Hikes and kisses: how Britons holiday at home – in pictures

As quarantine rules and coronavirus fears jeopardised trips abroad, photographer Alex McBride sought out the Britons exploring their own isles

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With summer drawing to a close, people across the country are looking back through their holiday photos feeling perhaps a little less rested than they had done in previous years. Mercurial changes in the government’s travel corridor list have caused lots of holidaymakers to repatriate prematurely to UK shores in an effort to avoid quarantine restrictions. Many more chose not to leave the UK at all, and in July there was an 87% slump in demand for European flights compared with the same month last year.