Holidays 2020

HOLIDAYS 2020

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Welcome to our 2020 coach holiday brochure. Once again we have increased the range of tours on offer, returning to favourite hotels, and adding more new destinations. We strive to offer a tour with a carefully chosen hotel, known for its quality accommodation and cuisine.

We are proud to invest in our coach touring fleet with new vehicles every year. Our coaches offer a high seating position for great views, are fully air- conditioned and come with individually adjustable seating with spacious leg room to allow you to enjoy the spectacular scenery in comfort. Wi-Fi and USB charging points are available on most of the coaches. Our holiday itineraries include a full programme of excursions on most days of your holiday, with all admissions included to the places we visit so there are no hidden costs. We have kept single supplements to a minimum, however there is always a high demand on single rooms, and once this allocation is sold further rooms may incur a higher supplement. We pick up from a range of local points as shown on the back cover, or you may prefer to add our home to home service for a small charge. We operate 2 main pick-up routes, so you will either join the main tour coach immediately, or have a short feeder service by taxi or coach to join the main coach. No long delays at motorway service stations! All of our holidays can be booked via our website at any time, or by telephone during our office hours (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm). A non-refundable deposit of £50 secures your booking with the balance due 6 weeks prior to departure. We hope you enjoy browsing our brochure and find something of interest, and we look forward to welcoming you aboard very soon! RICHMONDS COACHES

BOOKING TERMS & CONDITIONS A full copy of our terms and conditions can be found on our website or a printed copy is available on request.

H V Richmond Ltd trading as Richmond’s Coaches is a member of the Bonded Coach Holiday Group of the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK Ltd. This is a government approved consumer protection scheme. This ensures that in relation to the coach package holidays described in this brochure that the clients’ monies are protected by a Bond in the unlikely event of the Member’s Insolvency. Clients are recommended to inspect the current membership certificate at our registered office or alternatively go to www. bch-uk.org or telephone 0207 240 3131 to confirm current membership.

Please note all itineraries are written many months in advance and some variations may occur.

2 WARNERS LEISURE BREAK HOLME LACY

HOLME LACY HOUSE HOTEL, HEREFORDSHIRE HHHH

Orchard restaurant

WED 12 FEBRUARY MON 10 Today we visit Hereford on FEBRUARY market day in the morning 5 DAYS with time at leisure and in the afternoon, we head over £380 to the Museum of Cider Pool Per person sharing a where we learn how apples twin/double room were milled and pressed and Warners Leisure Breaks are how the resulting juice was £40 single supplement known for their “Just for fermented to produce cider: Upgrade to a Signature Grown-Ups” historic hotels. a centuries-old tradition room available from £40 still developing today. Naturally, it’s magnificent: per person (double/twin rooms) beautiful ceilings, ornate THU 13 FEBRUARY state rooms and spectacular A morning excursion Home to home pick up/ formal gardens, restored set down from £25 to their original design. to the town of Hay-on- Herefordshire’s countryside Wye on its market day offers almost as many for time at leisure. INCLUDES: ways to relax as the hotel All coach travel does. Immerse yourself FRI 14 FEBRUARY in the glorious gardens, We depart Holme Lacy Porterage historic courtyards and after a leisurely breakfast 4 nights dinner, bed & activity lawns. You might and return home with a breakfast even pick up a few tips lunch stop on route, arriving from the gardener! back late afternoon. Admission to Museum of Cider MON 10 FEBRUARY Cider Museum Daytime activities at We depart the local area Warners Holme Lacy and make a stop for lunch Hotel before arriving at Holme Evening Entertainment Lacy mid-afternoon ready to settle in and get acquainted with all the facilities on site. A full programme of entertainment every evening is included.

TUE 11 FEBRUARY BOOK NOW! Today we take a scenic drive 01763 848226 through the picturesque Wye Valley, an Area of richmonds-coaches.co.uk Outstanding Natural Beauty. 3 SIDMOUTH & SOUTH DEVON

ROYAL YORK AND FAULKNER HOTEL, SIDMOUTH HHH

Sidmouth Regatta © Sidmouth Town Council

TUE 25 the sights and sounds of FEBRUARY the industrial revolution but also see crafts men and 5 DAYS women making traditional £395 textiles, beautiful knitting yarn and hand-woven Per person sharing a Exeter Cathedral rugs. We will also spend twin/double room © Exeter City Council time today at Ottery St Limited single rooms at Mary Garden Centre. no supplement TUE 25 FEBRUARY FRI 28 FEBRUARY Home to home pick up/ Depart the local area with a This morning we head to set down from £25 lunch stop on route, arriving Exmouth to board a heated at our hotel in Sidmouth boat for a cruise along the INCLUDES: late afternoon. This glorious river Exe. Your Skipper will regency seaside town is give you a live commentary All coach travel nestled into the Jurassic on the history of the area, Porterage Coast and yet enjoys a the beautiful sights and largely flat town centre. the resident and visiting 4 nights dinner, bed & wildlife. As a designated breakfast WED 26 FEBRUARY Ramsar site, the Exe is Admission to A day at leisure in one of the top rivers in the Coldharbour Mill Sidmouth. An optional country for wildlife and River Exe Cruise visit to The Donkey is a feeding ground for Sanctuary this afternoon. several seals, you may be lucky enough to see the Royal York & Faulkner THU 27 FEBRUARY resident seal on your trip. Today we take a guided tour This afternoon we have around Coldharbour Mill, time to explore the one of the oldest woollen Cathedral city of Exeter. mills in the UK having been in continuous production SAT 29 FEBRUARY since 1797. Originally owned Departing after breakfast by world-renowned textile we travel home with a producers Fox Brothers, lunch stop on route arriving the Mill took fleece from back early evening. all over the world and BOOK NOW! transformed it into yarn, cloth and textiles. Today the 01763 848226 rich heritage lives on as one of the finest working wool richmonds-coaches.co.uk museums where visitors are not just able to relive 4 CORNWALL SPRING TOUR

ROSEMUNDY HOUSE HOTEL, ST AGNES HHH

Caerhays

a friendly and inviting WED 11 MARCH atmosphere with a rolling 6 DAYS programme of exhibitions that reveal stories from £440 its diverse history. This afternoon, we head towards Per person sharing a Gweek to the Cornish Seal twin/double room Sanctuary for a guided tour. Limited single rooms at no supplement SAT 14 MARCH St Ives £12 National Trust © Visit Cornwall & Matt Jessop This morning we take a Member Discount drive to Falmouth where we join a river cruise to Home to home pick up/ WED 11 MARCH enjoy the natural beauty set down from £25 We depart the local and wildlife of Falmouth area with stops on Bay. This afternoon is at INCLUDES: route before arriving at leisure in Falmouth. Rosemundy House Hotel All coach travel mid-afternoon ready to SUN 15 MARCH Porterage settle in before dinner. Today we visit The Lost 5 nights dinner, bed & Gardens of Heligan, which THU 12 MARCH breakfast just 25 years ago were Today we drive to the unknown and unseen; lost Admission to Trelissick charming seaside resort of under a tangle of weeds. Gardens (NT) St Ives. Best known for its A chance discovery of a artistic connections, the Guided tour of The door in the ruins led to Cornish Seal Sanctuary Tate Gallery looks after the the restoration of what is Barbara Hepworth Museum now considered to be one Boat trip on River Fal and sculpture garden of the finest gardens in Admission to The Lost (admission at own cost). Cornwall. The afternoon we Gardens of Heligan finish our excursions with a FRI 13 MARCH visit to Caerhays Gardens Admission to Caerhays This morning we visit where we experience Gardens Trelissick Gardens (NT), spectacular award- which is set on its own winning spring gardens. peninsula, with panoramic views over the Fal estuary. MON 16 MARCH You can explore the After breakfast we will BOOK NOW! meandering paths through start the journey home, the garden, leading to exotic arriving back in the local 01763 848226 plants and herbaceous area early evening. borders bursting with richmonds-coaches.co.uk colour. The house has 5 Beaufort Park Hotel WELSH SPRING BREAK

BEAUFORT PARK HOTEL, MOLD HHH

MON 16 MARCH MON 16 MARCH servants’ hall, and the 5 DAYS We depart the local area restored East Range, containing the library and £395 and make a stop for lunch before arriving at 1920s style Bow Room Beaufort Park ready to showing off Chirk Castle’s Per person sharing a connections to high society. twin/double room settle in before dinner. Limited single rooms at TUE 17 MARCH THU 19 MARCH no supplement After breakfast we head Today, we enjoy a lovely £12 National Trust to the historic city of drive via Colwyn Bay Member Discount Chester, which has the to the ‘Queen of Welsh’ most complete city resorts, Llandudno, with Home to home pick up/ its wonderful beaches and set down from £25 walls and largest Roman Amphitheatre in Britain, lovely wide promenade. plus a 1,000 year old Llandudno is the perfect INCLUDES: cathedral and 700 year old place to enjoy a relaxing unique shopping rows. day, with its beautiful All coach travel Victorian architecture Porterage WED 18 MARCH and Edwardian elegance, pier and excellent 4 nights dinner, bed & Today we take a step selection of high street breakfast back in time to the days stores and attractions. of steam and head out on We head back via the Llangollen Steam Train the Llangollen Railway. The trip Snowdonia National Park, railway is located within taking in the panoramic Admission to Chirk an Area of Outstanding views of Llanberis and Castle (NT) Natural Beauty and this is through the pretty village evident as the train gently of Betws-y-Coed. meanders through the Dee Valley. This afternoon FRI 20 MARCH we visit Chirk Castle (NT). With over 700 years of We depart with a history, and as the last morning visit to the castle from this period still British Ironwork Centre lived in today, Chirk Castle’s & Shropshire Sculpture many occupants have left Park, the biggest display behind lavish interiors and of decorative metalwork a beautiful and eclectic in the UK, and arrive back BOOK NOW! collection. The state rooms home late afternoon. include a 17th-century Long 01763 848226 Gallery, grand 18th-century saloon with rich tapestries, richmonds-coaches.co.uk

6 WARNERS LEISURE BREAK BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT

BEMBRIDGE COAST HOTEL, BEMBRIDGE HHH Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight Steam Railway Warners Leisure Breaks are MON 23 MARCH known for their “Just for 5 DAYS Grown-Ups” historic hotels. £395 MON 23 MARCH Per person sharing a We depart the local area twin/double room and catch the ferry to the Isle of Wight arriving at £40 single supplement our hotel in Bembridge Upgrade to Signature late afternoon. Room from £40 per Victoria and Prince Albert’s person (twin/double passions, tastes and style. TUE 24 MARCH rooms) Ornate furnishings and We begin with a visit artefacts from The Royal Home to home pick up/ to Ventnor Botanical Collection fill rooms and set down from £25 Gardens with its exotic corridors where Victoria plant collection. We entertained heads of spend free time this INCLUDES: state, inventors, princes afternoon in Godshill. and princesses and ruled All coach travel the vast British Empire. WED 25 MARCH Porterage Today is an optional visit to THU 26 MARCH 4 nights dinner, bed & Osborne House (entrance Today we board the Isle of breakfast at own cost, English Wight Steam Railway for a Heritage members free). Admission to Ventnor nostalgic trip through the Osborne reflects Queen Gardens countryside, followed by time at leisure in Cowes. Isle of Wight Steam Railway Ride FRI 27 MARCH Daytime activities at We catch the morning Bembridge ferry, and arrive home Evening Entertainment late afternoon.

