Countr Driving holidays in the British countryside. SURIANI ARIFF OO With chic places to stay and
cuisines that make the most of fresh, local produce, now is the time to take driving tour of the British Isles. Here are selection of itineraries that cover the length and breadth of the nation.
Whether you prefer dramatic mountain passes, rolling hills or stunning cc drives, you will find suitable route here.
Southwest England NEW OREST AND
long weekend or three-day jaunt that offers
Within couple of hours, heading south-west takes you into the New Forest with its eponymous ponies that roam freely among heaths and ancient woodlands. In under an hour’s scenic drive from there, you’ll find yourself in the rolling Dorset hills of Thomas Hardy country, named after the novelist inspired to write his Wessex series of books about this gorgeous region Among the many quaint thatched cottages, you can visit the one where Hardy himself was born.
Drive on for further hour through Dorset’s Beauty before crossing into Devon. Unwind in style at the Salutation Inn venerable hostelry
JURASSIC COAST with contemporary features and elegant dining at Topsham on the River Exe. Devon is home to more than rugged vistas, including the brooding expanse of Dartmoor. Head south for half an hour through rolling farmland to the county’s
estuary location is home to many fine restaurants, none more stellar than top chef Mitch Tonks’s The Seahorse. Head back along the winding Jurassic Coast roads that link east Devon and Dorset, perhaps England’s most scenic route, with natural features such as the phenomenal shingle bank known as Chesil Beach and the limestone arch of Durdle Door. full day with
stops to take in all the views.
Source: MUHIBAH, the Royal Brunei Airlines in-flight magazine, 2015 May-Jun, pages 38-40. Text recovered from the scanned page by OCR and lightly corrected; spelling may differ from the printed edition.
