| any, the suggestion of a holiday at home in the | | | | Dorset Downs. Decidedly cosy, the caravan is |
| UK prompts visions of rainclouds, and apparitions | | | | ideal for an unusual, romantic getaway, taking you |
| of boredom. However, finding an exciting place in | | | | back to basics. With the surrounding Dorset |
| which to stay can change all of that. Make sure | | | | countryside on your doorstep, a stay in the |
| you have your UK travel insurance organised | | | | gypsy caravan makes the distant memories of |
| before you set off though, as the weirder your | | | | dilapidated caravans and drooping tents a thing of |
| accommodation, the more it may come in handy. | | | | the past. Though you are not venturing outside of |
| Bradford Old Windmill | | | | the UK, travel insurance is advisable as with only a |
| Secreted away on the hills above the town, you | | | | small washroom across the courtyard, facilities |
| would not find Bradford Old Windmill unless you | | | | cannot be guaranteed not to go slightly awry. |
| were looking for it. Hidden behind the trees, the | | | | The West Usk Lighthouse |
| windmill only functioned for a short period of time | | | | Looking out over the Bristol Channel, at the point |
| in the Nineteenth Century, and stood idle until just | | | | where the River Severn and the River Usk meet, |
| fourteen years ago. Since then however, it has | | | | you will find the West Usk Lighthouse bed and |
| been a fully operational bed and breakfast. If | | | | breakfast. Short and wide, it does not quite |
| staying in a windmill wasn’t different | | | | match the traditional image of a lighthouse, and |
| enough for you, this particular windmill is proud to | | | | nor is it traditional inside, with a wishing well lying in |
| offer a selection of weird and wonderful beds to | | | | the centre of the spiral staircase. However, it is a |
| make your stay stand out even more; sleep at | | | | very comfortable place to stay, and with little |
| the top of the conical tower and you can enjoy a | | | | sound other than the rush of the waves it is a |
| king-sized water bed. On the floor below there is | | | | great place to relax. Perhaps the most bizarre and |
| the option of an enormous circular bed, in which | | | | unexpected thing about a stay in the lighthouse is |
| you can never be accused of rolling onto the | | | | the selection of flotation therapies on offer |
| wrong side again. Kids would particularly enjoy the | | | | – not what you’d expect in a bed |
| Fantail bedroom, which has a ladder leading up to | | | | and breakfast, or a Lighthouse for that matter! |
| a cabin bed tucked away under the roof. | | | | Whether you’d like to spend a few |
| They’ll feel as if they have their own | | | | minutes letting off steam in the infra-red sauna, |
| bedroom, while you can enjoy the television | | | | feel your stresses drift away from you in the |
| below after you’ve put them to bed. With | | | | flotation tank, or perhaps undergo some |
| the Bradford Old Windmill undisputedly boasting | | | | empowering personal therapy, you will come back |
| the most bizarre collection of beds in the UK, | | | | from the Lighthouse feeling like a new person. |
| travel insurance is a must if you are prone to | | | | Staying in your home country for your holiday |
| falling out of bed. | | | | does not have to be boring, and your trip can |
| The Gypsy Caravan | | | | certainly be brightened up with a stay in any one |
| Caravanning takes on a whole new meaning as | | | | of these somewhat unusual establishments. Do |
| you emerge from a traditional showman’s | | | | remember though, particularly when you are |
| wagon, built in 1934 and once used to transport | | | | staying slightly off the beaten track, that as |
| fairground workers and performers from town to | | | | things can still go wrong even when you stay in |
| town. The caravan can be found in Compton | | | | the UK, travel insurance is a must. |
| Abbas, and looks out upon beautiful views of the | | | | |