THE LEGENDARY A GILBERT & JOE LOSS ORCHESTRA SULLIVAN WEEKEND
SNOWDROPS & STEAM
in Hampshire
in Devon & Somerset
Including Bletchley Park & Harrow School Bletchley Park
Snowdrop Valley
NEW TOUR
2016 is the band’s 86th year and it is the days longest running entertainment company of any kind. Since 1930 the band has never disbanded or reformed! Now led by Todd Miller, the Big Band and Singers will perform hits from the 50’s to the 80’s.
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Holiday Itinerary
Fri Travelling outward we visit the ‘Living Rainforest’ at Hampstead Norreys. This live growing Not included: rainforest successfully All lunches brings together free3 Day Tour roaming animals, Friday 29 – Sunday butterflies, lizards and 31 January 2016 birds alongside over 300 species of plants. Arrive at £299 our hotel. Pre-dinner Single Room: £Nil drinks. Evening dinner is Holiday Insurance: £17 followed by a Big Band Tour Departs: 9.30am Night with the Joe Loss Returns By: 5.00pm Orchestra. Times are approximate Sat After breakfast our excursion takes us via New Alresford to historic Winchester with its magnificent Cathedral. Dinner is followed by musical entertainment at our hotel. Sun Departing after breakfast we return via Oxford – the ‘City of Dreaming Spires’. Enjoy plenty of time to explore the city which has several notable museums (for example, the Ashmolean), the Bodleian Library, Christ Church, excellent shops and restaurants. Your Hotel Apollo Hotel, Basingstoke HHHH This modern hotel stands to the north of Basingstoke and provides well equipped accommodation and spacious lounges. Restaurant & bar. Leisure club with indoor swimming pool, sauna & gym. Mobility Grade: 4 – Locality & hotel are generally on the level. Lift to all floors. 2 nights half board provided.
NEW TOUR
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Holiday Itinerary
Your Tour Includes 䡲 Door to Door Service 䡲 Our own Courier Service 䡲 Club Class Extra Legroom Coach
Sun Travelling outward we visit Bletchley Park. Explore the iconic WW2 code breaking huts and blocks and discover the Not included: ground breaking All lunches achievements of the 2 Day Tour ‘enigma’ code breakers Sunday 7 – Monday whose work is said to 8 February 2016 have helped shorten £199 the war by two years. We continue to our hotel Single Room: £25 where a 3-course dinner Holiday Insurance: £14 this evening is followed Tour Departs: 9.00am by the operetta ‘Pirates of Penzance’ (Black tie or Returns By: 4.30pm Times are approximate lounge suits gents please!). Mon After breakfast we arrive for morning coffee at Harrow School, one of the world’s top schools. Its incredible list of alumni includes Winston Churchill, Robert Peel, King Hussein of Jordan, the Duke of Westminster and various members of the British Royal Family. Our tour includes visits to the chapel, sports centre, Museum of Harrow Life, the Fourth Form Room, Speech Room (including its art gallery) and The Vaughan Library. Your Hotel Grims Dyke Hotel, Old Redding, Harrow Weald HHHH Accommodation is split into two sections. 9 rooms in the main building, offering everything one would expect from a country house. The Garden Lodge houses the remaining 37, all of which continue the classic decor. Restaurant, bar, lounge. Mobility Grade: 3 – Hotel is mobility friendly but please note there is no lift in main building. One night half board provided.
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Snowdrop Valley is home to a days beautiful spectacle when thousands upon thousands of snowdrops pushy their way up through the earth to create a carpet of flowers which heralds the start of spring in this sheltered corner of Exmoor. Once a secret known only to locals, this floral extravaganza now attracts visitors from all around the UK.
Holiday Itinerary
Your Tour Includes 䡲 Door to Door Service 䡲 Our own Courier Service 䡲 Club Class Extra Legroom Coach
Fri Travelling outward we visit Knightshayes (NT) – a Victorian ‘gothic revival’ country house with richly decorated interiors, set in Not included: acres of glorious gardens All lunches – This is a country estate 3 Day Tour on a grand scale! Friday 19 – Sunday Sat We take the Steam 21 February 2016 Train on the West £249 Somerset Railway from Bishops Lydeard to Single Room: £36 Williton where we catch Holiday Insurance: £17 the Shuttle Bus to Tour Departs: 9.30am Snowdrop Valley. Returns By: 4.00pm After your visit we return Times are approximate to Williton where our coach continues to Minehead. (This excursion requires a good degree of mobility and it is advisable to wear sensible shoes and warm clothing) Sun After a leisurely breakfast we commence our journey homeward, making a suitable stop for lunch en-route. Your Hotel Best Western Tiverton Hotel, Tiverton HHH This modern hotel is located in a pleasant suburban area just outside the market town of Tiverton, set in 2 acres of grounds. Restaurant, bar. Mobility Grade: 3 – Location and hotel reasonably level. A few isolated steps within the building. There is no lift but the hotel does have plenty of ground floor rooms. 2 nights half board provided.
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Winter Warmers
Your Tour Includes 䡲 Door to Door Service 䡲 Our own Courier Service 䡲 Club Class Extra Legroom Coach
Built in 1870 the Grims Dyke Hotel, the former days country residence of Sir William Gilbert is often described as the shrine for Gilbert & Sullivan, offering quiet, idyllic surroundings set on 170 acres of forest and gardens on top of a hill overlooking Harrow/London.