It has been my custom to go to the tropics on 26th or 27th December, returning at the end of January; however, pressures of work have mitigated against this plan this year. I was able to take but 10 days in January, not long enough for a tropical break, but the Lakes were quite beautiful in the cold and frost. April will be a feast of new life, the countryside fair bursting with the first growth of a new year. Very spiritual.
Tropics in October tbh.