DD spending a while totally alone

[Abeelikenoother]

Hi all, DD is 18, she’s in sixth form and is taking a gap year next year.
Her plans for gap year so far are

• Backpacking Italy with a friend in the summer
• New York/US East Coast with her dad for 4 weeks in Sept/Early Oct
• South Africa - Australia - New Zealand Jan/Feb
• Europe (Greek Island Hoping/Spain/City sightseeing March-August with breaks at home and holidays with friends (she has a Swedish passport from her dad so no concerns about visa)

Now for mid Oct - mid December she wants to find a little rural cottage on AirBnB and just be by herself for a while. She tells me she will spend time trying new recipes and cooking, reading, writing, learning a new skill, going on walks, yoga, meditation etc.
She has a car so wouldn’t be totally isolated.
Now I’m worried this isn’t a great idea, She wants to do somewhere really rural unsure on if she wants UK or not.
My concern is she quite a sociable person and I think two months totally alone could be very very bad for her mental health. I think she thinks it will be peaceful but I worry it will be lonely.
We live in North Yorkshire so I’ve suggested if she does do it, it may be best to stay within an hour or 2 so she can come home for a weekend or similar.

AIBU to think this is a bad idea? What are your thoughts?

The snow and wind don’t care if you have money.

OP didn’t say ‘my DD fancies living in the Lake District for a couple of months in a village with a friendly local pub and the motorway home on the doorstep’. She said very rural, and not necessarily in the UK. Very rural means very isolated.

One of my biggest regrets in life is that I didn't follow my dreams because I listened to the 'advice' from my parents who drummed into me that they knew best and talked me out of adventures and all sorts of dreams that I had. I was about 15 years older than your daughter before I developed the self-confidence to actually pursue changes and adventures.

If she wants to spend a couple of months alone then just wish her well and let her know you are on the end of the phone if she needs you. She has a car, she can always bring herself home if she changes her mind.

All of that travel followed by two months alone sounds wonderful to me!

Of all those plans you’ve listed with countries on the other side of the world, it’s the 8 weeks in the UK that worry you? That would be when I finally breathed a sigh of relief!
Not exactly the same but as an introvert I absolutely loved when I was 17-23 and my family all went off on their summer travels. I just spent the whole time on my own watching all the summer sport, reading in the sun, gardening, teaching myself to cook and enjoying good wine all on my own agenda. It was bliss!