{"id":644,"date":"2020-08-11T09:48:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T09:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/?p=644"},"modified":"2020-08-11T09:48:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T09:48:21","slug":"tips-for-a-uk-summer-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/2020\/08\/11\/tips-for-a-uk-summer-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips For A UK Summer Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faced with overseas travel restrictions and tight budgets, many of us will have abandoned our original holiday plans for this year. But the UK has plenty to offer &#8211; it&#8217;s among the top 10 most visited countries on Earth. Here&#8217;s some ideas&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Hit the beach<br \/>\nGo for a paddle or swim, fly a kite, go rock pooling or just relax in a deckchair.<\/p>\n<p>Have a city break<br \/>\nBritain\u2019s towns and cities offer a compelling mixture of entertainment, culture and history\u00a0 all wrapped up in one convenient package.<\/p>\n<p>Go green<br \/>\nExplore stunning forests, mountains, National Parks, rivers, lakes and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Hike, bike, or just take a stroll and a picnic.<\/p>\n<p>Plan fun activities at home<br \/>\nGet the paddling pool out, pitch a tent and sleep in the garden, learn new skills such as cooking or baking together&#8230; there are a host of possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Switch off<br \/>\nThink of your staycation as a \u2018proper\u2019 holiday. Switch off your work phone, don\u2019t read work emails, ditch the alarm clock, and treat yourself to different experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Discover local food producers<br \/>\nUse your staycation to discover local food producers &#8211; it could be a new small brewery, a cheese maker, fruit farm or bakery.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2020\/08\/Tips-For-A-UK-Summer-Holiday.pdf\">Tips For A UK Summer Holiday<\/a> to download the poster.<\/p>\n<p>Visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carefirst-lifestyle.co.uk\">www.carefirst-lifestyle.co.uk<\/a> to view our articles on health and wellbeing or call 0808 168 2143 for in the moment support. Use the details below to log in:<\/p>\n<p>Username: uokent<br \/>\nPassword: university<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faced with overseas travel restrictions and tight budgets, many of us will have abandoned our original holiday plans for this year. But the UK has plenty to offer &#8211; it&#8217;s among the top 10 most visited countries on Earth. Here&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/2020\/08\/11\/tips-for-a-uk-summer-holiday\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68830,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[217367,233251,156734,10450],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}