Its a burial tomb containing thousands of remains including skulls of our ancestors. The Tomb is entered through a tunnel and trolley (think the Great Escape!) which the kids loved. Once inside, you can see some of the remains which have been placed behind protective glass. There is also a museum where you get hands on with some of the items found in and around the tomb. The view from the tomb is spectacular, as its set next to cliffs overlooking the sea.

Tomb of Eagles, Liddle, St Margarets Hope, Orkney, Scotland, KW17 2RW
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The North Yorks Moors are awash with standing stones, circles, burial mounds and markers from the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. New ones come to light from time to time that have been covered by heather and bracken for hundreds of years, and a walk on these glorious moors reveals a surprise cross or stone at almost every turn.
Some served as markers on the pannier tracks that connected Yorkshire's monasteries, and some are boundary stones - such as the aptly named Fat Betty on the road between Castleton and Rosedale. Two miles inland from Robin Hood’s Bay are the three Bronze Age stones of the Ramsdale Circle. This is an unsurpassable site for a picnic, with a wonderful view of the coast across rolling moorland, which has probably changed little since the stones were erected.

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Docked on the River Thames by Victoria Embankment, this boat has been transformed into a lively bar. With views of the London eye, Big Ben and the River Thames you really feel like you are drinking in the heart of London. On a summer's day sitting up on deck drinking is an excellent place to be while you watch the world go by. A must see if you are out drinking in London.

www.thetattershallcastle.co.uk
Victoria Embankment, Kings Reach, London,
SW1A 2HR
+44 (0) 207 839 6548
Google map: bit.ly/u65iIa

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It's only twenty minutes' walk up a lonely track and there, in a farmer's field is a magical stone circle stone measuring twenty-seven metres across and consisting of 55 irregular monolithic stones. If you love that feeling, as I do, that you are the only person who has ever been there, visit this place.

www.visitcumbria.com/sl/swinside-stone-circle.htm
Google map: bit.ly/ofZjnu

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So many tourists descend on Stonehenge, a bleak, cold setting where you are fenced off from the stones. You would be better off travelling 22 miles north to Avebury. Arrive early on an Autumn or Winter morning when the stones rise out of the mist, touched with frost. Wander freely between the stones, along the Avenue to West Kennet Long Barrow. If you are of a certain age, the memory of 'Children of the Stones' will send a shiver down your spine and, if you are very lucky (as I was on my 40th birthday) you'll meet Avebury resident, stone circle expert and Arch-Drude, Julian Cope.

www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 1RF
+44(0)1672 539250
Google map: bit.ly/nPzaaB

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The North Yorks Moors are awash with standing stones, circles, burial mounds and markers from the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. New ones come to light from time to time that have been covered by heather and bracken for hundreds of years, and a walk on these glorious moors reveals a surprise cross or stone at almost every turn.
Some served as markers on the pannier tracks that connected Yorkshire's monasteries, and some are boundary stones - such as the aptly named Fat Betty on the road between Castleton and Rosedale. Two miles inland from Robin Hood’s Bay are the three Bronze Age stones of the Ramsdale Circle. This is an unsurpassable site for a picnic, with a wonderful view of the coast across rolling moorland, which has probably changed little since the stones were erected.

www.ramsdale.org/megalith.htm
Google map: bit.ly/vioyoG

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Found by the picturesque harbour of Solva, an inlet that fills and drains completely of water, depending on the tide.
The Harbour Inn is a great place to sample Brain's bitter, a creamy, nutty brew. We enjoyed the fish and chips out in the sheltered beer garden and soaked up the last rays of the October sun while admiring the little boats stranded high and dry at low tide.

www.harbourinnsolva.com
31-33 Main Street, Solva, Pembrokeshire SA62 6UT
+44 1437 720 013
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The Boathouse Tearoom is a little National Trust cafe, located by the world's smallest harbour and offering a great selection of hot and cold food to sustain visitors on the half-mile trek to Barafundle Bay. We tried the scones with home-made jam and clotted cream and bought some locally produced honey.

beta.nationaltrust.org.uk/stackpole
Stackpole Quay, Stackpole, SA71 5DE, Wales
+44 1646 672672
Google map: bit.ly/nIN09e

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Often voted the best beach in Britain, Barafundle Bay is definitely worth the walk over the rugged cliffs.
The wide bay is filled with golden sand bordered by dunes at the back and craggy cliffs with rockpools and secret caves on either side. A wonderful place for a picnic, a paddle or a potter in the rockpools.
Visitors can park their cars at Stackpole Quay, have a bite to eat in the National Trust cafe in the boathouse and see the world's smallest harbour, with room for just one boat!

