If you love plants, you’ll adore Kew. If you just sort of like plants but really like gentle walks and nice views, you’ll probably adore it too.

Like many places in and around London, tickets to Hampton Court Palace feel a little overpriced. But Liz and I enjoyed our most recent visit enough that we were still glad to have gone, despite our wallets being a bit lighter than they were at the start of the day.

I said that it was important to push myself to take on certain anxieties at a pace I can manage. On reflection, changing our destination has made less of a difference than taking longer to prepare for our next big holiday and being a bit more mindful about following our own advice.

Box Hill is great for tourists who want to see some English countryside without having to go for a lengthy hike, or for those staying in London for only a few days who want to see some English countryside in the morning and still have time to do something else later in the day.

This is a guide to help you to decide whether to take a guided tour of the Gorges du Verdon, or Verdon Gorge.

When you know that what you're reading has been written by real people, you can have a bit more trust that we believe what we're telling you. If the cost of that is seeing some of our tragic attempts at humour that an AI might know better than to try, I hope it’s worth it.