British Travel Journal | Summer 2020
As we went to print with our last issue never could we have imagined a world in which travel would be completely stopped in its tracks. Never again will we take for granted our freedom to visit our magnificent cityscapes, captivating coastlines and peaceful countryside. It has been a difficult year for the hospitality and travel sector, but as this issue of British Travel Journal shows many are beginning to reopen, delighted to welcome back visitors and guests once more. We speak to these resilient hoteliers, destination managers, and others in the UK tourism industry about how they have responded to COVID-19. Our Cultural Agenda takes on a new direction, exchanging theatre performances for outdoor art, sculptures and natural wonders. And, in a time when remote locations are being sought after, all you need to know about wild (and nearly wild) camping is covered in our Sustainable Travel series. If camping isn’t for you, help is at hand to find the perfect holiday home in our 10 of the Best Self-Catering Properties. If you’re dreaming of strolls along the shore, fresh sea air and gently lapping waves, then you will love our coastal specials; Revival of the Beach Hut, England’s Coast, Wild Swimming and Secret Islands. Enjoy a taste of Cornwall in our Interview with Rick Stein before heading to the beach workshop of wooden bellyboards in our Meet the Maker: Wave Rider article with Dick Pearce. Finally, thank you to all our subscribers for your support, keeping our spirits high with words of encouragement and understanding the unusual delay in receiving this issue. Together we continued to dream of the extraordinary places we can explore, staying inspired with online and digital features, and hopefully by the time of reading this issue our next great adventures will have become reality.Travel safely, and together we will continue to support our wonderful tourism industry.
As we went to print with our last issue never could we have imagined a world in which travel would be completely stopped in its tracks. Never again will we take for granted our freedom to visit our magnificent cityscapes, captivating coastlines and peaceful countryside. It has been a difficult year for the hospitality and travel sector, but as this issue of British Travel Journal shows many are beginning to reopen, delighted to welcome back visitors and guests once more. We speak to these resilient hoteliers, destination managers, and others in the UK tourism industry about how they have responded to COVID-19. Our Cultural Agenda takes on a new direction, exchanging theatre performances for outdoor art, sculptures and natural wonders. And, in a time when remote locations are being sought after, all you need to know about wild (and nearly wild) camping is covered in our Sustainable Travel series. If camping isn’t for you, help is at hand to find the perfect holiday home in our 10 of the Best Self-Catering Properties. If you’re dreaming of strolls along the shore, fresh sea air and gently lapping waves, then you will love our coastal specials; Revival of the Beach Hut, England’s Coast, Wild Swimming and Secret Islands. Enjoy a taste of Cornwall in our Interview with Rick Stein before heading to the beach workshop of wooden bellyboards in our Meet the Maker: Wave Rider article with Dick Pearce. Finally, thank you to all our subscribers for your support, keeping our spirits high with words of encouragement and understanding the unusual delay in receiving this issue. Together we continued to dream of the extraordinary places we can explore, staying inspired with online and digital features, and hopefully by the time of reading this issue our next great adventures will have become reality.Travel safely, and together we will continue to support our wonderful tourism industry.
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CONTENTS<br />
SUMMER <strong>2020</strong> | ISSUE 06<br />
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C O M P E T I T I O N<br />
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WIN A LUXURY<br />
TWO NIGHT<br />
STAY IN PADSTOW...<br />
Courtesy of Rick Stein we are<br />
offering one lucky winner,<br />
and their guest, two nights’<br />
accommodation at St Petroc’s,<br />
a three-course dinner at<br />
The Seafood Restaurant and<br />
a one-day course at Rick<br />
Stein’s award-winning Cookery<br />
School in Padstow.<br />
IMAGE (P34) ©VISITBRITAIN/ANDREW PICKETT<br />
JOTTINGS<br />
09<br />
11<br />
TRAVEL NEWS<br />
A look at what’s new and travel<br />
noteworthy in the <strong>British</strong> Isles<br />
CULTURAL AGENDA<br />
Outdoor art, monuments, exhibitions and<br />
museums to visit after lockdown<br />
39 HEALTH<br />
Keep your mind and body feeling well<br />
with our unmissable selection of healthy travel<br />
destinations and gadgets<br />
10 OF THE BEST SELF-<br />
40 CATERING PROPERTIES<br />
Find your perfect holiday home from our<br />
selection of some of the UK's finest properties,<br />
available from self-catering travel specialists<br />
FEATURES<br />
20<br />
SMALL ISLAND, BIG HEART<br />
Discover how this incredible nation has<br />
responded to one of its toughest challenges<br />
STILL WINES RUN DEEP<br />
28 English still wine used to be the poor<br />
relation but it’s fast catching up its sparkling sister<br />
SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL<br />
34 In this issue we cover wild (and nearly<br />
wild) camping. Discover remote camping places<br />
doing their utmost to tread lightly on the planet<br />
REVIVAL OF THE BEACH HUT<br />
46 As much part of the great <strong>British</strong><br />
seaside as piers and Punch & Judy – we look at<br />
how a simple seaside storage shed became a<br />
covetable coastal property<br />
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