Bembridge Coast Hotel

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NORTON PARK HOTEL, WINCHESTER HHHH

Beaulieu River © Robin Somes

FRI 10 APRIL we head over to Buckler’s 4 DAYS Hard, an 18th Century shipbuilding village. £375 SUN 12 APRIL Per person sharing a (EASTER SUNDAY) twin/double room Beaulieu Palace House Today we spend the £60 single supplement © Adam Fearn morning discovering Home to home pick up/ Winchester, heading back in set down from £25 time for a 2 course Sunday Norton Park is set in 54 Lunch and an afternoon to acres of countryside relax at the hotel. Enjoy the INCLUDES: near the historic city of leisure facilities including Winchester and is the All coach travel indoor pool, sauna, steam perfect location for our room and gym. This evening Porterage break away. Originally a a light buffet will be served. manor house dating back 3 nights dinner, bed & to the 16th century, the breakfast MON 13 APRIL hotel has been skilfully After breakfast we have a Admission to Beaulieu restored to provide first leisurely departure stopping class accommodation Admission to Buckler’s on route at Denbies and spa facilities. Hard Wine Estate for a tour and tasting and arriving Denbies Wine Estate FRI 10 APRIL home mid-afternoon. Tour and Tasting (GOOD FRIDAY) After a leisurely departure and stopping in Portsmouth with time at Gunwharf Quays Outlet Shopping or Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (entry at own cost), we arrive at our hotel on the outskirts of Winchester. Denbies Vineyard SAT 11 APRIL We spend this morning BOOK NOW! at Beaulieu, home to The National Motor Museum, 01763 848226 Palace House, Beaulieu Abbey and the World of richmonds-coaches.co.uk Top Gear. This afternoon

8 Bucklers Hard TORQUAY & THE ENGLISH RIVIERA

THE HEADLAND HOTEL, TORQUAY HHH

Torquay

Dartmouth Railway

passenger ferry we board MON 13 APRIL a boat in Dartmouth to 5 DAYS enjoy a relaxing cruise through the picturesque £375 Dart Valley. Wildlife abounds in the estuary and Per person sharing a you may be lucky enough twin/double room to see dolphins, seals, Limited single rooms at MON 13 APRIL herons, egrets, buzzards no supplement Departing the local area and kingfishers if you’re Home to home pick up/ we will make suitable quick enough! Our cruise set down from £25 stops on route arriving concludes at Totnes where at The Headland Hotel, our coach will meet us a highly rated 3* hotel for the return to Torquay INCLUDES: situated above Torquay, (all fares included). All coach travel with views out across the sea and private gardens. FRI 17 APRIL Porterage After breakfast we 4 nights dinner, bed & TUE 14 APRIL commence our journey breakfast Today we take a scenic home with suitable stops coach tour across Dartmoor, on route arriving back late Dartmouth train and enjoying stunning views afternoon/early evening. boat trip and visiting Princetown for a refreshment break. We include a visit to Buckfast Abbey, this peaceful and inspirational place is still home to a community of Benedictine monks.

WED 15 APRIL Enjoy a free morning in Torquay at your leisure and this afternoon we have time to explore the Buckfast Abbey fishing village of Brixham. THU 16 APRIL BOOK NOW! Today we travel by coach to Paignton where we 01763 848226 board the Dartmouth Steam Railway to Kingswear. richmonds-coaches.co.uk Crossing the River Dart by 9 Dartmouth River Cruise HARROGATE SPRING FLOWER SHOW

CEDAR COURT HOTEL, HARROGATE HHHH

Harrogate Flower Show

WED 22 APRIL gardens, great shopping, 3 DAYS live entertainment and the biggest exhibition £280 by florists and flower arrangers in the country. Per person sharing a twin/double room FRI 24 APRIL £25 single supplement After breakfast, we depart £9 RHS Member to Lotherton. This charming Discount country house boasts an extensive collection Home to home pick up/ of decorative arts along set down from £25 with dedicated Fashion Galleries, hosting changing INCLUDES: exhibitions. The gardens cover eight acres and were All coach travel designed as a series of Porterage enclosed gardens by Mrs © Harrogate Flower Show Gwendolen Gascoigne 2 nights dinner, bed & between 1893 and 1914, breakfast with few changes up to WED 22 APRIL Admission to RHS her death in 1949. Today, Harlow Carr Depart for Harrogate the gardens are being spending the afternoon slowly restored. We depart Admission to Harrogate at RHS Harlow Carr, a after lunch returning Flower Show garden with a wide variety home early evening. Admission to Lotherton of growing landscapes ranging from woodland to wildflower meadows. Our hotel for the next two nights is the 4* Cedar Court Hotel in Harrogate.

THU 23 APRIL Harrogate Flower Show A full day at Harrogate Flower Show. The Show is the first big event in BOOK NOW! the gardening calendar, welcoming the new growing season with a 01763 848226 spectacular celebration of richmonds-coaches.co.uk the very best in horticulture. Featuring beautiful show 10 Harrogate Flower Show HISTORY OF CHESHIRE - SALT, SOAP & SILK

QUEEN HOTEL, CHESTER HHHH

Port Sunlight Museum

A fascinating short break Anderton Boat Lift SUN 26 APRIL based around the Cheshire 5 DAYS area where we’ll enjoy some of the marvels that made £450 Britain great! Beautiful buildings, wonders from Per person sharing a the canal age and the best twin/double room of traditional industries. £80 single supplement Home to home pick up/ SUN 26 APRIL his soap factory (home set down from £25 We depart the local of Sunlight Soap) where area for our hotel, the we enjoy a visit to the INCLUDES: 4* Queen Hotel, which is Museum and guided tour located close to Chester’s of the village. We return to All coach travel historic city centre. Chester for a free afternoon. Porterage MON 27 APRIL WED 29 APRIL 4 nights dinner, bed & Today we travel across the We travel to Northwich for breakfast attractive Cheshire Plains a ride on a masterpiece Admission to Paradise to Macclesfield, traditional of Victorian engineering, Mill home of the Silk Industry, the Anderton Boat Lift, Port Sunlight guided where we will visit Paradise then continue the short tour Mill, a restored silk works. journey to the Lion Salt Afterwards we continue Works for a fascinating Anderton Boat lift ride through part of the Peak visit to find out about this Admission to Lion Salt District National Park 2000 year old industry. to delightful Buxton. Works THU 30 APRIL TUE 28 APRIL After breakfast we depart Today we travel to The for home with a lunch Wirral. Spending the stop on route, arriving morning at Port Sunlight, back late afternoon. built by William Hesketh Lever for the workers in

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11 Chester Cathedral KEUKENHOF – DUTCH BULB GARDENS

VAN DER VALK HOTEL, LEUSDEN, AMERSFOOT HHHH

Keukenhof

FRI 8 MAY participating companies to 4 DAYS show their living catalogue. 500 flower growers present £425 an enormous variety of cut flowers and pot plants Per person sharing a at over 20 flower shows. twin/double room

£90 single supplement Keukenhof SUN 10 MAY Home to home pick up/ We drive into the centre set down from £25 of Amsterdam and take a guided boat cruise around the canals of the INCLUDES: city centre. This afternoon All coach travel & ferry we visit the picturesque crossings port of Volendam where colourful local Porterage costumes are still worn. Keukenhof 3 nights dinner, bed & breakfast MON 11 MAY We leave our hotel and head Admission to Keukenhof FRI 8 MAY We depart the local area for our Channel crossing Guided Boat Cruise and take the Channel with stops on route, arriving crossing continuing into back home early evening. Holland with a stop on route and arrive at our hotel the 4* Van Der Valk Hotel, Leusden, late afternoon.

SAT 9 MAY Today we visit Keukenhof which is the international and independent showcase for the Dutch floricultural Keukenhof sector, with a special emphasis on flower bulbs. In the space of eight weeks Keukenhof shows what BOOK NOW! the Dutch floricultural sector has to offer. The 01763 848226 park’s focus is on the 7 richmonds-coaches.co.uk million spring-flowering bulbs, which allow the 100 12 Keukenhof IRELAND: KILLARNEY & THE RING OF KERRY

4 NIGHTS KILLARNEY TOWERS HOTEL HHHH Plus 2 overnight stays Killarney

SUN 10 MAY of Lough Leane to Ross SUN 10 MAY We make a leisurely journey Castle. From here catch 7 DAYS the “Lily of Killarney” to to our overnight stop £745 at the 3* Kinmel Manor cruise across the lake, a Hotel in North Wales. memorable way to view the surrounding mountains. A Per person sharing a twin/double room MON 11 MAY return transfer takes you back into the centre of £160 single supplement Following an early start we Killarney Town for free time. (double/twin for sole make the short journey to occupancy) Holyhead for the morning THU 14 MAY sailing to Dublin, with Home to home pick up/ breakfast provided on the Today we are joined by a set down from £25 ferry. Our journey takes local Irish guide to tour around the Ring of Kerry us through the central INCLUDES: plains of Ireland to Co. by coach. Dominated by Kerry with a stop on route MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, All coach travel & ferry before arriving at the 4* savour the spectacular crossings Killarney Towers Hotel in scenery as you travel along Porterage the centre of town, where the narrow coastal road every evening is packed of the Iveragh Peninsula. 6 nights dinner, bed & with Irish entertainment. breakfast FRI 15 MAY Dolphin Watching Boat We leave Killarney and TUE 12 MAY Trip in Dingle Bay The Dingle Peninsula offers head to Cobh, a tiny fishing some of the wildest natural village with a big history, A jaunting car ride and scenic beauty in Ireland. as the last port of call for lake cruise We follow a circular route the ‘Titanic’ on her fateful Guided Coach tour of around the most westerly maiden voyage in 1912. the Ring of Kerry tip of the peninsula. Our We visit the ‘Queenstown afternoon stop is at the Story’ to learn the story of Admission to The fishing village of Dingle, The Titanic as well as the Queenstown Story where you’ll enjoy one of history of mass emigration the highlights of your tour undergone by over 6 million – a Dolphin Watching Boat Irish from this humble Trip around Dingle Bay. harbour. We have our final overnight stay at the 3* WED 13 MAY Maldron Hotel, Wexford. BOOK NOW! A full day in Killarney. Begin SAT 16 MAY today with a horse drawn jaunting car ride through We travel to Rosslare for the 01763 848226 ferry to South Wales with the Killarney National richmonds-coaches.co.uk Park and along the edge breakfast onboard, returning home early evening. 13 NORTH DEVON

THE PARK HOTEL, BARNSTAPLE HHHH

Hartland Abbey

SUN 17 MAY SUN 17 MAY gardens and grounds. It 6 DAYS Departing the local area, is the cherished home of the Stucley family with £615 we arrive at our hotel in time to settle in before treasures and memorabilia dinner. The Park Hotel, collected over many Per person sharing a generations. Founded by twin/double room Barnstable part of the Brend Group, was recently Augustinian monks in 1157 £50 single supplement awarded 4* from the AA the Abbey was dissolved in 1539, surviving longer than £7 RHS Member following a multi-million any monastery in England. Discount pound redevelopment.

