Christmas markets. In some respects, I sort of think when you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all which I know […]

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Manchester city centre on the road out of lockdown

About this blog post With just over a week to go before the next stage of lockdown restrictions are eased and shops and non essential retailers begin to open their doors, my wife and I decided that we would take a morning drive into central Manchester to take a look around before the crowds return. […]

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