How would you go about getting fit and staying healthy? Sweat it out in a gym with a personal trainer breathing down your neck? Or would you rather go outdoors and walk, or jog, or run, or cycle in country lanes? Or go swimming or kayaking in the river? And do all this in picturesque surroundings when you are on vacation?
So here are the top ten suggestions for you to make the most of your holidays within the UK, or elsewhere in the world. Your mantra could be “Get fit, have fun, see places”!
- Go kayaking in the Hebrides
- Have an adventure weekend in the Lakes
- Attend a fitness camp on the Isle of Wight
- Walk around Wales
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Here is something unusual, but instructive nevertheless. Worldwide, software failures have costed businesses and end users vast amounts of precious cash. Moreover, there have been job losses and faced distasteful action in some cases, consequent to these software glitches. Here’s a technocrat’s story on those failures – see Top 10 Software Failures Of 2011.
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December 14th, 2011 in
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You are sure to have formed your own list of the 10 best things about your beloved country. Since variety is the spice of life, look up other versions -
From an English ex-pat leaving New York and getting back to England – things I’m most looking forward to about going back:
From a travel broadcaster and editor settled in Spain - What I most love about my country of origin
The Best of British ….
National Geographic’s pick of Top 10 Things to Do in U.K. Parks
Here’s a peek into the university and college rankings – look up top universities in the UK. The listing shows rankings of universities and colleges worldwide. Note that the ranking is based upon an algorithm that includes unbiased and independent web metrics extracted from different search engines like Google Page Rank, Yahoo Inbound Links and Alexa Traffic Rank. This is the current listing of UK universities and colleges using such web metrics data -
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Here’s The Sun’s version of UK’s top 10 beaches. You’ll find the list at Yahoo Travel – UK & Ireland too.
- Bournemouth, Dorset
- Holkham, Norfolk
- Holy Island, Northumberland
- Porthcurno, Cornwall
- Croyde Bay, North Devon
- Great Bay, St Martin’s, Isles of Scilly
- Blackpool, Lancashire
- West Wittering, West Sussex
- Sinclair’s Bay, Caithness
- Abereiddi Blue Lagoon, Pembrokeshire
For variety, or if you would like it – a second opinion – here is the verdict from The Telegraph.
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Come autumn, the National Trust will celebrate the simple activity of walking at over 150 wonderful outdoor places in the UK, as part of the first ever Walking Festival, scheduled from 22 October to 30 October. Additionally, the National Trust UK has listed out walks by theme and by region. There are 250 downloadable walks too, for you to familiarize yourself.
If you are planning on walking holidays as part of your ‘staycation’ this year, look up these preferred walks spread around the UK.
Rhossili Downs and Bay, Swansea
Brean Down, Somerset
Morte Point, Devon
Ringmore, South Devon
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Here is one verdict on the top 10 UK road trips. Distances are also shown.
Norfolk Coast (150 km)
Glasgow to Inverness (275 km)
The Outer Hebrides (240 km)
London to Brighton (90 km)
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Here are the top ten land-line (fixed-line) broadband providers in the UK, as voted by readers of “ISPreview”. Look up the frequently updated lists at ISPreview.
1 AAISP
2. XILO
3. Fast.co.uk
4. ICUK
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Get weekly updates of where your favourite or preferred travel website or travel agency stands in overall comparative ratings of UK’s most active travel websites.
Besides the ratings of the best performing travel-related sites, you can also have a glimpse of the top destinations, top airlines and interestingly, even the top travel search terms.
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Summer is round the corner, and it will be ice-cream time for a few months. Here are gelato aficionados’ own verdict on ten of the best ice-cream sellers in the UK. You can then read the details of how they capture the essence of the ice-creams they came across.
Nardini, Largs, Ayrshire
Minghella’s, Isle of Wight
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