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Destinations told one at a time, each with the trip that goes with it — ready to make your own.

Wide open spaces

The North Coast 500, the great loop round the north of Scotland

An 830-kilometre loop from Inverness, through the mountains of the west coast, the beaches of the north and the cliffs of Caithness. Nine days on roads that are often single-track, at the pace of the passing places.

United Kingdom Summer

Wide open spaces

The West Highlands, from Glasgow to Inverness

Six days from Glasgow to Inverness on the great road through the west of Scotland. Lochs, Rannoch Moor, Glencoe, the Road to the Isles and castles by the water.

United Kingdom Spring

Coast and islands

Cornwall, from Tintagel to Land’s End

Granite cliffs, fishing harbours, mines on the edge of the Atlantic and Tintagel Castle. A week on a loop from Exeter, by way of Dartmoor, to Land’s End and the Lizard.

United Kingdom Spring

Heritage and culture

The Cotswolds, from Blenheim to Castle Combe

Villages of honey-coloured stone, churches paid for by wool and roads between dry-stone walls and sheep. A five-day loop from Oxford, from Blenheim Palace to Castle Combe.

United Kingdom Spring

Wide open spaces

The Lake District, from Windermere to Ullswater

Lakes at the bottom of glacial valleys, single-track passes and villages of grey stone, in the north-west of England. A five-day loop from Kendal, in the country of Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter.

United Kingdom Spring

Coast and islands

Wales, from Pembrokeshire to Eryri

Medieval castles, a coast of cliffs and beaches, mountains where people speak Welsh. Eight days from Cardiff to Conwy, through the Brecon Beacons, Pembrokeshire, Cardigan Bay and Eryri.

United Kingdom Summer

Wide open spaces

The Jurassic Coast, from Exmouth to Studland

On England’s south coast, red, then golden, then white cliffs show 185 million years of the Earth’s history. This trip follows them over five days, from Exmouth in Devon to Studland in Dorset.

United Kingdom Spring