Q // I’m due to get married this summer and our foreign honeymoon is no longer feasible. Can you suggest some special UK alternatives?

The Isles of Scilly, 28 miles off the coast of Cornwall, are a good bet, offering all the honeymoon essentials: white-sand beaches, turquoise water and islandhopping. Zip over to St Mary’s by boat, plane or chopper and bed down at the Star Castle Hotel, with gorgeous views, just-caught seafood and a local vineyard offering wine tastings (from £276, B&B, star-castle.co.uk). From here, it’s an easy hop over to the other islands, including St Martin’s (stay at beachfront

Karma St Martin’s from £220,

B&B, karmagroup.com), Tresco (try the luxurious sea garden cottages, from £1,625 for a week, tresco. co.uk) and tiny Bryher (the best hotel is Hell Bay Hotel, from £145 per person for B&B and dinner, hellbay.co.uk). For more info, visit visitislesofscilly.com

For a full-throttle adventure, WILDNIS creates expeditions in the Scottish Highlands, combining packrafting, mountain climbing, sea kayaking and abseiling, with nights in a luxurious mobile tented camp or top-of-the-range rooftop tent. Travel is in restored classic Land Rover Defenders, and meals are gourmet events cooked on an open fire. Four nights from £3,500 per person, including guiding, all activities, all meals and transfers. wildnis.co.uk

Wilderness Scotland arranges more leisurely self-drives around the Hebrides, including wildlife-spotting (white-tailed sea eagles, puffins and dolphins), shore foraging with a chef, guided hiking and zipping between islands on a private

RIB. Accommodation includes Kinloch Lodge on Skye and Scarista House on Harris. Eight nights from £3,585 per person, including B&B accommodation. wildernessscotland.com

Gourmands will enjoy Black Tomato’s new tour with chef Simon Rogan. First stop is Heckfield Place in Hampshire, with its two restaurants by Skye Gyngell and excellent spa. You’ll have wine tastings at Exton Park Vineyard, and then it’s off to Brown’s Hotel in London, followed by a tour of Borough Market, and a meal at Aulis, Rogan’s private dining room in Soho. The tour is rounded off with a visit to L’Enclume in the Lake District for wine tastings, a tour of Rogan’s farm and a masterclass in the kitchen. Seven nights from £4,800 per person. blacktomato.com