Do you know all the regions of Britain? Do you know what important local dialects exist in the UK? Could you identify key areas of Britain such as the Lake District, the West Country and the Brighton? These are the kind of things immigrants want to come into the UK are required to know. However, many British people might find some of the questions on the ‘Life in the UK’ test a little challenging.

However, many Brits can tell you about the Costa del Sol, what the capital of Portugal is and what the landscape of Tenerife looks like. British citizens are highly mobile and we feel it is our right to go on holiday every year, preferably to somewhere hot and sunny complete with outstanding beaches and good nightlife. However, we seem to have done this by sacrificing holidays in the UK. For your trip around the UK get yourself a caravan and road trip from Lands End to John O’ Groats. Park Resorts can help your find information on used caravan sales throughout the UK.

New for 2011, the National Trust has launched a ‘get Britain outdoors’ campaign designed to bring people and nature in contact once again. The big problem the UK has against it’s PR campaign is the weather; our summers tend to be disappointing. The UK is famed for its weather, but for all the wrong things, ask anyone from Australia, France and the US about the UK and one of the first things they will mention is our rainy weather. However, rain doesn’t have to ruin the day.

Because we are so accustomed to bad weather and have sun one minute and a downpour the next, we have whole industries that fully function even when the weather turns sour. Many of the places we go on holiday overseas are only successful because of their weather; if the weather changed, there would be nothing to do. But the UK has had to offer entertainment whatever the weather and has thus developed activities and attractions for down days. In fact, some activities actually make the most of the bad weather. Here are some examples which you can try this summer.

Surfing

Whether on the Cornish coast, in Wales, Scotland or Brighton beach, surfing is becoming one of the most popular outdoor summer activities in the UK. What’s more, the waves are better when the weather is bad, so the best surfers actually wait until the wind gets up and the rain starts to fall before they head into the surf.

White water rafting

The rainier and windier the better the more thrilling the experience. White-water rafting is a full-on action sport and you will get wet. So a little rain certainly won’t spoil the fun.

Caving

Although you can’t do this when it is pouring outside, you can certainly do it on colder overcast days are you are going to be several metres underground, so who cares what’s going on above ground.