The lockdown has now eased to allow overnight stays. Hotels have opened up. Pubs are allowed to have indoor drinkers. Attractions and cinemas can re-open with limited numbers. However, the Spring weather has been shocking. Hospitality has had a slow re-emergence from the long hibernation. The most hardy and desperate of drinkers must have winced about sitting outside in the cold and damp just to savour a pint. There have been plenty with sun on their minds, who have been hankering after a trip to one of the "Green" list countries. Portugal has won hands down. Iceland and others in permissible territory apparently haven't captured the public imagination. We are at the Outlaws. The NEPSR is looking more December than May. The wind is blowing, the clouds threaten and the temperature has hit the highs of
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