There is something lovely about returning to a hotel you already know. You can put aside some of those questions that tend to accompany travelling as a wheelchair user and look forward to enjoying yourself. Will I feel welcome? Will people listen? And, just as importantly, will Tip receive the welcome he clearly believes he deserves? My third visit to Treehouse Hotel Manchester brought a very happy answer. Both of us were made most welcome, and I was delighted to discover tha

Liverpool gave me a bracing welcome. The sort that blows away the cobwebs, rearranges your hair and makes you question whether you should have brought another layer. But beside the Mersey, with that great sweep of water and the waterfront stretching ahead, I was already pleased I had come. There is something exhilarating about being beside a river this broad. It opens up the city, giving you room to breathe, look around and imagine all the journeys that have begun here. My ow