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Dear Grahame,

I write with reference to your letter dated 24th June 2010. It stats that work would occur "from the 30mph limit at Macclesfield for a distance of 500 metres towards Buxton".

I received your letter and didn't pay much attention because the ONLY 30mph limit sign on Buxton Road is at Arighi Bianchi. Since we live more than a mile from that sign I considered it would have little impact.

Brilliant parody of how iPhone fan boys approach the buying process.

This has been a frustration for ages with me, I never seemed to locate the answer. Its so simple too!

Simple click cmd + shift + period and you will see all hidden files like .htaccess if you are a web developer.

Thanks to Mac World for the answer.

Located in Langwathby, Penrith, Cumbria, this pleasant homely cafe is a great bolt hole for parents. Good home baked cakes, hearty cooked breakfasts and brews by tge mug are great for the adults.

Toddlers will love the large adjoining room for toddlers equipped with soft play mats, safe toys, chairs and tables. A relaxing experience for weiry parents.

You don't need to visit the Ostrich attraction, there is also a rather good toy shop in the building next door.

The Cat & Fiddle has long been a popular road with bikers. A long campaign to try and reduce the number of casualties has been taken to a new level. There are now 5 average speed cameras along the length of the route which must surely mean it is game over for speeding on this road. 

I've always favoured the plants at High Leigh, reliably good quality and not over priced. The cafe is reasonable and the garden centre is well stocked.

There's added appeal now the narrow gauge railway has opened. Children in prams go free - so make sure your toddler arrives in one!

John Lewis normally succesfully differentiate themselves from other retailers by providing superior customer service without paying a premium. Indeed I can site on more than one occasion where the partnership have provided spectacularly good service way beyond that which I might have anticipated.

Even the Natuonal Trust have an app for that now! It's pretty decent too. Use map and list based searches, location aware and full details of all their properties. What's more you no longer have to lug around their directory in the car. Wonderful stuff, great to see organisations like this unexpectedly innovating.

A weird pairing but happened to watch both these films in 24hrs, both in their own ways left me profoundly respecting the elderley. You can never assume an OAP's life story looking at their frailty now.

Many have lived through harder times and endured far greater suffering than we could imagine. Others have experienced adventures we are not brave to attempt.

This morning an elderley neighbour I had never spoken with before walked slowly and weirily along the street as I opened my car.

On face value the new cafe at Trentham Gardens adjacent to the play area is outwardly pleasing, architecturally striking and provides a potentially better environment than the rather pre fabriacted predecessor.

Due to it's vicinity to the play area the majority of the clientele are parents with kids.