Beat the holiday blues... With our days out ideas
As many people return from their summer breaks, Brits feel that their working lives are monotonous according to results of a new survey we conducted with over 2,000 adults.
Wellbeing expert Dr Nick Baylis said: “Staying in the summer holiday mood as we plunge into September is a challenge. Just because you’re back at work doesn’t mean you should abandon the rhythm of your holiday altogether. If you’ve enjoyed an activity such as visiting an art gallery or a museum during your holiday, try to incorporate this within regular ‘daycations’ back home.”
Our research shows that 82% of people feel better when they’ve been on a day trip, and 69% feel happier when they’ve got something to look forward to.
Transform your free time and get the holiday feeling back with these top ‘daycation’ ideas:
• Cycle along Herefordshire’s cider trail, starting from Pembridge or Ledbury, learning how to make it, as well as drink it! End the day with a visit to the ‘other Hampton Court’ (offering 2 for 1 entry) with its original garden walls and canals and avenues through the beautiful new flower gardens.
• Spend a day taking in the sights of England’s most dramatic and stunning waterfalls along the Ingleton Waterfalls trail through the Yorkshire Dales.
• Make a holiday out of your lunch hour by taking in an art gallery or walking through a leafy park. If you’re in Liverpool, head to the Newz Bar where the permanent installation of eight ceiling panels, ‘Some Liverpool Radicals’ by artist David Jacques, will teach you a thing or two about Liverpool’s fascinating history.
• Take a canoe ride at dawn with Thames River adventures. Leave the office drama behind and spend your lunch hour at Fleet street’s Lunchbox theatre where you’ll see a condensed version of a classic play. If you’re hoping for more of a thrill, spend the afternoon exploring the Thames as James Bond would, on a speedboat with London RIB voyages.
• Try an ‘evecation’ by going on Lincoln’s notorious ghost walk, taking in Lincoln cathedral with its headless sculptures, the thrice haunted Greestone steps and archway and the ‘sad room’ at the famous White Hart Hotel.
