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North
Devon |
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Tour
No. 1 |
8½
gns. |
3
Days |
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This tour is centred
on the beautiful North Devon
coast. On the second day you
visit Clovelly in the morning,
and are left with the afternoon
free to explore Ilfracombe.
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Wild Exmoor country,
the setting of Blackmore's Lorna
Doone, forms the background
for the return journey.
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DEPARTURE DATES - Saturdays,
21st June, 26th July, 27th September
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South
Devon |
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Tour No. 2 |
8½
gns. |
3
Days |
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Torquay is chosen as
the centre for this tour of South
Devon. This well-known resort is sufficient
attraction in itself but the tour
is enhanced by a drive through Devonshire
to Polperro, an old fishing village
on the South Cornish coast, perhaps
the best loved by artists of all West-country
subjects.
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DEPARTURE DATES |
Saturdays, 7th and
28th June, 12th July, 16th and 30th
August |
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Isle
of Thanet and Canterbury |
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Tour No. 9 |
8½
gns. |
3
Days |
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This tour is designed
to explore the far south-eastern tip
of England, which has an unusual character
and historical association. Two nights
are spent at the Chaucer Hotel, Canterbury.
The second morning is left free in
the ancient cathedral city, and in
the afternoon there is a sixty mile
coastal tour.
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The return journey on
the third day follows the contour
of the beautiful South Downs.
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DEPARTURE DATES |
Mondays, 2nd and 16th
June, 7th and 21st July, 11th and 25th
August, 8th September |
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Blackpool
Illuminations |
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Tour No. 10 |
8½
gns. |
3
Days |
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The Autumn Illuminations
at Blackpool are such an outstanding
annual attraction that many like to
make a special visit for this alone.
This weekend tour has been designed
to take you there, and give you a
complete day and two nights in which
to view Blackpool and the illuminations.
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DEPARTURE
DATES |
Bournemouth: 19th
Sept., 17th October. |
Southampton: 12th
Sept., 3rd October. |
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For the convenience
of patrons who do not wish to take
lunch and tea at the hotel in Blackpool
on the Saturday a special fare of
8 gns. will apply. Patrons are requested
to state their requirements at the
time of booking.
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Devon
and Cornwall |
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Tour No. 3 |
18
gns. |
6
Days |
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Within six days it is
almost impossible to see the whole
of these two lovely counties, but
this tour takes you through the length
and breadth of Devon and Cornwall
and shows you most of the best known
places of interest. The Valley of
Rocks Hotel, Lynton, and the King
Arthur's Castle Hotel, Tintagel, are
the centres from which you tour the
countryside. Famous place names such
as Land's End, Tintagel, Clovelly
and Lynton are the best surety of
the value of this tour.
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DEPARTURE
DATES |
Every
Monday from 19th May until 22nd September |
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Blackpool
and English Lakes |
Tour
No. 5 |
19
gns. |
6
Days |
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The attraction of this
tour lies particularly in the contrast
between the gaiety of Blackpool and
the lonely grandeur of the Lake District.
Grange-over-Sands is chosen as the
centre for the Lake District and a
whole day tour gives you an opportunity
of seeing Keswick, Ambleside and Windermere,
where, if you wish you may take a
steamer trip on the Lake.
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In the Autumn this tour
is a most pleasant way of combining
a week's holiday with the viewing
of the Blackpool Illuminations.
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DEPARTURE
DATES |
Every
Monday from 2nd June until 13th October |
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Harrogate
and Yorkshire Dales |
Tour
No. 11 |
18
gns. |
6
Days |
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A tour of the Yorkshire
Dales is unforgettable. What loveliness
lies in this unspoilt northern half
of England's largest county: the hazy
distances of the moors, the Fells
and Dales, home of the Bronte family.
The fair town of Harrogate is the
centre for this tour and excursions
are made to York Minster, Fountains
Abbey, Ripon Cathedral, Bolton Abbey
and many other places.
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The journeys up and
back are each completed in one day,
leaving four days for leisurely touring
of this beautiful district.
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DEPARTURE
DATES |
Mondays,
2nd, 16th and 30th June, 14th and 28th
July, 11th and 25 August, |
8th
September |
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Wye
Valley and North Wales |
Tour
No. 4 |
21½
gns. |
7
Days |
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This tour ranges from
the broad meadows of England to the
misty mountains of Wales. The first
two nights are spent at Cheltenham,
an ideal centre for the Wye Valley
which is reached on the second day.
