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Northern Ireland

I was working in London during the IRA campaign starting in the seventies, and thought I might never be able to visit Northern Ireland. However, the opportunity arrived during the ceasefire in the mid-nineties.

I stayed in a small but friendly B & B in Belfast for a few days.

I spent a lot of my time - when not working - just wandering around and felt quite safe - far safer than when I walk around Manchester, a city that always feels threatening to me though I have never experienced trouble there.

I particularly enjoyed strolling round the Palm House Botanic Gardens.

I didn't get the chance to travel outside Belfast, which was a great shame, but hope I'll have the opportunity to return one day.

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