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CORBIS, GETTY, TIM E WHITE
Embrace the mud
British festivals are
legendary and,
although tickets to
the Big Daddy,
Glastonbury
,
sold
out months ago, there are still
plenty to choose from. Along with
your sunglasses, wellies are a
must. We heart these new
cornflower numbers from Hunter.
thefestivalcalendar.co.uk
Get stoned
Whether you think it’s to do with the
confluence of ley lines or not, there’s no
doubting the appeal of
Stonehenge
.
Britain’s
oldest tourist attraction is getting a high-tech £27 million
visitor centre this summer too.
stonehenge.co.uk
Head to the opera
Pack a picnic, don a
dickie bow and join
the opera buffs who
have been heading to
Glyndebourne
,
in the
grounds of an English
country estate, for
first-class productions
since 1934. Don’t
forget your glasses.
glyndebourne.com
See the
world’s
fastest car
ThrustSSC
was travelling 1,228km/h when it
broke the world land-speed record
in 1997. Admire it – and ride in the
simulator – at the
Coventry
Transport Museum.
transport-museum.com
Take an eccentric escape
Once the setting for 1960s TV show
The Prisoner
,
Portmeirion
is a surreal
holiday village with rentable mini
castles, boat houses and cottages.
portmeirion-village.com
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