Quick escapes
Sunday morning in high August. All around, the neighbours are beginning their car cleaning ritual (must be 10am), or trimming their borders or power-hosing their driveways. Suddenly, you’re seized by the need to escape.
You jump into your jeans, knock up a sandwich, brew a flask of coffee and head for the station. Thirty minutes on a bobbing train later, and you’re stepping out onto a deserted rural platform, pushing open the squeaking gate and immersing yourself in a wide open skyscape of rolling moorland.
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It’s amazing how quickly you can find yourself in the heart of England’s countryside. And to prove it, here are some great 60 minute (or under) escapes.
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