A New Year heralds a new start – we make New Year resolutions and often we find ourselves setting those same goals as last year… to lose weight, to get fit, to stop smoking, to fulfil dreams…. If you’ve had a bad year, we hope and pray that things will be different, things will be better…
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In 2005, the small coastal town of Crosby on Merseyside was placed well and truly on the map due to a very particular group of residents… 100 of them to be exact. When I first heard of the art project ‘Another Place’ that would see 100 life-size iron men positioned on Crosby Beach so it looked like they…
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I confess I’d never done an official walking tour, having shunned them in favour of my own walking itineraries based on research before visiting a place and suggestions from guide books. When you do your own walks you can go at your own pace and detour off the route when you see anything that intrigues, something you cannot do…
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The Hollies… the Hollies…the Hollies! I’d heard of this famed place from the lips of several friends over the years, but not living that close to it although in the same county, I’d never been. Then this year I ended up driving past the original Hollies at Little Budworth twice when I went to explore…
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Set deep in the heart of the Cheshire countryside, just outside the village of Tattenhall, you’ll find a children’s paradise, in the form of the Cheshire Ice Cream Farm. Not just because of the ice cream on offer, but because the Cheshire Ice Cream Farm is actually one massive play zone… no scrap that, it’s practically…
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Rev that engine, kick back and prepare for an epic ‘edge-of-your-seat’ spectacular! Bat Out Of Hell The Musical returns to Manchester in September 2020 to kick off the UK tour. It swooped in to Manchester originally in 2017 for 6 weeks of gripping high octane adventure before heading to the bright lights of the West End! As…
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As one of the larger villages in Cheshire, Tarporley resides right in the heart of the Cheshire countryside and towards the west of the infamous Cheshire Plain which is a predominantly flat, rural and fertile farming area. It is populated with dairy farms, cow-dotted meadows, pasture and woodlands and broken up by snaking countryside back lanes, the odd black…
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If you’re not lucky enough to live by the sea, I can imagine that you’d want to save your precious days off to visiting a coastal destination during the warmer summer months. But why should the summer months claim all our visits? On a beautifully bright winter’s day the coast can be at its most alluring…
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Haigh Hall and Country Park When I visited Haigh Country Park in Wigan, Lancashire last week, I have to say I was a bit perturbed by all the disruption currently happening at the site. For regular visitors this wouldn’t be off-putting as they would have been aware of the undergoing work, but for newbies like myself: please look…
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Little Moreton Hall is the most perfect moated timber framed manor house in Britain and probably the most famous. It was built bit by bit between the 1440’s and 1580’s and offers free guided tours. However, I recommend just wandering around by yourself which is ideal for engrossing oneself in the structure of the building. You’ll see…
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We are all guilty of being wooed by foreign climbs, spending our holidays travelling abroad, especially in the UK where our unpredictable climate makes us sun-seek. We neglect what’s literally on our doorstep! I’ve always lived in Cheshire and for the most part East Cheshire. I spent lots of holidays travelling to the Lake District or North…
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Walking up to The Halo sculpture involves a short but steep exhilarating walk that packs a punch and features a weird and wonderful sculpture with a superb panoramic view. If you’re visiting the Rossendale valley in Lancashire, or somewhere nearby, I can highly recommend you stop off in Haslingden and check out its quirky flying saucer called The Halo…
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