Head for the far north
Britain’s answer to Scandinavia, the
Shetland Islands
lie
between the UK and Norway. At 60° north, wind-flattened peat
moors, lava cliffs and pristine beaches are home to abundant
wildlife – the ponies, puffins and orcas outnumber inhabitants
–
as well as scenery you won’t find elsewhere.
visit.shetland.org
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Meet Morris
dancers
May Day is the
time for the hanky
wavers of England’s
Morris
troops
to shine. Not to everyone’s taste,
these stick-banging eccentrics are
still worth seeing once.
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RADIO
PHOTOS
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See great
British design
From the K6 telephone
kiosk and Routemaster
bus, to Norman Foster’s Gherkin and
Thomas Heatherwick’s Olympic torch,
Britain has a history of iconic design. Pete
Collard, curator of the Designs of the
Year 2013 exhibition, which runs until
7
July at London’s
Design Museum
,
sees
this legacy evolving, thanks to an influx of
international students who are “creating a
dynamic creative melting pot of different
cultural backgrounds and knowledge”.
Must-sees from the exhibition include:
Anthony Dickens’s Fifty, “a witty,
contemporary version of the Anglepoise
lamp” and Plumen, “the first designer
low-energy light bulb”.
designmuseum.org
Fly along the world’s longest zip line
Visitors to North Wales can learn to fly, thanks to the new 1,750m-long,
130
km/h-top-speed
zip wire
running 213m above a lake. Yippeeee!
zipworld.co.uk
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Play 18 holes
There’s no
beating
Scotland’s
600
courses for
gravitas. Pros
might be heading
to Muirfield for
The Open, but
for amateurswe
recommend
Machrihanish
Dunes,
voted
the world’s best eco
golf resort.
machrihanishdunes.com
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