Manchester Blog

Yes folks, it’s that time of year again when thoughts turn to racing ducks.
Once again Clayton Vale plays host to a fiercely contested duck race where the ducks are dropped off the bridge near the Clayton Vale visitors centre and sent down the river to be captured further along.
The event is on tomorrow [...]

Clayton Vale played host to a fun run today. Diane Modhal, the Auckland Commonwealth Games 800 metre gold medal winner had a hectic weekend as she kindly started the Clayton Vale Fun Run.
The course wasn’t that hard and anyone who’s walked around the famed Clayton Vale Halloween Howler event would have had little [...]

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 [...]

This post is well overdue as the Quacky Races I’m talking about were over a couple of weeks ago when Manchester was basking in unusually clement and sunny weather. The event was held at Clayton Vale a pleasantly landscaped and reclaimed council rubbish tip from decades ago.
The Friends of Clayton Vale had [...]

An Award and a Halloween event with the Friends of Clayton Vale