The next two nights are at Bettws-y-Coed,
with a whole day tour of Snowdonia
and Caernarvon, giving those who wish
to an opportunity of ascending Snowdon
by mountain railway. The return journey
from Bettws-y-Coed is through country
so well described in George Borrow's
Wild Wales
to the famous view point 'Devil's
Bridge'; then on to spend the fifth
night at Llandrindod Wells before
returning to Cheltenham for the last
night of the tour.
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DEPARTURE
DATES |
Every
Sunday from 18th May until 21st September |
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Norfolk
Broads and Harrogate |
Tour
No. 6 |
23
gns. |
7
Days |
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A first night's stay
at the Olde Bull's Head Hotel, Aylesbury,
is a fitting introduction to this
tour through the historic Eastern
counties' countryside, the Broads
and the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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From Aylesbury the true
East Anglian scene gradually unfolds
until you reach the Broads. Then you
travel up the East Coast as far as
Harrogate, where two nights are spent
before you return home through Leicester
and Oxford.
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DEPARTURE
DATES |
Sundays, 8th and
22nd June, 6th and 20th July, 3rd, 17th
and 31st August, |
14th September. |
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Scotland
and The Lakes |
Tour
No. 7 |
40
gns. |
12
Days |
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Through England by way
of the Yorkshire Moors, over the border,
and into Scotland, this tour takes
in the beauties of the Trossachs with
the gateway to the Highlands through
Pitlochry, and also gives an opportunity
for you to see Scotland's two largest
cities - Edinburgh and Glasgow. One
of the finest Scottish Hydros has
been chosen for the first three nights
in Scotland. Among other interesting
places visited are Gretna Green, Stirling,
the Trossachs, the Forth Bridge and
Perth.
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The return journey southwards
takes you through the Lake District.
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DEPARTURE
DATES |
Saturdays,
14th June, 26th July, 16th August. |
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Scottish
Highlands and John O'Groats |
Tour
No. 8 |
50
gns. |
15
Days |
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This tour has been newly
designed for those wishing to see
the extreme northern Highlands of
Scotland, and to do this in a leisurely
fashion.
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Stirling, Perth - ancient
capital of Scotland - Pitlochry, Fort
Augustus, Fort William, Inverness
and John O'Groats are a few of the
places visited.
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Travelling south through
Glencoe, the return journey includes
Loch Lomond, Keswick, the Lake District,
Lancaster and Cheltenham, the fashionable
inland Spa.
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DEPARTURE
DATE |
Saturday,
5th July |
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Tour
No. 12 |
Exmoor |
2
Days |
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5½
gns. |
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This is a pleasant week-end
tour to renowned beauty spots on the
north coast of Devon.
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The places visited are
beyond reach of the normal day tour
and make a perfect background for
a week-end holiday.
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DEPARTURE
DATES |
Saturdays,
19th July and 13th September. |
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Wye
Valley and Stratford-on-Avon |
Tour
No. 13 |
5½
gns. |
2
Days |
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What could be better
than a pleasant week-end tour to the
beautiful Wye Valley for those wanting
a short break from their usual surroundings?
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This tour takes in the
Wye Valley and touches many places
of outstanding interest and beauty
such as Oxford, Stratford-on-Avon,
Ross-on-Wye, Wells and the Cheddar
Gorge.
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DEPARTURE
DATES |
Saturdays,
12th July and 6th September. |
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Scotland
- The Lakes - Wales |
Tour
No. 14 |
26
gns. |
8
Days |
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This tour has been introduced
for those wishing to see as much as
is comfortably possible of Scotland
and Wales in one week's holiday. The
tour is packed with interest and planned
to include many well-known beauty
spots and places of interest.
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After a night's stay
in Harrogate three nights are spent
in Edinburgh, and on the third day
you are left free to explore the Scottish
Capital. Next you stay in the Lake
District at Keswick; then at Grange-over-Sands.
Travelling southwards from Grange-over-Sands
you cross the Welsh border and continue
to Llandrindod Wells for the last
night of the tour.
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DEPARTURE
DATES |
Saturdays,
31st May, 7th, 21st and 28th June, |
12th
and 19th July, 2nd, 9th, 23rd and 30th
August, |
6th
September. |