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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK

Escape the city: three daycation itineraries that deliver a healing dose of nature

Collage: RM Williams boots; a hiker admiring the view; a winding village lane in the Peak District
Pull your boots on and head out into nature. Composite: R.M.Williams/Alamy

Who among us doesn’t want (OK, need) a holiday right now? The frenetic, freefall towards Christmas takes so much out of us, and then we find ourselves under the eternally blank skies of January and February – it’s no wonder we might feel a little flat. Happily, there’s a solution that delivers and doesn’t require using up a week of annual leave.

Enter the daycation, the utterly genius but often overlooked fix that involves taking just one day out of your busy schedule and filling it with enough calm, serenity, and yes, fun, to offer a huge dose of “aaaaand breathe …”.

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