Quick backstory if you don’t know our story. June 2016 – visited Croatia on holiday (Zadar). Loved it. July 2016 – saw a house online for sale in Istria, northern Croatia. Flew out on impulse, loved it. August 2016 – put our West Didsbury house 0n the market and made an offer on the Istria […]
Having lived in Didsbury for a very long time, we know a lot about Eleven Didsbury Park and its sister hotel, Didsbury House. We’ve stayed at Didsbury House previously and have attended weddings there, and it really, really does have the wow factor. On this trip, we were also attending a wedding in Didsbury and […]
West Didsbury has become a real Manchester hot-spot, and if you’re visiting the region, you’d do well to get to know some of the mainly independent eateries along Burton Road, Lapwing Lane and not forgetting Nell Lane. Before a recent relocation to slightly sunnier climes, we lived in West Didsbury for nearly twenty years and […]
Many of you will be aware that we are no longer in Manchester, having relocated recently to Istria. It’s been a bit of a blast to to be honest – new house, new environment, hot weather (although only recently!) and generally a bit of a surreal feel of being on an extended holiday. But in […]
We love a bit of history. And although we’re not saying it’s like Rome, it’s nice to have a little bit of proper history, right in the centre of Manchester. And history that goes back to Roman days at that… According to Wikipedia: The fort was built around AD 79; it was built as part of […]
We like to travel a lot and make the most of getting to know places we travel to. We used to know Manchester – our home city – a lot better than we do now. A combination of running our own business (and therefore not being very good at switching off), often being away, […]
Last year I blogged about a trying to get a flight back from Malaga to Manchester (in October) and finding it cheaper to actually fly to Gatwick, pick up a hire & drop this back off at Manchester Airport the next day. I put this down to bad, last minute planning on my behalf, but […]
January in Manchester is usually a pretty dull affair, weather-wise – which is one of the reasons we escaped to Morocco on 1st Jan. We tend to have grey, overcast skies, rain, more rain and more rain. So, when we get the merest hint of a bit of snow, Instagram goes crazy 😉 Those of […]
“Certainly Manchester is the most wonderful city of modem times.“ From “Coningsby” by Benjamin Disraeli, 1844. And how very, very true. A city which never stops changing and growing and developing, but always beautiful. A city which easily mixes different architectural styles, with crumbling remnants of the past, still sitting alongside brand new glass structures. […]
As beautiful as the iconic L.S.Lowry paintings of Salford are, thankfully it’s no longer quite this grim up north. Wonder what Lowry would make of the regeneration of Salford Quays? Planning a visit to Salford, Media City or Manchester? Check out The Lowry Hotel located on the banks of the River Irwell in the Chapel […]