Home to home pick up/ MON 18 MAY WED 20 MAY set down from £25 Today we enjoy a morning We spend today at leisure discovering RHS Garden in Barnstaple. Perhaps you INCLUDES: Rosemoor. Nestled in the will choose to visit Pannier Torridge Valley, Rosemoor Market which is situated All coach travel is an enchanting place to in one of Barnstaple’s Porterage visit in every season. You most iconic buildings, with will experience the Formal antiques and collectables 5 nights dinner, bed & on offer, or take a stroll breakfast Garden, Stream Field and Lake, Devon Orchards around the town or take Admission to RHS and the very popular Fruit a walk on the South West Garden Rosemoor and Vegetable Garden. Coast Path by the River Taw. Discover the contrasting Dartington Crystal THU 21 MAY Factory Tour original garden of Lady Anne Berry, which consists This morning we head to Admission to Hartland of many garden ‘rooms’ Quince Honey Farm for Abbey that blend seamlessly into a guided tour where we Quince Honey Farm Tour one. This afternoon we visit learn about the whole Dartington Crystal the UK’s honey process from hive Horse Drawn Barge only remaining glass factory. to jar, how bees create Cruise A visit to Dartington Crystal honeycomb and of course is a unique and fascinating there will be an opportunity experience for all. Discover to taste the product! their story and development This afternoon we take a in the exhibition centre leisurely Horse Drawn Barge and then watch skilled along the Tiverton Canal. BOOK NOW! glass makers in action on the factory floor. FRI 22 MAY 01763 848226 We depart The Park Hotel, TUE 19 MAY arriving back late afternoon. richmonds-coaches.co.uk Today we visit Hartland Abbey with its beautiful 14 WARNERS LEISURE BREAK THORESBY HALL

THORESBY HALL HOTEL, NEWARK HHHH

Thorsby Hall Hotel

Warners Leisure Breaks are MON 25 MAY known for their “Just for 5 DAYS Grown-Ups” historic hotels. £495 One of Nottinghamshire’s most important houses, Per person sharing a Thoresby’s original features twin/double room are still enjoyed by Warners £40 single supplement guests today. There are deep armchairs in the Upgrade to Signature vaulted splendour of the Melton Mowbray Room from £40 per Great Hall, and the house’s person (twin/double broad terrace overlooks rooms) TUE 26 MAY a croquet lawn and acres Home to home pick up/ of classic parkland. Enjoy a day at leisure set down from £25 to enjoy the hotel MON 25 MAY and its activities. We depart the local area INCLUDES: and make a stop for lunch WED 27 MAY All coach travel in Melton Mowbray before Today we have a whole day Porterage arriving at Thoresby Hall in Lincoln to explore one mid-afternoon ready to of Britain’s smallest cities. 4 nights dinner, bed & settle in and get acquainted breakfast with all the facilities on THU 28 MAY site. A full programme Admission to Renishaw Today we head over to Hall & Gardens of entertainment every Renishaw Hall & Gardens evening is included. During where we take a tour Daytime activities at your stay a whole host of around the Grade 1 Listed Thoresby Hall activities will be available Building which was built Evening Entertainment for you to enjoy at the hotel. in 1625 and have time to explore the Italianate gardens which were laid out in the late 19th Century.

FRI 29 MAY We depart Thoresby Hall after a leisurely breakfast and return home with a stop BOOK NOW! at Boundary Mills, arriving back late afternoon. 01763 848226 Lincoln Cathedral richmonds-coaches.co.uk © Visit England 15 BOURNEMOUTH

THE CHINE HOTEL, BOURNEMOUTH HHH

SUN 31 MAY The Chine Hotel is WED 3 JUNE 5 DAYS a charming seaside Today we explore Kingston destination, just a £425 Lacy (NT), a lavish family stone’s throw away from home built to resemble Bournemouth beach. Per person sharing a an Italian Palace. twin/double room Set in three acres of tranquil An art lover’s dream, Limited single rooms at private gardens where you the rooms teeming with no supplement can escape for the day paintings by Rubens, Van with a book, or meander Dyck, Titian and Brueghel. £14 National Trust your way through to the In the Egyptian Room you Member Discount golden sandy beach. can discover the largest Home to home pick up/ private collection of ancient set down from £25 SUN 31 MAY Egyptian artefacts in the UK. We depart the local area and make a stop for Have a wander around the INCLUDES: lunch before arriving at Japanese Garden, complete with authentic tea house All coach travel The Chine Hotel mid- afternoon ready to settle or take a sheltered walk Porterage in and get acquainted through the surrounding 4 nights dinner, bed & with the facilities on site. woodland. You can even breakfast learn how to grow your own MON 1 JUNE food in the ‘Community Boat Cruise Growing Spaces’. Today we travel along the Admission to Kingston coast to the pretty harbour From Iron Age forts, to Lacy (NT) town of Poole famous for colourful heathland, water its pottery. We include a meadows and even a Roman boat trip with on-board road, there’s loads to see on commentary included, it’s a the 8,500 acres of estate. truly wonderful cruise taking in the south coast’s most THU 4 JUNE iconic Harbour. We return We depart The Chine Hotel to Bournemouth for the rest after a leisurely breakfast Bournemouth Gardens of the afternoon at leisure. and return home with a © Bournemouth lunch stop on route, arriving TUE 2 JUNE back late afternoon. We have a day at leisure BOOK NOW! in Bournemouth. 01763 848226 richmonds-coaches.co.uk

16 CORNWALL

ROSEMUNDY HOUSE HOTEL, ST AGNES HHH

TUE 2 JUNE gallery with a wide range TUE 2 JUNE We depart the local area of work from local Cornish 8 DAYS artists. We spend the arriving at Rosemundy £725 House Hotel late afternoon with free time to explore Falmouth. afternoon ready to settle Per person sharing a in before dinner. SUN 7 JUNE twin/double room WED 3 JUNE This morning we make Limited single rooms at no supplement Today we spend the the short journey to The morning in Padstow before Eden Project. With three £12 National Trust continuing to enjoy a climatic zones and over a Member Discount visit to Prideaux Place. million plants, Eden never fails to provide anything Home to home pick up/ Since its completion in set down from £25 1592 the same family have less than a jaw-dropping lived in this charming horticultural extravaganza. Elizabethan manor. In the afternoon we travel INCLUDES: to Fowey, a delightful All coach travel THU 4 JUNE harbour town which has become popular with Porterage Today we enjoy a relaxing the rich and famous for day in the charming their holiday homes. 7 nights dinner, bed & seaside resort of St Ives. breakfast Best known for its artistic MON 8 JUNE connections, the Tate Guided Tour Prideaux Gallery looks after the This morning we take Place and Gardens Barbara Hepworth Museum a short drive into the Admission to Trelissick and sculpture garden. cathedral city of Truro with Gardens (NT) the morning to explore at FRI 5 JUNE your own leisure. In the Admission to The Eden afternoon we visit Healy’s Project We spend the day at leisure Cornish Cyder Farm for at the hotel and St Agnes. Tour of Healy’s Cyder a guided tour. The family Farm have been making the SAT 6 JUNE most of their apples for Today we visit Trelissick over 30 years and are now Gardens (NT) which is set proud makers of an array on its own peninsula, with of award-winning ciders, panoramic views over the wines, spirits and preserves. Fal estuary. The house BOOK NOW! has a friendly and inviting TUE 9 JUNE atmosphere with a rolling After breakfast we will 01763 848226 programme of exhibitions start the journey home, that reveal stories from its arriving early evening. richmonds-coaches.co.uk diverse history. Trelissick has its own renowned art 17 BRUGES

PARK HOTEL, BRUGES HHHH

Bruges Canals and Belfry

SAT 6 JUNE Bruges is a compact historic SUN 7 JUNE 3 DAYS destination, which is now Free time to explore Bruges. included on the UNESCO £275 Perhaps you might like to World Heritage List. With join a walking tour or visit its squares, canals, gardens the Cathedral or Museums. Per person sharing and impressive architecture, a twin room Maybe you will sit in the it warrants exploration! market square with a coffee £80 single supplement and watch the world go SAT 6 JUNE Home to home pick up/ by. You may also like to set down from £25 We depart the local area take one of the canal boat and make our way to trips around the city. There Bruges arriving at The is plenty to see and do. INCLUDES: Park Hotel mid afternoon All coach travel ready to settle in for our MON 8 JUNE two night stay. The hotel is We depart The Park Porterage centrally located enabling Hotel after breakfast 2 nights bed & breakfast you to easily explore the making a morning visit only city at your leisure. Please to Ostend, returning note accommodation is on home in the evening. a bed and breakfast basis only. The squares are full of a variety of restaurants for you to choose from.

