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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However, huts can earn their keep; if you own one, it can<br />
usually be rented out for up to £60 a day in spring/summer.<br />
Tempted by a temporary stay? Find huts to hire by the day<br />
at Beach-Huts.com (beach-huts.com) or contact local<br />
authorities. Sleeping in a traditional hut is a rare treat due to<br />
local authority legislation, but lots of coastal accommodation<br />
has the same vibe. Shaldon Beach Hut in south Devon is the<br />
real deal, with high-end finishes and stunning views, from<br />
£130 a night. (quirkyaccom.com/shaldon-beach-hut-1)<br />
There’s a trend for hotels and restaurants to open their<br />
own beach huts. In Whitstable, the Hotel Continental<br />
has converted fishermen’s huts, from £85 a night<br />
(whitstablefishermanshuts.com). In Devon, spa hotel Cary<br />
Arms offers beach huts on Babbacombe beach, from £269<br />
a night. The luxuriously designed Beach Hut Suites at<br />
The Beachcroft Hotel, Felpham, West Sussex, are right by<br />
the sea, and breakfast is delivered, all from £250 a night.<br />
(beachcroftbeachhuts.co.uk)<br />
PICTURED ABOVE: INTERIOR AND<br />
EXTERIOR OF BEACHCROFT BEACH<br />
HUTS, WEST SUSSEX; ALL OTHER IMAGES<br />
BOURNEMOUTH BEACH HUT<br />
(© BOURNEMOUTH,CHRISTCHURCH &<br />
POOLE TOURISM). MAIN IMAGE: FAMILIES<br />
ENJOYING THE BEACH AT WHITLEY BAY, TYNE<br />
AND WEAR (© SOLSTOCK)<br />
Some enterprising local authorities, such as Bournemouth,<br />
have created a new beach hut/beach house hybrid,<br />
Bournemouth Beach Lodges (bournemouthbeachlodges.<br />
co.uk), one of which is wheelchair-accessible, from £325 for<br />
four nights, and Beach Pods at Boscombe, designed by Wayne<br />
and Gerardine Hemingway.<br />
These modern beachside bases, housed in the Overstrand<br />
building, which is also home to showers, a restaurant, surf<br />
shop and school, cost from £145 a week. You can’t stay<br />
overnight, but the pods have electricity, kitchenette and<br />
original artwork.<br />
Whether you buy, rent, hire or borrow, the beach hut is a<br />
stalwart of the great <strong>British</strong> seaside with no signs of waning in<br />
popularity, enabling us to enjoy being by the sea, whatever the<br />
weather, for generations to come. u<br />
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