Scottish Daily Mail

YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE AN OFF-GRID GETAWAY

- JENNY COAD

There’s nothing as restful as a truly remote spot. here are three locations where you can really get away from it all . . .

PUFFIN PARADISE

LUNDY in the Bristol Channel is a magical place with one pub — and a lot of puffins. Stay at the former signal and watch station, Tibbetts.

INSIDER TIP: Gen up on your Scrabble skills. There’s hardly any phone signal, no TV and no electricit­y.

DETAILS: Sleeps four, costing from £261 for four nights, landmarktr­ust.org.uk. Helicopter to Lundy from November to March, £119 return. MS Oldenburg sails from Bideford or Ilfracombe from end of March to October, £67 return.

NORWEGIAN ESCAPE

OVERLOOKIN­G the sleety Norwegian Sea, this modern fisherman’s cottage is on the island of Vega.

INSIDER TIP: Burn off stress by cycling, kayaking or hiking.

DETAILS: Sleeps 6/7 and costs €550 (£485) per night, offgridhid­eaways.com. Flights to Trondheim from £58 return, Norwegian.com. Onward to Bronnoysun­d about £145 return, wideroe.no.

COASTAL CABIN

LA SOURCE cabin in Herault, Southern France, is an attractive spot from which to get back to basics. There’s no electricit­y and the shower runs on rainwater.

INSIDER TIP: Bring walking shoes — a stomp to the Tour du Pin, a Cathar tower, is recommende­d.

DETAILS: Return flights to Toulouse or Montpellie­r from £50, easyjet.

com. Cabin sleeps five from £81 a night, canopyands­tars.co.uk.

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