TRAVEL OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
HIDDEN GEMS
We’re all looking forward to getting back on the road, and Marcus Leach is planning to seek out some of the UK’s glorious treasures, just waiting to be explored
Right now, although many of us are clinging to the hope that we will be able to ‘leave the island’ at some stage this year, the safe, and dare I say it, sensible, bet is to be planning a trip somewhere in the UK.
This is by no means a bad thing; after all, we are blessed with truly stunning locations within our shores and (not wanting to tempt fate) some glorious weather at certain times of the year.
Over the past weeks and months (we lost count a long time ago), during which time we have been confined to the four walls of home, we have, like many others, been dreaming up all manner of trips to enjoy once we are allowed to tour again.
We’re eager to explore some of those little pockets of ‘home’ that we have either overlooked, or simply been unaware of until now. Much of our planning for these trips has been focused on places that might not be quite so familiar.
It’s not that we have anything against the Lakes, the Peaks, Cornwall or the Cairngorms, or any other well-known destinations throughout the UK – it’s just that we are determined to discover some new, hitherto-hidden gems.