Craik Forest

Part and parcel of staycationing in the UK is dealing with weather which doesn’t always play along with your plans. We visited Northumberland at the end of May last year, when you’d expect spring to…

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Cove

I can’t believe how fast the time is flying – we’re very nearly into Spring already! I can’t wait for Winter to go back to being a distant memory – while we get the odd…

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The Wallace Monument

It’s a long drive up from Yorkshire to Scotland, and every time we drive north we plan in at least one stop where we can stretch our legs and take the dogs for a short…

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Easter Weekend in the Scottish Borders

Bank holiday weekends are a great opportunity for a quick mini break without using any precious days of annual leave. However, with the boom in the UK staycation industry since the start of the pandemic,…

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The Grey Mare’s Tail

The Grey Mare’s Tail is somewhere I’d wanted to visit for at least 3 years. Just a bit too far away to be day trip-able, we’d planned to stop there on our way up to…

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