Belfort © Jan Darthet

Park Hotel

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18 ISLE OF WIGHT

OCEAN VIEW HOTEL, SHANKLIN HHH

Isle of Wight Steam Railway ©John Faulkner

Osbourne House FRI 19 JUNE FRI 19 JUNE We depart the local 7 DAYS area and catch the ferry £625 to the Isle of Wight arriving at our hotel in Per person sharing a Shanklin late afternoon. twin/double room SAT 20 JUNE Limited single rooms at no supplement We begin with a visit to £30 sea view Ventnor Botanical Gardens at own cost, English supplement with its exotic plant Heritage members free). collection. We continue for Osborne reflects Queen Home to home pick up/ a scenic drive along the Victoria and Prince Albert’s set down from £25 coast road to The Needles. passions, tastes and style. Ornate furnishings and INCLUDES: SUN 21 JUNE artefacts from The Royal Today we board the Isle of Collection fill rooms and All coach travel Wight Steam Railway for a corridors where Victoria Porterage nostalgic trip through the entertained heads of countryside, followed by state, inventors, princes 6 nights dinner, bed & time at leisure in Shanklin. and princesses and ruled breakfast the vast British Empire. MON 22 JUNE Admission to Ventnor Gardens Today is an optional visit to TUE 23 JUNE Osborne House (entrance A day at leisure to Isle of Wight Steam relax in Shanklin. Railway Ride

Ventnor Gardens WED 24 JUNE Today we visit the yachting town of Cowes to enjoy views of the boats and the bustling harbour. This afternoon we have free time in the picturesque Shanklin Village village of Godshill. THU 25 JUNE BOOK NOW! We catch the morning ferry, and arrive home 01763 848226 late afternoon. richmonds-coaches.co.uk

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STAYING AT 3 HOTELS ACROSS 8 DAYS

Loch Ness © Visit Scotland

WED 10 JUNE THE WINNOCK including the magnificent 8 DAYS Edinburgh Castle HOTEL, DRYMEN perched atop an extinct £825 HHH volcano, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, a favourite Per person sharing a residence of the monarchy twin/double room ROYAL HOTEL, ULLAPOOL and the Scotch Whisky £60 single supplement Experience on the Royal HHH Mile close to the castle. Home to home pick up/ set down from £25 CRIEFF HYDRO FRI 12 JUNE HOTEL, CRIEFF This morning we set off INCLUDES: HHHH north via Loch Lomond All coach travel to Fort William, in the shadow of magnificent Ben Porterage WED 10 JUNE Nevis. We spend time in 7 nights dinner, bed & Departing home we will this famous town before breakfast make our way to our hotel continuing on our highland in Drymen with coffee adventure, heading to the Admission to Inverewe and lunch stops on route mystical shores of Loch Gardens to break the journey. Ness, home of the fabled Admission to Black monster ‘Nessie’. We stop Watch Castle & Museum THU 11 JUNE at the Loch Ness Centre near Urquhart Castle for a We travel to the capital city Admission to Scone comfort break and photos of Scotland today to spend Palace before continuing our time at leisure exploring journey northwards through its many attractions, spectacular scenery to

BOOK NOW! 01763 848226 richmonds-coaches.co.uk Black Watch Castle 20 destination of Inverness, where we spend some time at leisure exploring before continuing our journey through the Cairngorms National Park to our home for the next 2 nights in Crieff.

TUE 16 JUNE We enjoy our final day in splendid Perthshire with a morning visit to the Black Watch Castle & Museum Scone Palace in Perth. Located on one of Perth’s most beautiful our highland home for the continuing north to the parks, the North Inch, the next 3 nights, Ullapool. award-winning botanical museum castle dates back Inverewe Gardens full of to the 1600s and tells the SAT 13 JUNE amazing flora not normally story of Scotland’s elite military regiment. We have We enjoy a day at leisure seen in the UK. Finally, free time for lunch here in the picturesque fishing we follow the route of the or in Perth city, before town of Ullapool, gateway famous North Coast 500 enjoying a guided tour to the Northern Highlands, along the coast back to of Scone Palace, once nestled on the shores of Ullapool, marvelling at the the crowning place of Loch Broom. The natural rugged landscape which the Kings of Scotland. beauty of this area must changes dramatically be seen to be believed from turn to turn. WED 17 JUNE and the attractions in this quaint village include the MON 15 JUNE We depart this morning Ullapool museum and Today, we depart Ullapool after breakfast, with there are many boat trips and head south again breaks for coffee and offering tours around the making our first stop at lunch returning home surrounding waters. the wonderful Falls of Shin late afternoon. and Visitor Centre, one SUN 14 JUNE of the best known sights This morning we set off for in the area. Although not a scenic tour of the west particularly high the falls BOOK NOW! coast. Heading west from have great power and Garve we travel via Loch salmon can often be seen 01763 848226 Maree to Gairloch for a attempting to leap them richmonds-coaches.co.uk comfort stop at the harbour in the summer. We then move south to the popular of this little fishing village, 21 YORKSHIRE VALES & DALES

RENDEZVOUS HOTEL, SKIPTON HHH

SUN 28 JUNE SUN 28 JUNE National Rail Museum 6 DAYS We depart the local area (free admission) or head into the city centre for the £550 with a stop on route before arriving at our Minster, museums, galleries and boutique shopping. Per person sharing a hotel, the Rendezvous twin/double room Hotel, Skipton with time to settle in before dinner. THU 2 JULY £100 single supplement This morning we head £9 RHS Member MON 29 JUNE to Harrogate, with time Discount Today we take a scenic at your leisure. Then this coach tour through the afternoon we visit the Home to home pick up/ RHS Gardens Harlow Carr. set down from £25 lovely Yorkshire Dales, heading first to Ingleton, Explore the delights of this then continuing on past garden with a wide variety INCLUDES: the spectacular 24 arch of growing landscapes Ribblehead Viaduct before ranging from woodland All coach travel arriving in the delightful to wildflower meadows. Porterage market town of Hawes. Harlow Carr’s collection This afternoon we visit the includes more than 2,000 5 nights dinner, bed and different specimens. Sitting breakfast Wensleydale Creamery where we will see some majestically at the top of the Admission to cheese still made by hand, valley, it affords a stunning Wensleydale Creamery and taste some samples. view of the Woodland. Embsay & Bolton Abbey FRI 3 JULY Railway Ride TUE 30 JUNE This morning we board the This morning we leave Pennine Canal Cruise Embsay & Bolton Abbey our hotel and make a visit Admission to RHS Steam Railway for a journey to Saltaire. Created by Harlow Carr through some of the mill-owner, Sir Titus Salt, picturesque Yorkshire Dales and preserved as a model Guided Walking tour of scenery. We take time at village it has been awarded Saltaire leisure in the market town UNESCO World Heritage of Skipton before boarding status. We enjoy a guided a Pennine canal boat for walk around the village, a cruise along part of the before exploring the Salts longest canal in Britain. Mill and having time for refreshment. Boarding the BOOK NOW! WED 1 JULY coach once again we return home in the early evening. Today we visit York, 01763 848226 with a day to spend as richmonds-coaches.co.uk you choose. Visit the

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BEAULIEU HOTEL, BEAULIEU HHH

Beaulieu Hotel Exterior

MON 6 JULY Wilton House MON 6 JULY After a leisurely departure 5 DAYS we arrive at our hotel near £545 the village of Beaulieu with time to settle in Per person sharing a and explore the hotel twin/double room facilities before dinner. £40 single supplement TUE 7 JULY Home to home pick up/ We spend today in the heart set down from £25 of the New Forest. This in the UK. In the afternoon we travel to nearby Wilton morning we visit Beaulieu INCLUDES: National Motor Museum, House, which is set in where over 250 vintage the beautiful Wiltshire All coach travel vehicles are exhibited countryside and home to Porterage depicting the story of the Earls of Pembroke since motoring in the UK and the 1540s. Stroll around 4 nights dinner, bed & motor racing internationally the House with its 17th breakfast century interiors and world from its pioneering origins Admission to Beaulieu to the present day. There is famous art collection. With over 22 acres of parkland National Motor Museum also the Victorian splendour and Palace House of Palace House, home and gardens, bordered to the Montagu family, to by the rivers Wylye and Admission to Exbury enjoy as well as the tranquil Nadder, the Grounds are Gardens ruins of the 12th century perfect for visitors to explore or to relax in. Admission to Wilton Cistercian Beaulieu Abbey House and the beautiful grounds and gardens. This afternoon THU 9 JULY Poole Boat Cruise we head to Exbury Gardens We head to Poole this which was created by morning for a boat cruise. Lionel de Rothschild This afternoon we take in the 1920s and is a a scenic drive through spectacular 200 acre site. the New Forest spending time in historic Lyndhurst WED 8 JULY before continuing through Poole Cruise This morning we visit the storybook village of Salisbury with time to Burley on to Brockenhurst explore this medieval city and back to our hotel. BOOK NOW! with its historic streets and alleyways, half-timbered FRI 10 JULY 01763 848226 buildings and magnificent After breakfast we have a Salisbury Cathedral, leisurely departure, arriving richmonds-coaches.co.uk boasting the tallest spire home mid-afternoon. 23 HISTORICAL NORTHUMBRIA

SLALEY HALL HOTEL, HEXHAM HHHH

Beamish Museum, Durham

MON 13 JULY MON 13 JULY the First World War. Visit 5 DAYS We depart the local area the Colliery & Pit village and discover how life was £495 and arrive at our hotel in time for dinner. on the home front during the Second World War on Per person sharing a TUE 14 JULY the Farm with Land Girls twin/double room and the Home Guard. Today we take a £90 single supplement drive through the THU 16 JULY £11 National Trust fabulous scenery of the Member Discount Northumbrian countryside, Today we travel to the travelling along the extraordinary Victorian Home to home pick up/ house, gardens and set down from £25 Hadrian’s Wall route. We visit Vindolanda, which woodland of Cragside is deemed to be one of (NT). Enter the world of INCLUDES: Europe’s most important Lord Armstrong - Victorian Roman archaeological inventor, innovator and All coach travel sites. Although first built landscape genius. Discover Porterage by the Roman army the first house in the world before Hadrian’s Wall to be lit by hydroelectricity. 4 nights dinner, bed & It also houses an eclectic breakfast Vindolanda became an important construction collection of British art, Admission to Vindolanda and garrison base for the furniture, ceramics and natural history. One of the Admission to the Wall, a Hadrian’s Wall fort in its own right. largest rock gardens in Beamish Museum Europe leads down to the Admission to Cragside This afternoon we visit the Iron Bridge, which in turn (NT) market town of Hexham. leads to the formal garden. This afternoon we spend WED 15 JULY free time in the historic Today we visit the open air market town of Morpeth. Beamish Museum, which tells the story of life in FRI 17 JULY the North East during the After breakfast we make 1820s, 1900s and 1940s, our way back, arriving Roman Vindolanda all set within 300 acres home mid-afternoon. of beautiful countryside. Experience life in the 1820s BOOK NOW! at Pockerley, explore a 1900s town and see how 01763 848226 families lived and worked in the years leading up to richmonds-coaches.co.uk