Barafundle Bay, Stackpole Quay, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Google map: bit.ly/p5yNCJ

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Cromwell's Tavern is a friendly local pub, found near the castle in the heart of Pembroke.
It's a great place to try Welsh bitters and admire all the music memorabilia: framed pictures of Kiss, Jimi Hendrix and others line the walls and we didn't dare take on the locals at pool, after spotting all the trophies in a glass cabinet!

2 Westgate Hill, Pembroke, Dyfed SA71 0NU
+44 1646 682718
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A great example of a city farm, Gorgie Farm has been open since 1982 and is just a bus ride out of the city centre. Take the family - it really is the perfect way to spend an hour or two away from the hustle and bustle of Edinburgh. There are a number of animals to see in fields, stables and sheep houses and smaller animals and reptiles can be found in 'The Pet Lodge'.
The Farm operates solely on donations, so although admission is free, see if you can spare a few pounds to keep this great community project going.

www.gorgiecityfarm.org.uk/home/
51 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, EH11 2LA
+44(0)131 337 4202
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Charlie's Bar is the place to go for a great night out in Milford Haven. Situated near the docks and the marina, it's a small bar with several rooms, a pool table, pub quiz machine and very loud music blasting out on a Friday evening.

The Old Sail Loft, The Docks, Milford Haven, Dyfed SA73 3AF
+44 1646 690098
Google map: bit.ly/o1ndu7

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St David's Cathedral (Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi) is one of the most beautiful houses of worship in Wales. Located in Britain's smallest city and nestling in the greenest hollow on the rugged Pembroke coast, the cathedral is a must-see for anybody visiting Wales.
There has been a church on this site since the 6th century and in the Middle Ages, it had a strategic position at the crossroads of the Celtic world: Ireland, Scotland, England and the Basque lands.

www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk/
The Close, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, SA62 6RH
+44(0)1437 720202
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This family-run ice cream parlour, cafe and restaurant is something of an institution and THE place to be seen in The Mumbles.
More than 30 varieties of Italian ice cream are produced each day - I wolfed down a divine selection of three sorbets: lemon, creamy strawberry and raspberry, served with a crisp wafer. There is great coffee and a fine dining menu, chalked up on the blackboard, offering pasta, pizzas, soups, stews and salads.
The cafe is always full and visitors gaze through the vast glass windows at the view of Swansea bay; it's almost like being in Naples on a cloudy day!

www.verdis-cafe.co.uk
Knab Rock, The Mumbles, Swansea SA3 4EN
+44 1792 369 135
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We arrived in Swansea at 11pm, long after everything in Swansea, bar the kebab shops, had closed.
After several days of bland burgers and delicious, but samey fish and chips, Rose Indienne offered a wake-up call to the tired taste buds.
Everything about Rose Indienne breathes class. The service is polite and friendly without being overwhelming. The decor is delightful and the selection of starters contained some spices I had never experienced before. The vegetarian dishes were top-notch and I would dare to recommend this place as the best Indian restaurant in Swansea, maybe in all Wales?

www.roseindienne.co.uk
73-74 St Helen's Road, Swansea SA1 4BG
+44 1792 467 000
Google map: bit.ly/okkSQR

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Desperate for an early-morning, wake-up brew, we found this tiny cafe quite by chance on the corner of a back street, ten minutes' walk from Swansea town centre.
It's located in a sweet former cobbler's workshop, and you can still see the gorgeous greeny-yellow stained glass sign reading 'Leonard's, for good boots and shoes' while you're perched on one of the three high, tractor-style metal (but surprisingly comfy!) stools. The coffee maker in the window is an authentic Elektra and there are sweet touches like the cobbler's wooden shoe mould in a frame and the little boot holding the door ajar.
Oh, and did I mention the coffee?
Smooth cappuccinos, rich dark espressos, lethal mocchas...all you could ask for, plus panini, home-made browies and bacon butties.
A real find.

