Ah, the ends of the Earth
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All explorers have their ideas on the matter. Some call to Ushuaia, the gateway to the land of icy tundras. Others claim the title belongs to Svalbard, Siberia, or even the Pacific Ocean habitue of Easter Island. But the notion that an “end” exists reveals a truth so often missed. Let them say what they will about the Arctic or Alaska, wise are those who find expeditionary extremes close to home.
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Found Tower
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Suffolk | Sleeps 6
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Designed to keep Napoleon’s army out, Found Tower is a RIBA award-winning, rooftop partying, “laughter-contained-in-three-metre-walls” coastal stronghold on the otherworldly Deben Peninsula.
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Little Red Lock
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Oxfordshire | Sleeps 6
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No roads lead here. Reachable by narrowboat on the Oxford Canal, there’s something apocalyptic about a stay at luxuriously remote country pile Little Red Lock. Let’s call it apocaluxe.
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Skyros
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Cork | Sleeps 6
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At the foothills of Mount Gabriel in Schull, Skyros is a minimalist retreat in the centre of Star Wars’ country, with glass wall views over sci-fi scenes and the clear waters of the Mizen Peninsula.
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Ukiyo
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Cornwall | Sleeps 4
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Here is a place hiding on Cornwall’s southern tip, a Coverack-meets-Kyoto cube on the wild Lizard Peninsula that’s backed by the haze of the deep blue sea (and has its own microclimate.)
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