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HALLMARK HOTEL DERBY MICKLEOVER COURT, DERBY HHHH

Beamish Museum, Durham Biddulph Grange Gardens

THU 16 JULY THU 16 JULY We make our journey north 5 DAYS arriving at our hotel in time £445 to settle in before dinner. Churnet Valley Railway Per person sharing a FRI 17 JULY twin/double room Today we visit The World the 1950s and 1960s. Take a £60 single supplement of Wedgwood, which break from busy urban life £9 National Trust is a unique, interactive and hop on board a steam Member Discount visitor centre experience train to ride in a heritage celebrating the very best carriage behind one of Home to home pick up/ of British craftsmanship. the beautifully restored set down from £25 On the Wedgwood Factory heritage steam or diesel Tour, see up close the locomotives. Pass through INCLUDES: craftsmanship, artisan skills delightful countryside and techniques honed with riverside views and All coach travel over 260 years. The award The Cauldon Canal. We Porterage winning tour offers an in then take a scenic drive depth view of all aspects through the Peak District to 4 nights dinner, bed & of bone china and iconic Buxton for time at leisure. breakfast Jasperware production Wedgwood Factory Tour including casting, firing, SUN 19 JULY glazing, figure making, This morning we head to Admission to Biddulph decorating and hand Grange (NT) painting, ornamentation Haddon Hall. Set in the and gilding. This afternoon heart of the beautiful Peak Churnet Valley Railway we visit Biddulph Grange District National Park, parts trip Garden (NT). This Victorian of the house date from the 12th Century, sitting like Admission to Haddon garden was created by Hall James Bateman for his a jewel in its Elizabethan collection of plants from terraced gardens, and around the world. A visit overlooking the River Wye. takes you on a global This afternoon we have journey from Italy to free time in the picturesque the pyramids of Egypt, town of Bakewell. a Victorian vision of China and a re-creation MON 20 JULY of a Himalayan glen. After breakfast we BOOK NOW! make our way home SAT 18 JULY with a stop on route at 01763 848226 Today we visit the Churnet the National Memorial Valley Railway which takes Arboretum, arriving richmonds-coaches.co.uk you on a journey back to home mid-afternoon. 25 TORQUAY AND THE ENGLISH RIVIERA

THE HEADLAND HOTEL, TORQUAY HHH

Dartmouth River Cruise

MON 20 JULY WED 22 JULY 5 DAYS A free day to spend in £445 Torquay at your leisure.

Per person sharing a THU 23 JULY twin/double room Today we take a scenic drive to the pretty harbour Limited single rooms at town of Dartmouth where no supplement we enjoy time to visit Home to home pick up/ the quaint shops and set down from £25 then take a river cruise Buckfast Abbey by boat. This afternoon INCLUDES: we head to Brixham with time to explore this MON 20 JULY All coach travel small fishing village. Departing the local area Porterage we will make suitable stops FRI 24 JULY on route before arriving 4 nights dinner, bed & After breakfast we at The Headland Hotel, breakfast commence our journey a highly rated 3* hotel home with suitable stops South Devon Railway situated above Torquay, on route arriving back late Ride with views out across the afternoon/early evening. Dartmouth River Cruise sea and private gardens.

TUE 21 JULY Today we visit the tranquil haven of Buckfast Abbey. The Abbey is a working monastery where the monks live self-sufficiently creating goods for sale, producing their own electricity, engaging in various forms of pastoral Headland Hotel work and welcoming visitors from around the world. This afternoon we take a BOOK NOW! ride on the steam-hauled South Devon Railway along 01763 848226 the valley of the river Dart through some of Devon’s richmonds-coaches.co.uk most beautiful countryside.

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BEST WESTERN FOREST HILLS HOTEL, FRODSHAM HHH

Dorothy Clive Garden

SUN 26 JULY FRI 24 JULY After breakfast we 3 DAYS commence our journey £280 stopping at Trentham Estate Gardens on route, Per person sharing a arriving back home late twin/double room RHS_Flower Show afternoon/early evening. £30 single supplement © RHS Neil Hepworth Trentham gardens have matured into some of the Home to home pick up/ finest in Britain, declared, set down from £25 FRI 24 JULY by James Alexander Sinclair Departing the local area, in The Telegraph, as “The INCLUDES: we will visit The Dorothy garden makeover of the Clive Garden located in decade”. The contemporary All coach travel glorious countryside on revival of the famous the North Staffordshire, Italian Gardens was led by Porterage Shropshire and Cheshire renowned designer and 2 nights dinner, bed & borders, the garden is multi-Chelsea gold-medal breakfast both formal and informal, winner Tom Stuart-Smith. Admission to Dorothy hosting a network of paths To the east of the Italian Clive Garden that invite the visitor to Gardens are the Rivers of explore and discover the Grass and the adjacent Admission to RHS Tatton intimacy and tranquillity of Floral Labyrinth. Both these Park Flower Show the garden. We will then schemes were designed by Admission to The continue on route arriving eminent Dutch plantsman, Trentham Estate with time to explore the and Chelsea gold-medal Gardens hotel facilities before dinner. winner, Piet Oudolf.

SAT 25 JULY Trentham Italian Garden Today we spend the day at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park. Enjoy the Back to Back Gardens and exhibitions full of spirit, colour and all that’s great about gardening. With vibrant floral displays, stunning gardens and BOOK NOW! have-a-go workshops there’s plenty of take-home 01763 848226 inspiration for your garden. richmonds-coaches.co.uk

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ALVASTON HALL, ALVASTON HHH

Alvaston Hall

MON 27 JULY Warners Leisure Breaks ground-breaking design 5 DAYS are known for their “Just and production in the for Grown-Ups” historic museum and discover £480 hotels. Alvaston Hall Josiah Wedgwood’s Hotel is a beautiful half- lasting influence on Per person sharing a timbered Victorian gem, industry and society. twin/double room amongst the leafy lanes £40 single supplement of Cheshire. Alvaston Hall WED 29 JULY offers: table tennis, rifle Upgrade to Signature Enjoy a day at leisure in shooting, outdoor bowls Room from £40 per Chester to explore the and archery, why not try person (twin/double streets of black-and- something new? With the rooms) white timbered houses, gorgeous heated swimming and almost complete Home to home pick up/ pool and sauna you’ll have medieval city walls set down from £25 plenty of time to relax too. with goblin towers. MON 27 JULY INCLUDES: THU 30 JULY We depart the local area This morning we visit the All coach travel and arrive at Alvaston Hall Dorothy Clive Garden, Porterage mid-afternoon ready to located in glorious settle in and get acquainted countryside, the garden is 4 nights dinner, bed & with all the facilities on both formal and informal, breakfast site. A full programme hosting a network of Wedgwood Factory Tour of entertainment every paths that invite the evening is included. Admission to Dorothy visitor to explore and Clive Gardens discover the intimacy and TUE 28 JULY tranquillity of the garden. Daytime activities at Today we will discover the Alvaston Hall World of Wedgwood. Watch FRI 31 JULY Evening Entertainment the craftsmen at work on We depart Alvaston after a self-guided tour of the a leisurely breakfast and factory as they practise return home with a lunch unique artisan skills and stop on route, arriving techniques honed over 250 back late afternoon. years. The award-winning Factory Tour offers an in- depth view of all aspects of BOOK NOW! quality ceramic production including casting, figure 01763 848226 making, pattern decorating and hand painting, richmonds-coaches.co.uk ornamentation and gilding. Trace over 250 years of 28 Wedgwood Museum WELSH BORDERS WORLD HERITAGE SITES MERCURE ALBRIGHTON HALL, SHREWSBURY HHHH Llangollen Railway © David Wilcock

MON 3 AUGUST Llangollen River Dee MON 3 AUGUST We depart the local area © Visit Wales 5 DAYS and make a stop for lunch £475 before arriving at Albrighton Hall mid-afternoon ready to Per person sharing a settle in and get acquainted twin/double room with the facilities on site. £60 single supplement Canal World Heritage site TUE 4 AUGUST including a crossing of the Home to home pick up/ Today will theme around world famous Pontcysyllte set down from £25 the World Heritage site of Aqueduct. This afternoon Ironbridge and its many we join the Llangollen INCLUDES: attractions. We will start Steam Railway for a return with a visit to the Museum trip along 10 miles of All coach travel of the Gorge to learn more the line beside the River Porterage about the landscape of Dee through countryside the valley and Ironbridge’s classified as Site of Special 4 nights dinner, bed & history. We will then visit Scientific Interest (SSSI) breakfast the Coalport China Museum and an Area of Outstanding Ironbridge 3 Museums and discover spectacular Natural Beauty (AONB). treasures made within its Llangollen Boat Cruise quirky buildings including THU 6 AUGUST Llangollen Railway Ride statuesque vases and Enjoy a unique and leisurely hand painted miniatures. cruise in Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Boat Cruise Lastly we will visit the along the famous and Blists Hill Victorian Town very picturesque River Museum where you will Severn loop. Shrewsbury, experience what life was the birthplace of Charles like when Britain ruled Darwin, is arguably the the world. Meet some finest Tudor town in (almost) real Victorians England and is home to in their authentic shops an abbey, many black and cottages, buy curious & white half-timbered goods from a bygone era Tudor buildings and and watch tradespeople in an imposing castle. Albrighton Hall action in their atmospheric workshops and factories. FRI 7 AUGUST We depart Albrighton Hall BOOK NOW! WED 5 AUGUST after a leisurely breakfast This morning we board and return home with a 01763 848226 our comfortable boat for lunch stop on route, arriving richmonds-coaches.co.uk a cruise along a five mile back late afternoon. stretch of the Llangollen 29 Wedgwood Museum CARDIGAN BAY & PEMBROKESHIRE

CLIFF HOTEL & SPA, CARDIGAN HHH

Tenby

SUN 9 AUGUST of the medieval Bishop’s 6 DAYS Palace. Enjoy a visit to enchanting Picton Castle, £545 near Haverfordwest, which is a half fortified manor Per person sharing a house and half medieval twin/double room castle, set in 40 acres £50 single supplement Rheidol Railway of stunning gardens. Home to home pick up/ WED 12 AUGUST set down from £25 SUN 9 AUGUST Excursion through the We depart the local area Pembrokeshire Coast and make a stop for INCLUDES: National Park to Tenby, one lunch before arriving at of the UK’s finest coastal All coach travel Cliff Hotel & Spa mid- holiday resorts, which afternoon ready to settle Porterage has retained its natural in and get acquainted charm, narrow streets, 5 nights dinner, bed & with all the facilities on harbour and beautiful breakfast site before dinner. beaches. Tenby is steeped Vale of Rheidol Railway in ancient history and MON 10 AUGUST Trip surrounded by an imposing Today we head to the Guided tour Picton medieval stone wall. Vale of Rheidol Railway Castle where we join the narrow- THU 13 AUGUST Admission to National gauge steam train on Visit the lovely market Wool Museum a journey through the town of Cardigan, with its changing countryside unspoilt townscape and rich taking in wide open fields, heritage, before continuing meadows, woodland through the picturesque and rugged mountain Teifi Valley to the National scenery from Aberystwyth Wool Museum. Enjoy an to Devil’s Bridge. informative guided tour and let the story of wool, TUE 11 AUGUST once the most important Cardigan Bay © Visit Wales Surrounded by some of industry in Wales, weave the finest coastline in its magic in this unique Europe is St Davids, the working museum. BOOK NOW! smallest cathedral city in Britain and a popular FRI 14 AUGUST location for pilgrims and After breakfast, we head 01763 848226 artists alike. Adjacent to home with suitable its 12th century cathedral richmonds-coaches.co.uk refreshment stops on route. stand the magnificent ruins 30 ISLE OF MAN

