For knitwear and interior designer Kathleen Holland, this consciously off-grid cottage – sensitively restored by her brother-in-law Johnny Holland – provided a chance to layer vintage textiles and antique finds alongside chalky, lime washed walls. In a hidden valley on the edge of Snowdonia National Park, a discreet track crosses a river before jolting through a landscape of ferns, oaks and moss-covered boulders. It emerges at an old farmhouse, nestled between moor and sea, h

Two places where you can truly immerse yourself in days of Atlantic rainforest exploration without sacrificing comfort and style are Garth Gell Farmhouse and Borradill cabins. Borradill looks out over Loch Sunart on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, in one of the last real strongholds of Atlantic oakwood rainforest. Garth Gell Farmhouse sits in a hidden valley in Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, held between two protected pockets of the same rare habitat.