[quote ceeveebee]@RedToothBrush I am in Trafford and have been tracking the recent rise too. I had wondered if if was lateral flow testing of students being misallocated again but numbers of LFTs not showing that. Proximity to Wales makes some sense, but also there are many people in Trafford and Cheshire who do a lot of travelling / commuting to London (I myself used to go weekly) even throughout the lockdown (apparently lawyers, accountants, consultants and bankers are exempt from the “wfh if you can” message 
- would not be at all surprised if that has caused some spread.[/quote]
Well yes. London workers living in Cheshire East, Warrington and Trafford are definitely also something in my consciousness too.
But the very same people are the ones popping over to North Wales too.
Its in that demographic that essentially were the ones to bring it back from ski resorts and are more likely to have a uni student in the household.
I'm watching whats happening in Hale Barns again with interest.
They went from less that 3 cases at the beginning of the month to now seeing another massive outbreak.
It's an area that did particularly well during the November lockdown for reducing numbers and is now seeing them skyrocket again. And you cant put that down to bars or restaurants cos its T3 (unless people are skipping over the border) and its typically an area of very high level of homeworking.
So what is going on? Is it high levels of illegal socialising or people more in contact with high incident areas through work? Or going for day trips to NW when they shouldn’t be?
In terms of behaviour and movement it is utterly fascinating.