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    Great escapes

    Jul 17, 2020 4 minutes

    THE CORONAVIRUS SITUATION may currently be casting a huge shadow over the viability of overseas travel, but there’s still a wide range of holiday options that don’t involve heading for foreign shores.

    Here’s our pick of the best outdoorsbased staycations the UK has to offer – each with a big enough shot of adrenaline, adventure or excitement to transport you well out of the everyday…

    Sun and rock, the Gower

    Sport climbing and superb beaches are a combo that most of us associate with the Mediterranean, but you can get a beginnerfriendly intro to bolted climbing without leaving the UK. The Gower peninsula has some of the finest sport crags in the country, and many of them – such as the rockfaces of Shipwreck Cove and Southgate – rise

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