beauty spot. With Google searches for ‘things to do near me’ up 250% and rising, research by car brand MINI has picked out big days out this summer that avoid overcrowding at the usual beauty spots.The longlist of 100 was judged against two sets of criteria, which were used to measure both their ‘visitor rating score’ or ‘popularity’ (what the general public think) and ‘wildness’ (lesser-known adventure spots).