4 to 8 April 2026 - Easter Week in Timperley

Saturday saw us parkrunning, with no photos for either this week or last week, but the results are here for 28 March (Sue: 30:29 running with Owen, Martin: 33:15), and here (Sue: 25:03, Martin:33:09) for 4 April.

On Saturday night we were treated by Richard and Jenny to a performance by their friends who go by the name of The Gelatos. The venue was Matt & Phred's in Manchester, and the performance was excellent. They have a Facebook page here, and the AI overview is as follows:

The Gelatos are a high-energy jazz quartet specializing in 1940s/50s swing, jump jazz, and Italian-themed classics. Known for performances at venues like Matt & Phred's, their lineup generally includes Peter Riley (vocals/bass), Siena Lloyd (sax/clarinet/vocals) and Bex Hughes (piano/vocals). They also have a drummer who wasn't in the line up tonight.

 

The pictures are self explanatory.

On Monday Sue and I enjoyed a 5km walk from home. The foliage on the trees in De Quincey park is blossoming...

Monday evening found us at Eagley Jazz Club, for a performance by the New Orleans Joys.

Here's the flier:

The band members are all well known to the jazz fraternity and with such an impressive lineup of musicians, they can't fail to please!  

Richard Slater (Trombone), Howard Worthington (Bass),  Brian Woods (Drums),  Andy Wallace (Tenor sax and clarinet),  Malcolm Horne (Banjo and guitar) and the brilliant Andy Henderson (Trumpet), depping for Dave Pogson, who is out of action following an accident.  

On Tuesday Sue enjoyed an outing to 'Jump Heaven'. I joined them for lunch in a garden centre.

"That baked potato with cheese and beans was very tasty!"

Wednesday was great grandma Dot's birthday. 101. So we took some lunch - her favourite sausage butties, and found that my nephew Toby was already there with his children, Bea and Rupert. There was cake. A vaccuum cleaner was needed. A friendly cat joined the celebrations.

No pictures from that I'm afraid, but I did take one of St Margaret's - en route to Dot's, where Sue was ringing a complex chime as part of the Easter programme.

That brings us up to date. 

We are looking forward to Stage 8 of the GM Ringway Trail tomorrow. See here.

Some readers may recall an encounter with a 'SPUNCH' event on 30 December last year (see here).

There is a similar event on Wednesday 15 April based less than 1km from our house, so we've enrolled for the two hour version, aiming to start around 4:15pm. See here for entries.

We have also entered the Mike Dunne memorial 10K at Wythenshawe on May 3rd. I ran many times with Mike before he succumbed to cancer. It's only £20 to enter, and the money goes to charity. See here.

We were planning to enter the Altrincham 10K on 6 September, but it's a rather exorbitant £40. If  six people enter there's a 20% discount...