Ditch the Passport & visit the UK!
With the delay at the passport office
at the moment I thought now would be a perfect time to reblog one of my
favourite posts. Holidaying in the UK! I think with the allure of sandy beaches
& hot sunshine & of course a ferry or plane trip we have forgotten the
beauties out home country offers us.
We have recently just come back from
an amazing holiday with our boys. It has beaten every trip we’ve ever had
including 5 star in South Africa, the French Rivera, New York, you name it! We
spent an idyllic 7 days building dams, floating boats, exploring tropical and
hidden gardens and playing it and out of the sea. So where did we go? Cornwall,
England! That’s right 3 hours in the car down the road (and the odd motorway)
With over 32 million visitors coming
to England on holiday we must be doing something right and I have to say I
agree with them. Why cope with a stressful flight (it is with my two!) and head
to a country where if you have kids you have to pack for every emergency in
case they don’t sell what you’re looking for or battle (unless you’re fluent
that is) with the language or idioms.
Holidaying in the UK be it in a
caravan, tent, hotel or self catering has become increasingly popular in the
last couple of years. Is it because we have so much to offer? While you can’t
guarantee the weather you can choose from spending a week in a boutique hotel
in the city, a log cabin by the lakes, a farm or cottage by the sea!
We choose a particular farm where the
boys can feed the animals every morning after breakfast and we can spend the
day doing two or more activities without having the stress of car travel. For
example mothering Sunday we spent exploring a tropical garden (Heligan –
definitely worth a visit!) and then in the afternoon on the beach chasing boats
down little streams and round rock pools followed by a meal at a lovely child
friendly hotel. We went to stately homes, boat rides around private
islands, steam train trips, surfing the waves, boutique restaurants and
babbling brooks and all I have to say an a small budget!
There is not just the convenience
side of it to consider but also the economic side? Yes you’ll save a great deal
on emissions but what about the tourism side if you don’t use British
transport? Well 4/5s of the UK tourism industry (£74 billion!) actually comes
in from abroad. And the weather? Well we were incredibly lucky this week after
all it was the first week of April but as climate change occurs experts are
predicting that such cheap getaway places like the Costa de sol will in half a
decade or so become too hot for us!
So why not support our tourism and
stay in a castle in Scotland or a log cabin by the lakes, a cottage by the sea
and explore the wonders our country has to offer before it gets to over run!
We have ventured all over the UK
enjoying its dramatic scenes, long sandy beaches, rocky caves, old villages
& cities and the history through out. Why not just this once forgo the long
hours at a busy airport or a tedious trip on a ferry & an hours wait to get
off the other side and head off some where new?
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