With the weather improving and the cost of living situation set to continue, some may be looking to cut costs from their day trips in the countryside.
So why not take a picnic instead of eating out? After all, there is one beauty spot in Northumberland which has just been named one of the top places to have a picnic in the UK - and it's within easy reach of Newcastle, Hexham and Hadrian's Wall.
Plankey Mill, which is on the National Trust's Allen Banks to Staward Gorge walk just off the A69 in West Northumberland, has come second in a survey of the UK's top picnic spots, beaten only by Loch an Eilein in the Cairngorms National Park.