EMPRESS HOTEL, DOUGLAS HHH

Peel

SAT 15 AUGUST SAT 15 AUGUST Depart home area for our 6 DAYS journey north to reach £645 our ferry at Heysham for the afternoon crossing Per person sharing a to Douglas staying at twin/double room the 3* Empress Hotel, situated on the harbour Cregneash £60 single supplement front in Douglas. Home to home pick up/ TUE 18 AUGUST set down from £25 SUN 16 AUGUST After breakfast we board This morning is free at the coach to explore INCLUDES: leisure. In the afternoon the south of the island. we join the coach again All coach travel & ferry Stopping first at Castletown, to Laxey, in the north of crossings the original capital of the the island. From here we island, here you can choose Porterage board the electric train to to visit some of many ascend the island’s tallest 5 nights dinner, bed & of the island’s historical mountain: Snaefell. At breakfast attractions. We then drive the summit there is time on to visit the Cregneash Guided tour of the Island for refreshments whilst National Folk Museum. you admire the views Admission to Cregneash Cregneash is a living from all sides, and on a National Folk Museum illustration of a farming and clear day all 4 countries crofting community in the Port Erin to Douglas of the UK can be seen. 19th and early 20th century. Train Ride We finish in Port Erin where MON 17 AUGUST Laxey Mountain Railway we board the steam railway Ride Today we are joined by a for a nostalgic journey back local guide to explore the to Douglas (fare included). west and north of the island. We spend the morning WED 19 AUGUST in Peel, with free time to Free day at leisure. choose a visit to the Castle, the House of Manannan THU 20 AUGUST or just take in the harbour Peel Harbour views with a coffee. In the After an early breakfast it afternoon we proceed to is time to board the ferry the north with a break in for the return crossing BOOK NOW! Ramsey before covering to Heysham, arriving some of the famous TT home mid evening. 01763 848226 motorcycle route on our return to the hotel. richmonds-coaches.co.uk 31 CHESTER

QUEEN HOTEL, CHESTER HHHH

River Dee Chester

MON 17 AUGUST MON 17 AUGUST Marquess. Nestled within 5 DAYS We depart the local area historic parkland with 70 acres of beautiful gardens £475 for our hotel, the 4 star Queen Hotel, which is offering magnificent displays through the Per person sharing a located close to Chester’s historic city centre. seasons. Discover the twin/double room romantic Temple and £95 single supplement TUE 18 AUGUST Folly Water Gardens, Rose Garden, Glade, Arboretum Home to home pick up/ Today explore the historic and the ornamental set down from £25 city of Chester, which has woodland upon Tower the most complete city Hill. The newly created INCLUDES: walls and largest roman Lavinia Walk is a 100m long amphitheatre in Britain, double herbaceous border All coach travel plus a 1000 year old and is dedicated to Lady cathedral and 700 year Porterage Lavinia Cholmondeley and old unique shopping rows. continues her legacy within 4 nights dinner, bed & Choose to join a walking the heart of the garden. breakfast tour from the town centre Admission to Port or a boat trip along the FRI 21 AUGUST river Dee (own cost). Sunlight After breakfast we Admission to Ness WED 19 AUGUST commence our journey Botanic Gardens home with suitable stops Today we spend the on route arriving back late Admission to morning at Port Sunlight, afternoon/early evening. Cholmondeley Castle built by William Hesketh Gardens Lever for the workers in his soap factory (home of Sunlight Soap) where we enjoy a visit to the Museum and guided tour of the village. We continue on to Ness Botanic Gardens, with over 64 acres of picturesque gardens. Ness Gardens THU 20 AUGUST Today we visit BOOK NOW! Cholmondeley Castle Gardens. The Cholmondeley 01763 848226 family have lived on these richmonds-coaches.co.uk lands since Norman times, with the castle built in the 32 early 19th century by the 1st Chester © Visit Britain WARNERS LEISURE BREAK BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT BEMBRIDGE COAST HOTEL HHH

Bembridge Coast Hotel

Warners Leisure Breaks are THU 27 AUGUST MON 24 AUGUST known for their “Just for Today is an optional visit to 5 DAYS Grown-Ups” historic hotels. Osborne House (entrance £515 at own cost, English MON 24 AUGUST Heritage members free). Per person sharing a We depart the local area Osborne reflects Queen twin/double room and catch the ferry to the Victoria and Prince Albert’s Isle of Wight arriving at passions, tastes and style. £40 single supplement our hotel in Bembridge Ornate furnishings and Upgrade to Signature late afternoon. artefacts from The Royal Room from £40 per Collection fill rooms and person (twin/double TUE 25 AUGUST corridors where Victoria rooms) We begin with a visit to entertained heads of Home to home pick up/ Ventnor Botanical Gardens state, inventors, princes set down from £25 with its exotic plant and princesses and ruled collection. We continue with the vast British Empire. a scenic drive along the INCLUDES: coast road to The Needles. FRI 28 AUGUST All coach travel & ferry We catch the morning crossings WED 26 AUGUST ferry, and arrive home Today we board the Isle of late afternoon. Porterage Wight Steam Railway for a 4 nights dinner, bed & nostalgic trip through the breakfast countryside, followed by time at leisure in Cowes. Admission to Ventnor Gardens Isle of Wight Steam Railway Ride Daytime activities at Bembridge Evening Entertainment

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ROYAL YORK AND FAULKNER HOTEL, SIDMOUTH HHH

Sidmouth Regatta © Sidmouth Town Council

SUN 30 AUGUST SUN 30 AUGUST TUE 1 SEPTEMBER 6 DAYS Depart the local area with a This morning we take £599 lunch stop on route, arriving a relaxing boat cruise at our hotel in Sidmouth along the River Exe, with Per person late afternoon. This glorious live commentary on the regency seaside town is history of the area and Limited single rooms at nestled into the Jurassic the resident and visiting no supplement Coast and yet enjoys a wildlife. This afternoon £12 National Trust largely flat town centre. visit the Cathedral city of Member discount The highly regarded Royal Exeter to explore at leisure. York & Faulkner Hotel is Home to home pick up/ positioned in the centre of WED 2 SEPTEMBER set down from £25 the elegant Esplanade. Today we travel along the coast to Seaton where we INCLUDES: MON 31 AUGUST board the tram to Colyton. A day at leisure in Sidmouth. Time to enjoy a cup of tea All coach travel Visit the magnificent and look around the shops Porterage Connaught Gardens for a before the return to Seaton. 5 nights dinner, bed & relaxing sit amongst the This afternoon we visit the breakfast many “rooms” of colourful seaside town of Lyme Regis planting, enjoy the compact River Exe Boat Cruise town centre, or while THU 3 SEPTEMBER Seaton Tram Ride away some time on the Today we discover promenade or beach. An Knightshayes (NT) with Admission to optional visit to The Donkey acres of glorious garden Knightshayes (NT) Sanctuary this afternoon. and park, surrounding a spectacular Gothic Revival house, Knightshayes is River Exe Cruise the complete country gentleman’s dream. The house is a rare example of the work of William Burges, whose lavish designs have always inspired extremes Royal York & Faulkner of opinion. Full of quirks and curiosities, it is a house of many faces. BOOK NOW! FRI 4 SEPTEMBER 01763 848226 Departing after breakfast richmonds-coaches.co.uk we travel home with a lunch stop on route arriving 34 back early evening. DISCOVER DERBYSHIRE

HALLMARK HOTEL DERBY MIDLAND, DERBY HHHH

Crich Trams

THU 3 SEPTEMBER THU 3 We make our journey north SEPTEMBER for a morning stop at the 5 DAYS Denby Pottery Village, Derby. Wander around the £495 beautiful shops, café and Churnet Valley Railway Per person sharing a experience the 200 years twin/double room of craftsmanship in action SAT 5 SEPTEMBER during a tour of the factory. Limited single rooms at This morning we take You will be welcomed by no supplement a trip back in time to an experienced Tour Guide, the 1760s with a visit to £12 National Trust who will lead you through Kedleston Hall (NT), a Neo- Member Discount the working factory where classical mansion framed you’ll discover the different Home to home pick up/ by historic parkland. This techniques and processes set down from £25 afternoon we have free used to create your time at leisure in Derby. favourite Denby pieces. We INCLUDES: arrive at our hotel in time SUN 6 SEPTEMBER to settle in before dinner. All coach travel Today we visit the Churnet Porterage FRI 4 SEPTEMBER Valley Railway which takes you on a journey back to This morning we will visit 4 nights dinner, bed & the 1950s and 1960s. Take a Cromford Mills, home to Sir breakfast break from busy urban life Richard Arkwright’s first and hop on board a steam Denby Pottery Factory mill complex and birthplace train to ride in a heritage Tour of the modern factory carriage behind one of system, built in 1771. Step Admission to Cromford the beautifully restored back in time this afternoon Mills heritage steam or diesel into the world of the Crich Admission to National locomotives. Pass through Tramway Village. Ride Tramway Museum delightful countryside on the world-renowned with riverside views and Admission to Kedleston vintage trams through The Cauldon Canal. This Hall (NT) the unique period streets afternoon we visit Buxton and out into the open Churnet Valley Railway with free time to explore. countryside for spectacular trip views, explore fascinating MON 7 SEPTEMBER exhibitions and watch as trams are restored from the We depart after a leisurely BOOK NOW! Workshop Viewing Gallery. breakfast and return home with a lunch stop on route, arriving back late afternoon. 01763 848226 richmonds-coaches.co.uk

35 WELLS, BEASTS & BATH

BEST WESTERN PLUS SWAN HOTEL, WELLS HHHH

Longleat House

MON 7 SEPTEMBER 5 DAYS £515

Per person sharing a twin/double room £70 single supplement Home to home pick up/ set down from £25 Lions of Longleat © Pam Brophy INCLUDES: All coach travel MON 7 SEPTEMBER crier and the remarkable We depart the local area Vicars’ Close. After our tour, Porterage and make a refreshment we head for the Market 4 nights dinner, bed and stop on route before Place where the award- breakfast arriving at The Swan Hotel winning Somerset Farmers’ mid-afternoon ready to Market will be in full swing. Admission to The settle in and get acquainted In the afternoon with visit American Museum & with the facilities on site. the Cathedral where we Gardens enjoy a guided tour. Walking tour of Wells TUE 8 SEPTEMBER THU 10 SEPTEMBER Guided tour of Wells Today we spend the Today we pay a visit to the Cathedral morning at leisure in Bath. In the afternoon we visit extraordinary and unique Guided tour of Longleat The American Museum Longleat estate, the first house and safari and Gardens. With its stately home to fully open remarkable collection of its doors to the public folk and decorative arts, back in 1949. We enjoy an the Museum shows the exclusive 45 minute tour diverse and complex nature of the fascinating house of American traditions. before embarking on a safari to track down some WED 9 SEPTEMBER of the park’s 1,000 animals. We meet our guide outside FRI 11 SEPTEMBER BOOK NOW! our hotel this morning for a walking tour of Wells We depart after a leisurely 01763 848226 to learn about its history, breakfast and return home with a lunch stop on route, richmonds-coaches.co.uk the famous 14th century astronomical clock, The arriving back late afternoon. 36 Bishop’s Palace, the town IRELAND: WESTPORT & CONNEMARA

