With the last storms of Winter about us and Spring on it’s way of course our minds have wandered to ‘holistays’. Yes, it is all about the ‘staycation’. It wouldn’t be a surprise if the British were eyed with disdain or humor everywhere in Europe at the moment. So, why board that plane? Check out some amazing destinations here in the UK with Coast Magazine’s top ten holiday destinations. The Sussex coast makes it into their list twice; fantastically for our shopping and fortuitously for our fine wine. Who doesn’t need refreshment when they shop?
- Photo by Natalya Zaritskaya on Unsplash
With global warming hot on the press there is nothing to suggest that we won’t see a repeat in 2019 of sea temperatures reaching a balmy 17 degrees this year. In fact the Sussex coast had 30 degree daily temperatures for six weeks last summer, making it the hottest on record so far. Gone are the days of the Brits being pictured lobster red on the seashore though. 2019 may be about caring for the planet and reducing our carbon footprint through Veganism and van traveling over flying. But, it is also all about caring for ourselves, without buying into consumerism, too.
So throw out those potions you never use promising eternal youth and a healthy glow. The millennials have found something that anyone can do to kickstart their next break. It improves your mood, your appearance, (depending on the eye of the beholder of course) and provides you with vitamin D: something that billions of people are deficient in causing repeat illness, hair loss, back ache, body pain and fatigue.
Yes, we are no longer crustaceans on the sand because we can now work on our tan during our lunch breaks before the holiday has even begun. A good base tan can be easily achieved within a few sessions at a solarama for indoor ultraviolet induced tanning. The Indoor Tanning Association suggests that a base tan can act as “the body’s natural protection against sunburn”. No-one would then suggest throwing caution to the wind, to sprint the coastline in the nuddy, even if they do go on to say that tanning can lengthen your life! The sun itself can be too hot to handle and you should still protect yourself from harm with clothes, a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen.
Photo by Patrick Selin on Unsplash
Oooo sun. Doesn’t it seem like a long time ago when we last saw it! Getting up in the dark hasn’t been fun for anyone. It is not unusual to get the winter blues, but if it has felt more like a depression that (recently at times) you have hoped is starting to lift.. then you may have seasonal affective disorder which basically comes with the short days and cloudy weather and leaves with the longer days and the sunlight. Unfortunately, it is set to return again with the darker days. If you think you may be affected see your doctor. Ask them if a trip to a solarama where their sunbed lamps simulate the sun and emit UVA and UVB might help shake off the blues. You only need 15 minutes, which can easily be turned into mindful mediation. Thus, exercising our brain as well as any top earning co-executive at the same time. Forget the aeroplane: you may not even need the holistay any more when it arrives.
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