With the days getting shorter (and colder), it\u2019s tempting to go into hibernation mode. But winter can feel like a special time of year if you get out and embrace it. We\u2019d love to hear about your favourite UK-based outdoor winter activity, whether it\u2019s cold-water swimming, stargazing, birdwatching or simply wrapping up and going for a bracing walk or off-road bike ride.<\/p>\n
The best tip of the week, chosen by Tom Hall of Lonely Planet<\/a> wins a \u00a3200 voucher to stay at a Coolstays<\/a> property<\/strong> \u2013 the company has more than 3,000 worldwide. The best tips will appear in the Guardian Travel section and website.<\/p>\n Keep your tip to about 100 words<\/strong><\/p>\n If you have a relevant photo, do send it in \u2013 but it\u2019s your words we will be judging<\/strong> for the competition<\/strong>.<\/p>\n We\u2019re sorry, but for legal reasons you must be a UK resident <\/strong>to enter this competition.<\/p>\n The competition closes on Monday 1 December at 10am GMT<\/strong><\/p>\n Have a look at our past winners and other tips<\/a><\/p>\n Read the terms and conditions here<\/a><\/p>\n Share your tip<\/p>\n Share your travel tip using the form below.<\/p>\n Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we no longer require it for this purpose. For alternative ways to get in touch securely please see our tips guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re having trouble using the form click here<\/a>. Read terms of service here<\/a> and privacy policy here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the days getting shorter (and colder), it\u2019s tempting to go into hibernation mode. But winter can feel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-590869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}