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'The more you travel, the more you forget what’s on your doorstep'

Destinations
Gary Noakes
2 March 2020

I was recently reminded what a great tourist destination the UK is, something easy to forget if your occupation focuses mainly on outbound travel.

Manchester is one of the areas to see an increase in coronavirus cases

It was a timely prompt; the UK’s attractions are something we may all need to refresh our memories of if coronavirus affects foreign holiday plans as much as it has in other parts of the world.


It took a visit to Manchester, of all places, to jog my memory about what the UK has to offer.


It’s been a long time since this soft southerner was there; leaving Piccadilly station, the first pleasant surprise – other cities please note – was a free bus service, one of which went within metres of my hotel. The driver even called me “sir”.