The group travelling to the lake District will be meeting on Wednesday 18th March for a 'getting to know you' session, please ask Sue for further details.

We have decided to limit the group to 26 travellers so that each of us can have a double seat on the Coach journeys. 
The company will produce a brochure for each member travelling within the next few days but I thought it wise to send this outline now so that you all get maximum warning of dates. 
I have opened a list of ‘expressions of interest’. Places will be allocated from this list.

The company we will be travelling with is Tailored-travel.co.uk

The tour includes entrance fees to non National Trust members, executive coach, marketing literature, entrance fees as detailed, all-day trips, train ride, Blue Badge Guide for 2 days.

The stay is on a half-board basis at the 3 star Newby Bridge Hotel (www.newbybridgehotel.co.uk) at Newby Bridge. Set in landscaped grounds, facilities at the hotel include a restaurant, bar, indoor swimming pool, mini gym and a steam room. All rooms are en suite and feature television, telephone, hairdryer, and tea & coffee making facilities.

Day 1 – Dunham Massey National Trust property. 
We board our private executive coach at our preferred pick up point and travel to the National Trust’s Dunham Massey. After we travel onto our hotel where we stay 3 nights on half board basis. Dinner is served in our hotel.

Day 2 – Holker Hall, Steam Railway & Lake Windermere. 
We visit Holker Hall home to Lord and Lady Cavendish whose stately home and beautiful gardens are framed by the Lakeland Hills. After we arrive at Lakeside & Haverthwaite Steam Railway taking us through the Leven Valley, one of the Lake District’s most beautiful valleys. We as well have 45 minute cruise on Lake Windermere from Bowness-on-Windermere affording us wonderful views of the Lake and its shores. 

Day 3 – Dove Cottage, Rydal Mount, Ambleside, Beatrix Potter Museum
Today we drive to Grasmere and visit DOVE COTTAGE, the home of William Wordsworth and his sister from 1799-1808, and the adjacent museum. We then move on to RYDAL MOUNT, the house where he lived with his wife and family, from 1813 until his death in 1850. We will have free time in Ambleside for lunch and some Members may wish to visit the Armitt Museum which contains Beatrix Potter watercolours, portraits by Kurt Schwitters and paintings by six Victorian women who lived in the area, including the three Armitt sisters. In the afternoon, we call in at Bowness & the Beatrix Potter Museum

Day 4 –Liverpool.
We leave today and travel home with a stop off at Liverpool & the Albert Dock where you have free time to visit The Beatles Story Museum or the Tate Galleryand take lunch here. After we travel back to our original pick-up point.

Rooms​: Twins/doubles​ = 4 rooms. Single rooms / single occupancy = 19 rooms
3 nights ​£629​ per person in double or twin rooms. Plus £69 single supplement = £698 total in single room

A £75 per person deposit is required to secure the booking and the final balance is due 56 days prior to the tour departure date Insurance £36.00 per person The cost of the tour (and the above free place policy) is based on a minimum of 25 paying passengers travelling.

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We are a friendly group of folks who like to visit interesting places for short breaks, for more information email group leader Sue