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Backshall’s staycations offer a hit of fitness-boosting hormones

i. WILD SWIMMING ON THE ISLES OF SCILLY

Take the plunge here for an endorphin high. See dolphins, gannets and “grey seals swimming below you through the seaweed”, says Backshall.

ii. SEA KAYAKING IN CORNWALL

Explore the coast of Land’s End in a kayak. “Huge, vertical sea cliffs, basking sharks, sunfish: to me, the most spectacular sea kayaking in the world.”

iii.DEEP-WATER SOLOING IN PEMBROKESHIRE

That’s rock climbing over deep water without ropes. “When your forearms are fried and you find yourself falling off, you jump,” says Backshall.