Open the curtains and seize the day. There’s no better time than summer for exploring. What will you do? Perhaps pick your own cherries, swim in a stream or stay in a caravan. This could be the year you learn to sail or even just make a new cocktail. Lie still for a while among the buttercups, watch the bees and smoke from the barbecue. Holidays are memory makers; you’ll remember when you learned about jellyfish, ate cactus and stayed in a beach house. To explore is to go on a journey. Take one this summer with The Simple Things.

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