CASTLECOURT HOTEL, WESTPORT HHHH (4 nights plus 2 overnight stays) Kylemore Abbey

SUN 20 SEPTEMBER THU 24 SEPTEMBER SUN 20 We make a leisurely A scenic day tour down to SEPTEMBER journey to our overnight Connemara and Kylemore 7 DAYS stop in North Wales at Abbey. Follow the shoreline the 3* Kinmel Manor via Louisburgh for £725 Hotel in Abergele. breathtaking views of the Per person sharing a islands and Croagh Patrick, twin/double room MON 21 SEPTEMBER Ireland’s Holy Mountain. Following an early start, Continue through the £125 single supplement we make the short haunting beauty of the (double/twin for sole journey to Holyhead for Doo Lough Valley, a long occupancy) the morning sailing to lake set against the Sheefy Home to home pick up/ Dublin with breakfast Hills and the steep slopes set down from £25 provided on the ferry. Our of the Mwelerea Mountains, journey takes us west via to the picturesque village Mullingar and Longford of Leenane. Follow the INCLUDES: coast road to Killary to the 4* Castlecourt All coach travel & ferry Harbour, at the start of Hotel in Westport for crossings the next 4 nights. Ireland’s only fjord with its miles of sheltered water Porterage TUE 22 SEPTEMBER and splendid scenery. We 6 nights dinner, bed & include a visit to Kylemore A day at leisure to breakfast Abbey, a neo-gothic castle enjoy Westport. mirrored in its own lake. Lake Cruise Return to Westport via WED 23 SEPTEMBER Admission to Kylemore Aasleagh and Liscarney. Today we make our way Abbey to Galway City, famous for FRI 25 SEPTEMBER its maritime history. This Today we journey east to afternoon we enjoy one Dublin, with some free time of the highlights of the to explore the city before tour, a lovely lake cruise arriving at our overnight aboard the Corrib Princess, accommodation the 3* with full commentary and Talbot Hotel Stillorgan. tasty tea and scones. SAT 26 SEPTEMBER Following an early start, we travel to the port for BOOK NOW! our morning return sailing to South Wales with 01763 848226 breakfast provided on the ferry, returning you home richmonds-coaches.co.uk in the early evening. 37 Westport Town WARNERS LEISURE BREAK CRICKET ST THOMAS HOTEL

CHARD, SOMERSET HHHH

Cricket St Thomas

MON 28 Warners Leisure Breaks are glow of ham stone and SEPTEMBER known for their “Just for surrounding gardens, it Grown-Ups” historic hotels. is a place of beauty and 5 DAYS wonder. A beautiful garden £475 Cricket St Thomas Historic surrounds the house, Hotel is situated in South constantly changing, filling Per person sharing a Somerset, surrounded the house with scents. twin/double room by rolling countryside. This Grade 2 listed 1820 WED 30 SEPTEMBER £40 single supplement building is set in 160 acres After a leisurely breakfast £12 National Trust of lakes, cascades and we will take a drive to Member Discount gardens, it is just perfect for a relaxing break. It has the seaside town of Lyme Upgrade to Signature historical links to Lord Regis. Described as the Room from £40 per Nelson and was featured in ‘Pearl of Dorset’ it boasts person (twin/double the television series ‘To The breathtaking scenery, a rooms) Manor Born’. With peaceful bustling harbour, a world- Home to home pick up/ lakes, secluded woodland class creative and cultural set down from £25 walks and beautiful, community and an array of vibrant gardens, Cricket shops and cafes to enjoy. St Thomas is now an even INCLUDES: better place to unwind. THU 1 OCTOBER All coach travel Enjoy today at leisure MON 28 SEPTEMBER and explore the activities Porterage We depart the local area the hotel has to offer. 4 nights dinner, bed & and make a stop for lunch breakfast on route before arriving at FRI 2 OCTOBER Admission to Montacute Cricket St Thomas mid- We depart Cricket St House (NT) afternoon ready to settle Thomas after a leisurely in and get acquainted breakfast and return home Daytime activities at with all the facilities on with a lunch stop on route, Cricket St Thomas site. A full programme arriving back late afternoon. of entertainment every Evening Entertainment Please note the room evening is included. allocation will be in The Walled Garden which TUE 29 SEPTEMBER requires a short walk outside Today we will visit the between the bedrooms BOOK NOW! nearby Montacute House and the restaurant and (NT). Montacute is a entertainment facilities. masterpiece of Elizabethan 01763 848226 Renaissance architecture richmonds-coaches.co.uk and design. With its towering walls of glass, 38 PENNINE EXPLORER

MERCURE DUNKENHALGH HOTEL, BLACKBURN HHHH

Ribblehead

MON 5 OCTOBER MON 5 We depart the local area OCTOBER with a break for lunch, 5 DAYS arriving at our hotel late afternoon. The 4* Mercure £435 Dunkenhalgh is a historic Per person sharing a hotel mixing the grandeur twin/double room of a 700 year old building Dunkenhalgh Hotel with modern facilities. Limited single rooms at no supplement TUE 6 OCTOBER Wednesday market and Home to home pick up/ Today we enjoy a classic impressive medieval castle. set down from £25 rail journey on the Settle In the afternoon we join to Carlisle Railway which a canal boat for a return is considered the most cruise along the Leeds & INCLUDES: Liverpool canal following scenic rail journey in All coach travel England as it winds through this historic route. moorland scenery and over Porterage the famous Ribblehead THU 8 OCTOBER 4 nights dinner, bed & viaduct. The coach will This morning we enjoy breakfast meet you at Carlisle for a historic guided tour of the return journey. Pendle Hill as our guide Settle to Carlisle Single tells the story of the Rail Journey WED 7 OCTOBER most famous witchcraft Leeds-Liverpool Canal This morning we visit trial in English History. Cruise Skipton with its popular Hear of dark deeds and wicked plots as you visit Guided tour of Pendle Hill where it all happened in an area that has changed little in 400 years. This afternoon we visit historic Samlesbury Hall, a fabulous half-timbered black and white medieval house built in 1325 as a family Samlesbury Hall home which also featured in tales of witchcraft through the centuries. BOOK NOW! FRI 9 OCTOBER 01763 848226 We depart this morning with a break for lunch returning richmonds-coaches.co.uk home late afternoon. 39 Pennine Boat Trip BOURNEMOUTH

HALLMARK EAST CLIFF HOTEL, BOURNEMOUTH HHH

Compton Acres

MON 5 The Hallmark East Cliff Hotel WED 7 OCTOBER OCTOBER is situated on the cliff front A day at leisure to enjoy just a stone’s throw away the beautiful town 5 DAYS from Bournemouth beach. £425 of Bournemouth. MON 5 OCTOBER THU 8 OCTOBER Per person sharing a We depart the local area twin/double room This morning we enjoy a and make a stop for lunch visit to Compton Acres £50 single supplement before arriving at our hotel Gardens, recognised mid-afternoon ready to Home to home pick up/ as one of the most settle in and get acquainted set down from £25 important ornamental with the facilities on site. gardens in England. The afternoon is at leisure to INCLUDES: TUE 6 OCTOBER relax in Bournemouth. All coach travel Today we travel along the coast to the pretty harbour FRI 9 OCTOBER Porterage town of Poole famous for We depart The Hallmark 4 nights dinner, bed & its pottery. We include a East Cliff Hotel after a breakfast boat trip with on-board leisurely breakfast and commentary included, it’s a return home with a lunch Poole Harbour Boat truly wonderful cruise taking Cruise stop on route, arriving in the south coast’s most back late afternoon. Admission to Compton iconic Harbour. We return Acres to Bournemouth for the rest of the afternoon at leisure.

SKIDDAW HOTEL, KESWICK HHH

Ullswater

SUN 18 OCTOBER destination is the splendid SUN 18 Departing the local area we 14th Century Muncaster OCTOBER Castle surrounded by its make our way north and 6 DAYS arrive at The Skiddaw Hotel internationally acclaimed in the centre of Keswick by gardens and famous for £625 late afternoon with time its World Owl Trust. Per person sharing a to settle in before dinner. WED 21 OCTOBER twin/double room MON 19 OCTOBER Today we visit the renowned Limited single rooms at This morning we drive Holker Hall and Gardens, no supplement home of the Cavendish through the centre of the Home to home pick up/ family who welcome you to Lake District National set down from £25 Park, passing Grasmere one of the best-loved stately and Thirlmere arriving in homes in Britain. Holker Bowness-on-Windermere Hall is set in exceptionally INCLUDES: beautiful countryside for some free time for All coach travel morning coffee. We with gardens that merge board a cruise boat, and into Parkland framed Porterage by the Lakeland Hills. take a one-way cruise on 5 nights dinner, bed and Windermere to Lakeside breakfast where we enjoy a visit to the THU 22 OCTOBER Lakeland Motor Museum. A leisurely morning in Windermere Cruise Keswick on market day Admission to Lakeland TUE 20 OCTOBER before joining the coach Motor Museum to drive to Glenridding Today we join the “Mountain Mountain Goat Day Tour Goat” minibuses to take on the banks of Ullswater. us on the minor roads Here we take a boat cruise Ravenglass & Eskdale we cannot traverse by on one of the heritage Railway coach. This tour focuses Ullswater Steamers to Pooley Bridge, returning to Admission to Muncaster around the Western Lake Castle Gardens District and is certainly an the hotel via the Rheged adventure! We stop for Centre selling a range of Admission to Holker Hall lunch in Eskdale before local artisan produce. and Gardens boarding La’al Ratty on the Ullswater Steamer Cruise Ravenglass and Eskdale FRI 23 OCTOBER railway. In the afternoon we After breakfast we drive onward to ‘Britain’s commence our journey Favourite View’, Wastwater; home, arriving back BOOK NOW! England’s deepest and most late afternoon. dramatic lake. Our next 01763 848226 richmonds-coaches.co.uk

