By the time you read this, the Quarrybank in Timperley will have re-opened after a major refurbishment. The pub closed at the start of June with it's Bloomsbury Lane location turned into a building site for three weeks.
Meanwhile, there have also been changes at Sale's The Moorside. Most striking is the changes to the outside area where the formerly open plan patio adjacent to the car park has been remodelled with individual tables segregated from each other by partitions to create what are almost alcoves in an outside area. The partitioning has also been carried on inside.
Travellers on Church Road in Sale will have noticed that the long closed and decaying Wagon & Horse was finally demolished in early June.
The Greyhound in Ashley has re-opened after an extended period of closure.
Sad news in Altrincham where it has been announced that the team of Chris Clish and Gabby Burns-Smith are to return The Orange Tree to owners Enterprise Inns. While the pub has been busier than it has been for many years, they duo have reluctantly concluded that their simply isn't enough trade to keep the pub on. With their track record of success at The Beech Inn, the fear has to be that if this team can't make the pub pay, where will Enterprise find a team who can? Hopefully they will put it on the market at a fair price and give somebody the chance to run it as a free house.