1 King Edward Road, Swansea
+44 7543 439 595
Google map: bit.ly/qW43nF

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Perfect for midwinter mystics.
Just a mile or so from the newly modernised Culloden Battlefield visitor centre, with its thousands of visitors and large car park and other 21st century facilities, is the small but perfectly formed and well preserved 4,000-year- old burial site of Clava Cairns with ring cairns and standing stones.
The site is tucked away in a valley close to the Nairn river and in sight of a high railway viaduct.
When we visited it on a bright, frozen New Year's Day it was under a blue sky and the low winter sun cast long shadows from the standing stones. Visit on Midwinter Solstice and watch the sun send rays of light along the entrance passages and illuminate the back wall of the ancient burial mounds.

www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertydetail.htm?PropID=PL_067&PropName=Clava%20Cairns
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Until January this year, I had never skied, but on my very first attempt, I went from the top of Kendal’s outdoor artificial ski slope and did jumps, moguls and an exhilarating, “WHEEE!” inducing descent. No, I am not super-talented, but Dave is. Dave is the amazing volunteer who, once a month, gives up a Saturday afternoon to enable wheelchair users and other disabled adults and children to ski. I get tightly strapped into a “bucket on skis” (known as a “bob”), with a looped handle at the back for Dave to hold onto. We then start the slow and slightly uncomfortable ascent, but as the ski slope is built into the wooded lower flanks of Kendal Castle Hill, I spend these few minutes looking at the plant life, listening to the birds sing as they flit through the trees, and waving to surprised walkers above me. Once at the top, the view over Kendal is beautiful – I get the best views I have had in fifteen years, of my once favourite local walks: Serpentine Woods on the far hill, the west facing limestone Scout Scar, and in the distance, the Lake District fells. In winter, I expect we’ll see the sunset before I go whizzing off into it! Before that, though, Dave goes through the routine with me, demonstrating how the bob will tip, telling me to bend with it, keep my head upright and hands in lap. Then we’re off! The sharp, fresh air whipping around my face, the exquisite, long-lost feeling of speeding down hill (I used to be a keen cyclist prior to a bed-confining illness), the freedom, the adrenaline, the sheer, pure happiness of accomplishing something more than just lying in bed and the occasional wheelchair outing, sustains me long after the event itself. I can’t stop grinning! I am able to experience the thrill of a potentially dangerous sport, whilst being in very safe, competent hands. This is life enhancing in such a big way. There are other centres in the UK offering disabled skiing, but many are indoors. Nothing can compare to doing an “outdoors” sport in the outdoors, and Kendal, with its Lake District views, must be one of the most scenic ski slopes. The helpers and other members are definitely some of the friendliest people alive: readily accepting of all comers and delighted to share their love of skiing.

www.kendalski.co.uk - click on the Snowability and Visually Impaired skiing link
+44(0)845 645173
Kendal Ski Club, Canal Head North, KENDAL, Cumbria LA9 7BY
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Less touristy and far more rewarding version of Stonehenge. Set in the barren, almost lunar landscape of the tree-less Outer Hebrides. Few crowds, in mid-Summer the sunset goes on for ever and even in Winter the vibe is moody and atmospheric.

www.callanishvisitorcentre.co.uk/
Calanais, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland, HS2 9DY
+44(0)1851 621422
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FM mangal is a really friendly and welcoming Turkish restaurant, kebab joint and take-away venue nestling in the heart of Camberwell's resto-street.
I enjoyed a great late Sunday lunch (after a strenuous pingpong championships on Camberwell Green!) with two friends and we sat up in the high gallery and treated ourselves to cool, refreshing, post-pingpong pints of Efes beer.
'Mangal' is, apparently, 'grill' in Turkish and the 'FM' refers to the initials of the head chef, who prepared a delicious aubergine and minced lamb dish, complete with a vast range of salad selections.
Not being a cheapskate, but what really won us over was the hospitality and all the complimentary items!
While we were perusing the menu, the friendly waitress brought us some amazing, smoky barbecue-flavoured flat bread and fresh, sweet lilac onions marinaded in a divine balsamic vinegar mix. After the meal, we were presented with slices of pineapple - although, strangely, no plates or cutlery to devour it with!
Finally, we were offered tiny shot glasses filled with a selection of three liqueurs: banana, coffee and tangy cherry.
What a great way to round off a great afternoon!

54 Camberwell Church Street, SE5 8QZ
+44 207 701 6677
Getting there: buses 12, 36, 171, 345, 436 to Camberwell Green
Google map: bit.ly/oSDdwX

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