Heather – Yes, the weather holds us back in the UK sadly. Making wkend plans in advance can always go horribly wrong. Good to make the most of the time between taking that main holiday in the sun though. Perhaps if we used our UK-based wkends more wisely, we’d probably still be gagging for sunshine, but we’d be in less desperate need of ‘a break’.

Alice – Can be odd to be revisiting your own hometown/county/country with fresh eyes, but a great position to be in too – ie once you start becoming aware and not taking things for granted. Enjoy the Moors!

I’d be taking long leisurely extended lunches with my friends and family al fresco if I could do it without three fleeces and an anorak.

I can’t tell you the number of times my sister in law, just back from the family week in Cornwall has vowed through gritted teeth that next year she’s definitely going somewhere HOT.

We learned our lesson long ago – main holidays in a warm climate and the odd camping or sightseeing weekend in between, when we always pack our down duvet and usually come back a day early because of the rain.

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