The Telegraph Travel section has interviewed Tim Farron about his holidays in their Celebrity Travel spot.

He reveals some distinctly non-celebrity holiday behaviour:

My wife, kids and I tend to have one foreign holiday a year, either in France or Spain – this year we spent two weeks in Andalusia – to get a bit of sun and spend some time together as a family. Most recently, I spent a few days on the Isle of Arran with my family during the half-term break.

When asked about childhood holidays he recalls:

We didn’t go away much when I was a kid. But I’ll never forget a couple of holidays in Wales – in Harlech and Fishguard when I was, respectively, about six and nine. We visited the castle on the first trip and I went paddling in the sea on the other. Happy days.

When I was 12, I went to Ibiza, before it was fashionable. … Another memory of that holiday, my one and only trip abroad as a child, is of playing on the Pac-Man machine in the bar. I also went fishing and caught something.

Is he an adventurous traveller?

Well, if your idea of being adventurous is walking to the top of Goat Fell, the highest spot on the Isle of Arran at just under 900m, the answer is “yes”. Mind you, after a walk like that, which I did during the recent half-term break, I always feel that I’ve earned a pint.

Tim claims he has never really had any luxurious travel experiences,

But I love travelling on the overnight ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao.

His favourite hotel is the Cairndow Stagecoach Inn on the banks of Loch Fyne, his favourite city is Granada, and St Kilda’s is on his bucket list.

Finally, Tim’s helpful advice to travellers is:

Charge your phone up before going away, and try not to spend all the time working if you’re travelling somewhere new. Make a bit of time to see and get a feel for the place.

* Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems.