Now usually I’m more an international travel kind of girl, in the last couple of years I’ve cycled around the coast of Taiwan, hiked ancient Lycia and eaten enough Thai street food to feed a small village but after reading about the ‘great British staycation’ and the reasons for its growing popularity I've been thinking about how I haven’t really seen much of the UK and started asking myself if I’d been missing out.

It is not uncommon to head into winter knowing you’re going to miss summer. An awesome autumn long weekend could be exactly what you need to keep the bad-weather blues at bay.