The warm weather this week takes me back to a famous phrase once said by one of this city’s numerous gobby frontmen: ‘Manchester’s got everything except a beach’.
A catchy line taken into the hearts of many who see it as a commendation of all that this place has to offer, even though it’s missing one big summer staple. Indeed, that phrase once adorned the walls of M.E.N. towers.
But fresh from a trip to take in the sights of our Merseyside neighbours - and one sun-soaked (read: heavily sun-creamed) day on the sand later - I’d go one step further.
