Manchester Blog

It was a pleasant surprise to find that The Manchester Blog was awarded “Blog of The Week” by Sarah Hartley over at the Manchester Evening News.

It’s always nice to be reviewed and even better to get a few compliments too.

The review appeared on the Manchester Evening News web site and was also printed in the Saturday edition of the MEN.

And there’s been a little spike in traffic as a result. Nothing amazing but it’s interesting to see where the traffic comes from. Some is from Sarah’s electronic review whilst other traffic comes from other Manchester blogs.

So thanks Sarah and thanks to Paul Robinson her colleague over at the Mancunion Way blog for picking Manchester Blog.

The Friends of Clayton Park held a “Fun Day” for kids at Clayton Park and Clayton Hall. And the weather was lovely and sunny.

Maybe that’s why they got less people than they did last year. Perhaps everyone had the urge, lemming-like, to leap into their cars and rush for the seaside, or Blackpool.

Whatever the reason a much increased and roomier event was not as busy as last years.

And that was a great shame because the really popular obstacle course was longer and more interesting. The crafts kids could take part in were more extensive. Of course the bouncy castle and slides were also there for kids to go on.

And to round it all off the Fire Brigade turned up to show interested children around and let them see what was in a fire engine.

The event also had a rather nice little cafe, set next to Clayton Hall where I went for a relaxing cup of tea.

For the next event I’ll provide a few weeks warning through a blog posting so you’ll know to go along.

The next event at Clayton Vale - a completely different location but run by some of the same friends - is the Halloween Howler. Nearly 2,000 people came for a scary walk through the Vale last year. And again I’ll give you a few weeks notice so you can polish up your pitchfork and lantern.

Today has been like a monsoon. The rain has descended on us like it wants to make up for the sun giving us some glorious days over the last few weeks.

During this afternoon we had some pretty spectacular thunder and lightning and I thought about worrying whether it might strike the cables going into the computer. Then I thought, hey I’ve got surge protection!

Anyway, after several hours of drowning the garden the weather cleared to provide us with a nice rainbow.

The picture you see to the right was taken from my office window.

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