As many of our dog-owning editors can attest (myself included) not all dog-friendly hotels in the UK are made equal. While some offer only a sole (and often squirrelled away) dog-friendly room for tiny pooches only, others treat four-legged family members of all sizes and breeds like VIP guests in their own right. Based on our own travels with furry friends in tow, the hotels
Thanks to increased solar activity, combined with clearer winter skies and longer hours of darkness, there have already been numerous reports of sightings throughout January across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England. In light of this, travel specialists Japan-101 have analysed 100 UK towns and cities to identify the best locations for viewing the phenomenon. Each was scored out of 100 based on artificial light levels, air pollution and cloud cover, and totalled to determine an index score out of 100.
Rolling up to one of the UK's best lakeside Airbnbs means mornings peering through the windows as mist rises over the surface, afternoon calm punctuated only by the splash of a rowboat's paddle, and evenings nursing wine glasses as light fades over gently rippling waters. Truly, we're spoiled here in the UK - our little country has a glut of idyllic regions in every nook and cranny and, within them, a wonderful selection of lakeside Airbnbs offering restoration
In words immortalised by noughties pop icon Natasha Beddingfield, "I want to run with the wild horses." Of course, in the song, the horses act as a metaphor for unbridled freedom and joy, and, in any case, where would we find a harras of horses just meandering the open plains in the UK? If this were a film, we would cut to a wide shot of a car driving the undulating roads of the New Forest, miles of woodland stretching out
Born and raised in the U.K., I spent most of my childhood venturing into London on school trips or braving the five-hour train journey along the coast to visit family. School holidays would roll around, and we'd find ourselves traveling to Ireland and Greece but never really road-tripping much around the U.K. That's always how it seems to go: You never know what you have until it's gone.