Worshipping the sun gods in Piccadilly Gardens

The wonderfully hot weather with days of summer temperatures in March has seen all of us city centre workers making sure we take a lunch break and walk, eat, snooze, read or socialise in the sunshine. Personally I know many quieter, nicer places in the city centre to do this than the concrete horror and churned grass of Piccadilly Gardens, but I'm not letting on where they are...

Oh, go on then, maybe I will. Within the city centre there's greenery and pleasant scenery to be found at Parsonage Gardens,  St. John's Gardens, the banks of the Irwell, the Roman fort at Castlefield, many stretches of the canals, the greenery around the Vimto Statue and UMIST grounds to name a few. 

As you may have already read, from yesterday I am also a guest blogger at Smitten by Britain . My future guest posts there will appear once a month and feature aspects of some of my favourite places around England and Wales.

Advance notice: With the City Daily Photo Blog portal currently out of action, Julie of Sydney Eye has created a page where participants in the April 1st theme (Cobblestones) can register their posts on a linky. See CDPB theme day .