Tidal islands cut off from the land for 5 of every 12 hours. Check your tides and make your way across the sands (preferably barefoot) with beautiful views in all directions. Great wildlife, birdwatching etc too.
Parkgate is close, and lovely too.
Hilbre, West Kirby, Wirral
www.wirral.gov.uk/er/hilbre.htm
Glencoe valley would surely fill anyone with awe. Choose a spring summer day and get a bus which stops off at the Information Centre. From there just explore into the hills and the springy heather, get as high up as you can. The noise from the road disappears, and you become aware of the sheer vastness of the scenery. Watch the clouds rush over the hills and dream about living in one of the tiny number of cottages that sprinkle the hills. Stunning place.
Glencoe, Scotland.
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