Walk along the pretty tree-lined avenues of Bowdon on any morning of the week, and it is a hive of activity.
Joggers pound the pavements and dog walkers are out in force, many heading down to the village's popular public park Denzell Gardens and the Devisdale.
To get there, you wander past the huge white-washed mansions and modern glass-fronted palaces that are a signature of this part of Greater Manchester - which is by some margin the region's most-expensive village to live.
