As a travel editor, I’m always asked the same question: what are your favourite countries to visit? I’m met with bated breath as they anticipate my reply, expecting something quirky like Uzbekistan or glitzy like the Maldives. Rarely do they guess that the UK is an immovable fixture on my list of top three destinations in the world.
I didn’t board a plane or sleep in a hotel until I was 17 years old. Instead, my childhood was a flurry of caravan and camping holidays. Yet even after wash-out weeks in wind-swept tents (we’ve paid for…
