Please help me to Go On Holiday! ?

North Wales, the Llyn Peninsula is beautiful as is Anglesey.

Love a seaside holiday.
Cottages.com is a great website for browsing, you can also use Tesco vouchers for a discount too…
Love The Northumberland coast , beware of the speed cameras though…

You don't need to go as far as the Lakes. Get off at junction 35. Silverdale, Arnside, north Morecambe Bay area. Absolutely beautiful coast, countryside and villages.

One of my sons live in Alnmouth, a beautiful place to be.
I think it is a good idea to break your journey, stay a night half way. I'm sure there will be great accommodation available later in the year at short notice.
I hope you get your wish to revisit, it is such a beautiful place, and health allows you both to enjoy yourselves.

Another vote here for Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. We hired mobility scooters for the week, delivered to our B&B from Cromer. Wells is easy to get around by scooter.

How about a coach trip?

I think Llandudno would be nice too. It has loads of hotels/eateries along the prom and it is flat but you are surrounded by mountains

Llandudno? The town itself is flat and has plenty to offer. It has a top theatre which has quite few London shows. We were there last month. If you go on a coach holiday they will have excursions to see further afield. I felt so invigorated on my return.

i am Scottish and wouldn't go past some of our beautiful islands off the Scottish coast, quiet, lots of peace, good walking and hospitality, I would also recommend Norfolk especially around the town of Diss on the Suffolk border lots of pretty villages and lovely countryside.

Have a look at Wells Next the Sea in Norfolk. Quaint High Street reminding me of bygone days. Lovely area but interesting in itself.

Just back from Cleethorpes. Its lovely now, very green. Premier Inn on front very good, they have big accessible ground floor rooms (I use a mobility scooter). Lovely Heritage railway (takes scooters) outside hotel. Mobility shops in Cleethorpes if want to hire a scooter.

Another vote for Anglesey. We have been there many times over the years, and never tire of it. Camping with five children was a cheap and popular holiday, but I still love going there now that I am on my own. Crossing the Menai Straits to a place that has it's own mini-climate is always a pleasure. Lovely beaches, countryside, Beaumaris Castle, and a short trip back into Wales opens up many more places to visit.
Lots of rentals, B and B's and hotels to choose from too.

You a few random thoughts:
You mention "we drove" It occurs to me that if your husband is much older you may now be the one lumbered with the job of driving. Some of my friends with elderly partners are now the sole driver in the family. Hire a driver if necessary - or try a coach trip.
A couple of other thoughts: Are you thinking of renting a cottage - self catering is fine, but you might prefer a B&B or a hotel where you are waited on and you can concentrate on enjoying your holiday. Have you considered a holiday based around special interests, such as music or photography?
Think outside the box. If there's something you've always wanted to do go for it! One of my friends is doing a sponsored ride on a zip wire to celebrate her 80th birthday!

Bamburgh is through the sand dunes beautiful beaches in Northumberland.
Went this year for the first time had a great time! Go for it you will love it!

Teignmouth- in sunny South Devon. Near to Dartmoor and Exeter, and on the main London-Penzance train line. ☀️☀️☀️

Have you considered Cleethorpes?

There are some fascinating cottages to rent on Humberston Fitties. It's a conservation area and the beach is a wildlife reserve.

If you're on Facebook look for 'We Love Cleethorpes' group. Plenty of photo's of the area and helpful posters.

Stay in Amble! Great views! Easy walking, good places to eat!
We use Coquet cottages who are excellent staying at Bay View or Seascape but there are other options ! You can access Warkworth, Alnmouth, Druridge Bay , Alnwick etc and not as far to travel !
Or Woodbridge in Suffolk is lovely or Deal in Kent, flat for walking!
East coast colder in January !
Runswick bay is fabulous but limited for walking as hilly! Filey is flatter as are Bridlington and Scarborough on the seafront !!

Hi Fanny, Hope you have a great holiday, where-ever you go.
As far as I remember, the path to the beach at Bamburgh is just by the south side of the castle. Carpark right nearby, free when we went 2 years ago.
Favourite place in North Norfolk is Blakeny.

Some places where I live are already booked up to May next year & bookings will really start to ramp up at Christmas. Might not be as bad if people are able to go overseas again, but best get your skates on. If you had to cancel with short notice, would travel insurance cover it?

These days I use a mobility scooter to get around.
Try your local backstreet second hand type place…..
Never buy one new until your truly certain it suits you in all ways. Check how far it will go between charges. Some only manage 4 miles, usually the type advertised as being lightweight and easily folded. With common sense, scooters which fit in car and requests for accommodation suitable for the less than active, you can go near enough anywhere.

Norfolk and Suffolk are fairly flat and have a myriad of possiblities for a break, depending if you want a country or seaside one.
Places like Wells next the Sea, Snettisham, Cromer, Hunstanton, just a few seaside places, then you have Bury St Edmunds, Kings Lynn, Norwich for if you want somewhere in land.

As Oldhag says. It is important to find somewhere suitable for you. Talk to the owners. Homeowners and Airbnb hosts are usually very good at communicating beforehand and will clarify information.
Many cottages these days are ultra modern and better suited to younger, more mobile people. I study the photos and reviews very carefully to ensure a place meets our requirements eg loo next to bedroom and no steps to it. Enough headroom to sit propped up in bed. High backed easy chair. TV not high up on the wall. Parking on premises. Not hilly so a walk back from beach or shops is doable. And so on.
Norfolk is mostly flat but not everywhere eg Cromer is a lovely town flat and very accessible by bus and train, lots of seats everywhere, but the beach is a long way down. Slopes and steps, so I thought about getting back up! Nowhere to park down the bottom.
I hope you find somewhere suitable. Check cancellation policies. Avoid school holidays. Enjoy!

Can I suggest Fanny, that if the cottage you like the look of is being advertised by an agent, that you do a Google search to see if you can find it advertised by the owner. We own a holiday let in West Wales, and used a well known agent to advertise our cottage when we first started, unfortunately come the pandemic, they treated both us and our guests really badly, refusing refunds, etc., so we gave up using them and set up on our own, as did a lot of other owners. It might also be worth looking at websites like www.simplyowners.net or www.independantcottages.co.uk, as lots of owners advertise there, and it will save you a booking fee, and mean that you won't have to go through an agent if you have any questions.

Norfolk is lovely, lots of villages. Huge open skies. Depends where you're are starting from of course. Hope you find somewhere you can enjoy.

Southwold in Suffolk. Love it there.