Ideas for a solo break

[Margaretscratcher]

Knackered single parent here! I’ve got the rare chance of a few days off in early June and I’m thinking of booking a break, just for me, for a few days. Lockdown and homeschool recovery! Would love any ideas?
Spa type stuff maybe but will be just me so I don’t really want to sit in a hotel restaurant in the evenings, staring at couples. A walking type group thing might be good but they all seem to be 5 days or a week.
Basically want to relax, read, swim maybe, walk, get some fresh air. UK only. Not too fussed about a city break/London.

Depends what you really love to do. If you can remember what you loved to do when we were allowed and when children did not prevent it. For me I would choose an interesting cultural historical sort of city like Bath or York or Edinburgh. Wandering round ancient streets and sitting outside cafes reading a book in the sunshine. I would splash out a nice hotel with both spa and room service to avoid the solo hotel restaurant evenings But If you really don’t like a City break then a bustling seaside town in Norfolk with cafe life if you want it and lots of countryside and coastal walks too? Do you want to achieve a purpose ?Like walk hadrian’s wall or learn to paint?

Thanks for your post Butterflyfox - good ideas and good questions! Feel I should ‘achieve’ something but am also trying to get away from the ‘should do this’ type thing and focus on something I’d really just enjoy!

Would you consider a yoga retreat? I did one the year i split with exh and was utterly exhausted.

You could look for one with free time in the day, mine had yoga mornings and early evening, free time to read or walk or visit in the afternoon.

Mostly single people there who you could talk to... Or not!

Somewhere you could do a cookery course would enable you to "achieve" something, if you feel you have to.

Jumping on this thread because I love this idea! I’m a newly single parent going through an exhausting split and would love solo holiday ideas.

The Yoga retreat sounds amazing @jamaisjedors - where was it that you went?

@IndraOnTheMountain it was in France, in French unfortunately, so not much use to you, but there are lots in the uk.

What i also really enjoyed as a single parent was that it was fully catered so no cooking... Or THINKING about meals at all.

I think "responsible travel" have a lot of lovely options for holidays for solo travellers, courses, walking, yoga etc.

This looks good for example
www.responsibletravel.com/holiday/32220/wellness-retreat-in-wales