From Jenny Ashcroft author of Historical Romance novels Island in the East and Beneath a Burning Sky

What better motivation to keep going than the thought of a week or two away afterwards?

I’ve always loved to travel. I grew up in England, with Europe right on the doorstep, and was exploring it before I could walk (some of the earliest photos of me are as a baby in Greece, curled up in a beach towel in the shade). Over the past ten years, I’ve been lucky enough to live and work in Singapore and Australia – both great springboards in terms of countries to explore. To me, there are few things more exciting than discovering somewhere new, be it close to home or far afield, but there are also certain places that I can’t resist returning to time and again - even with so much of the world left to explore.

So here they are, my top 5 holiday destinations.

*Noosa Image credit: DarrenTierney