I can't help wondering if those two fellows weren't traveling to
Manchester for a particular reason.
Which can be found in the last sentence of the linked article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686661/posts
Good eye!!!
"I can't help wondering if those two fellows weren't traveling to Manchester for a particular reason."
Because that's where they live? This was a return journey, they weren't making a trip to Manchester, they were returning to there.