With the excitement of a new year now behind us, it is only right that we start looking ahead to the next source of excitement, the next adventure for us to dive into. Travel often fills that gulf after the festivities of the holiday season, as days brighten and warm weather starts to beckon once again. This summer would be the perfect opportunity to explore the South of England, with all its rural charm and wild magnificence. But why might you consider this?
Why?
For one, keeping your holiday plans within the British Isles can be a great way to keep your travel costs down. Package holidays have gotten prohibitively expensive for the average family in the UK, making summer holiday plans a little harder to put together.
Instead of forking out the big bucks for travel abroad, though, you could instead focus on the amazing places you could visit a little closer to home. The South contains multitudes, including phenomenal swathes of indisputably beautiful natural landscapes. These are sublime places, and bucket-list destinations in their own right.
How?
There are many ways to conduct a domestic holiday, from urban weekends in city centre aparthotels to quiet holidays in cottage bed and breakfasts. However, if you want to make the most of the natural wonders available to you in the south of England, there is hardly a better way to do so than travelling – and sleeping – by campervan.
This kind of holiday travel invites a number of preliminary considerations; you’ll need motorhome insurance, for one, as well as pre-travel mechanical checks and enough money for fuel. You’ll also need to think carefully about fuelling yourself, with a well-stocked pantry for your trip. With this trifling matters sorted, though, you can be sure to enjoy the complete freedom of a road trip – and see the best of the south as you go. But where should you go?
Where?
The Cotswolds is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty situated west of Oxford, and a large region at that. Within its hundreds upon hundreds of square miles of beautiful countryside, there are idyllic villages and unspoiled wildlands alike; these amazing places are all connected by snaking B-roads, which provide unparalleled access to views of rolling hills. This is a road-tripping mecca.
Dorset
Dorset is a county situated on the southern coast of England, and even larger than the Cotswolds. It has a great many unique selling points, but is undeniably a draw for its place on the Jurassic Coast – an amazing stretch of southern coastline featuring edifying natural rock formations and an abundance of palaeolithic fossils.
Norfolk
Norfolk sits atop England’s eastern ‘hump’, and bears the brunt of the difficult weather provided by the North Sea. It is an uncompromising area, but one no less beautiful for its cutting winds. The coastal town of Cromer offers access to astonishing seaside – and some of the best seafood you will find this side of the Mediterranean.
