Simply the best?

Tough to say how one island/place is more beautiful than another, but interesting that two-thirds of the team of inspectors came from pretty awesome islands themselves, Oz & Eire.

Take them through the Blackwell tunnel, around Haringey and for a stroll through Edmonton some time and they can comment on that beauty.

60 million people living on small island that is over developed and very industrialized doesn’t seem like a candidate for ‘most beautiful island on earth’. Still there are corners where one could find peace and quiet.

There are *vast* areas of beautiful, unspoilt countryside in the UK. Have you ever even *been* to the Scottish Highlands? (and I’m not talking about Loch Ness and other tourist honeypots here!) People in the South East tend to think of London being bigger than it is - it isn’t - it really doesn’t make up that much of the UK in terms of land area and some stunningly scenic areas are less than an hour away.

And as for ‘dodgy weather’ - we’ve just had the sunniest 3 months on record - including about 6 weeks without a drop of rain… The weather in the UK of course often isn’t great, but complaining about our supposedly appaling weather is done waaaaaay too much in this country. Here’s a random fact - do you know they have palm trees on the beach in Plockton, N. W. Highland?