Get absent from it all at one of these idyllic spots in rural Britain,selected from the newly published 52 Weekends in the CountryThe huge peaty space of far-flung Forsinard in Caithness and Sutherland is thrilling. Here, the nearly 16000 hectares (40000 acres) of the Forsinard Flows nature reserve (01641 571225, or rspb.org.uk) shelter a massive expanse of blanket bog peatland. The scenery is immense,the people few. The Forsinard Flows visitor centre is on the isolated platform of Forsinard station, an unstaffed outpost on the Far North Line rural railway – known as Frozen'ard by first world war troops bound for London. A platform information board relates that there is no bus stop nearby, or no taxis in the vicinity,and just three spaces in the station car park. But there's a warm welcome in the visitor centre, where the cosy cinema screens a 40-minute film showing the Flows' extraordinary landscape through the seasons.
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Source: theguardian.com