41 CORNWALL – MISTLETOE AND WINE

ROSEMUNDY HOUSE HOTEL, ST AGNES HHH

Eden Project

TUE 10 FRI 13 NOVEMBER NOVEMBER This morning we take a 6 DAYS drive to Falmouth where we join a river cruise to £440 enjoy the natural beauty and wildlife of Falmouth Per person sharing a Bay. This afternoon is at twin/double room leisure in Falmouth. Limited single rooms at Rosemundy Hotel no supplement SAT 14 NOVEMBER This morning we take Home to home pick up/ TUE 10 NOVEMBER set down from £25 a short drive into the We depart the local area cathedral city of Truro with with stops on route for the morning to explore INCLUDES: coffee and lunch before at your own leisure. All coach travel arriving at Rosemundy This afternoon we visit House Hotel mid-afternoon Mevagissey an attractive Porterage ready to settle in and get old town which was once 5 nights dinner, bed & acquainted with the facilities the centre of Cornwall’s breakfast at the hotel before dinner. pilchard fishery and which still boasts a working Admission to The Eden WED 11 NOVEMBER harbour, with a few dozen Project Today we drive to the small fishing boats. It has Boat trip Falmouth Bay charming seaside resort of a tradition of boat building St Ives. Best known for its dating back to 1745. artistic connections, the Tate Gallery looks after the SUN 15 NOVEMBER Barbara Hepworth Museum After breakfast we will start and sculpture garden the journey home, with (admission at own cost). breaks on route for coffee and lunch, arriving back in THU 12 NOVEMBER the local area early evening. This morning we make the short journey to The Eden Project. With three climatic zones and over a million plants, Eden never BOOK NOW! fails to provide anything less than a jaw-dropping 01763 848226 horticultural extravaganza. richmonds-coaches.co.uk Mevagissey Coast 42 WALES WINTER WARMER

CELTIC ROYAL HOTEL, CAERNARFON HHH

Enjoy a winter warmer break the Glaslyn Estuary and is MON 16 with added entertainment rich in maritime history. NOVEMBER and festive treats at the Celtic Royal Hotel. WED 18 NOVEMBER 5 DAYS Today we take a drive £365 MON 16 NOVEMBER to Llandudno with some Per person sharing a We depart the local area free time to enjoy the twin/double room with stops on route for Victorian Town centre then coffee and lunch before continue through part of the £60 single supplement arriving at the festively Snowdonia National Park Home to home pick up/ decorated Celtic Royal Hotel on our return to the hotel. set down from £25 mid-afternoon ready to settle in and get acquainted THU 19 NOVEMBER with all the facilities at A day at leisure in INCLUDES: the hotel before dinner. Caernarfon to explore All coach travel the grand medieval town TUE 17 NOVEMBER and visit the imposing Porterage This morning we visit Caernarfon Castle 4 nights dinner, bed & Portmeirion to explore (entry at own cost). breakfast the historic cottages, iconic architecture and FRI 20 NOVEMBER Admission to Portmeirion exotic gardens that were After breakfast we will start used in the filming of The the journey home, with Prisoner. This afternoon breaks on route for coffee we take a short drive to and lunch, arriving back in Porthmadog, where we have the local area early evening. free time in this harbour town that is situated on

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CEDAR COURT HOTEL, HARROGATE HHHH

Castle Howard

SUN 22 SUN 22 NOVEMBER Nicholas Christmas Fair in NOVEMBER We depart the local area the centre of Parliament Street before going off 3 DAYS with a stop on route before arriving at the Cedar Court the beaten track to find £250 Hotel early afternoon York’s hidden retail gems. with time to explore The Shambles Market has a Per person sharing a Harrogate’s Christmas diverse selection of traders twin/double room Market (2020 dates are and unique crafts and along £40 single supplement yet to be confirmed). the Shambles itself are shops with souvenirs and Home to home pick up/ wizarding memorabilia. set down from £25 MON 23 NOVEMBER We spend a full day in TUE 24 NOVEMBER York where you can soak INCLUDES: up the medieval charm of This morning we visit Castle Howard stately home All coach travel York at Christmas. Enjoy the Christmas spirit as you with the rooms beautifully Porterage wander through the St decorated for Christmas. 2 nights dinner, bed & breakfast Admission to Castle Howard

Cedar Court hotel

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ROYAL YORK & FAULKNER HOTEL, SIDMOUTH HHH

Sidmouth

history of the area, the MON 7 beautiful sights and the resident and visiting winter DECEMBER wildlife. As a designated 5 DAYS RAMSAR site, the River £395 Exe is one of the top rivers in the country for wildlife Per person sharing a and is a feeding ground twin/double room Paccombe © Donkey Sanctuary for several seals. (For Limited single rooms at anybody who would like to no supplement visit the Donkey Sanctuary Join us for a Festive we will offer an optional Home to home pick up/ Break at this superb hotel, trip this afternoon). set down from £25 with additional festive fare of Mulled Wine & WED 9 DECEMBER Mince pies on arrival, a INCLUDES: Today we visit Exeter where Traditional Christmas the Christmas Market takes All coach travel dinner with crackers, place on Cathedral Green. Afternoon Tea & Christmas Porterage Around 90 wooden chalets Cake, with entertainment 4 nights dinner, bed & will be selling a wide range every evening. breakfast of Christmas crafts, gifts, MON 7 DECEMBER festive food and drink. River Exe Boat Cruise Depart the local area with a THU 10 DECEMBER lunch stop on route, arriving Royal York & Faulkner Enjoy the day in Sidmouth, at our hotel in Sidmouth or join the coach to late afternoon. This glorious Axminster, with its country regency seaside town is market today. After time nestled into the Jurassic browsing we continue to Coast and yet enjoys a the Ottery St Mary Garden largely flat town centre. Centre to explore their The highly regarded Royal stunning Christmas displays, York & Faulkner Hotel is pick up the latest ideas and positioned in the centre of maybe a decoration or two! the elegant Esplanade. FRI 11 DECEMBER TUE 8 DECEMBER After breakfast we will We take a drive to Exmouth start the journey home, to board one of the large BOOK NOW! with suitable breaks on heated cruise boats for a route for coffee and lunch, trip around the Exe estuary. 01763 848226 arriving back in the local Your Skipper will give you area early evening. richmonds-coaches.co.uk a live commentary on the 45 THURSFORD CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR

SPROWSTON MANOR, NORWICH HHHH

Thursford

THU 10 THU 10 DECEMBER DECEMBER Depart the local area to (TBC) Norwich for some time at leisure for lunch and 2 DAYS a spot of last minute £195 shopping before settling in to Sprowston Manor for Per person sharing a dinner. This 4* hotel has full twin/double room leisure facilities to enjoy £25 single supplement during your overnight stay.

Home to home pick up/ FRI 11 DECEMBER set down from £25 This morning after a leisurely departure we head INCLUDES: to the Thursford Christmas All coach travel Spectacular matinee show with a stop for lunch in Porterage Holt beforehand. The 1 night dinner, bed & ultimate Christmas musical Thursford breakfast experience is simply one of the most exciting Thursford Christmas Christmas Spectacular blend of exciting Christmas Spectacular seat shows ever. It is the most entertainment, with popular Christmas show of Christmas songs, carols, all time in England and is a dazzling dancers, beautiful costumes, outstanding music and singing from the Thursford cast of over one hundred. Each show is a pageant of spectacle and colour - the music a seamless transition from an up-beat dance routine to a choral rendition of a Christmas carol, a show which would not be out of place in any London West End theatre. After the show we return home arriving BOOK NOW! in the early evening. 01763 848226 Date to be confirmed January 2020. richmonds-coaches.co.uk

TUE 15 DECEMBER MON 14 After a leisurely breakfast DECEMBER we visit Hereford with 5 DAYS free time to explore. This afternoon we head over to £375 the Museum of Cider where Per person sharing a we learn how apples were twin/double room milled and pressed and how the resulting juice was £40 single supplement fermented to produce cider: Upgrade to a Signature Holme Lacy a centuries-old tradition room available from £40 still developing today. per person (double/twin rooms) Warners Leisure Breaks are WED 16 DECEMBER known for their “Just for Today we take a scenic drive Home to home pick up/ Grown-Ups” historic hotels. through the picturesque set down from £25 Naturally, it’s magnificent: Wye Valley, an Area of beautiful ceilings, ornate Outstanding Natural Beauty. INCLUDES: Thursford state rooms and spectacular All coach travel formal gardens, restored THU 17 DECEMBER to their original design. A morning excursion Porterage Herefordshire’s countryside to the town of Hay on 4 nights dinner, bed & offers almost as many Wye on market day breakfast ways to relax as the hotel for time at leisure. does. Immerse yourself Admission to Museum of in the glorious gardens, FRI 18 DECEMBER Cider historic courtyards and We depart Holme Lacy Daytime activities at activity lawns. You might after a leisurely breakfast Warners Holme Lacy even pick up a few tips and return home with a Hotel from the gardener! lunch stop on route, arriving Nightly Entertainment back late afternoon. MON 14 DECEMBER We depart the local area and make a stop for lunch before arriving at Holme Holme Lacy Lacy mid-afternoon ready to settle in and get acquainted with all the facilities on BOOK NOW! site. A full programme of entertainment every 01763 848226 evening is included. richmonds-coaches.co.uk

47 PICK UP POINTS AND JOINING ARRANGEMENTS

All coach holidays can be joined at any of DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE the pick up points listed. Travel from your In addition to the pickup points listed we are pick up point will be by the tour coach or by able to offer a door to door service from feeder service coach or taxi. Pick up times £25 per person. We will arrange a taxi collection and return set down times will be notified not from your home to join the coach at a later than 7 days prior to the commencement convenient point on the route. On the return of the tour. journey a taxi will meet the coach and take We ask you to keep luggage down to one you back home again. medium sized suitcase per person, but a small holdall can also be taken on board the coach.

BALDOCK LETCHWORTH Bus shelter, Market Place Station Road Bus Stop

BISHOPS STORTFORD NEWPORT Interchange Station Road Station Road Bus Stop

BUNTINGFORD ROYSTON Crown Public House Bus Stop Bus Station

CAMBRIDGE SAFFRON WALDEN Trumpington Park and Ride High Street Bus Stop

GREAT SHELFORD SAWBRIDGEWORTH London Road White Lion Bus Stop

HARLOW SAWSTON Bus Station Stop 14 Memorial Bus Stop

HERTFORD STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET Mill Road Tesco Bus Stop 12 Three Colts Bus Stop

HITCHIN STEVENAGE St. Mary’s Square Bus Stop Danestrete Matalan Bus Stop K

HODDESDON WARE Clock Tower Bus Stop Station Road Bus Stop F

COACH SEATING PLAN

DRIVER This may vary slightly according to the type of 4 8 12 16 20 24 WC /// 32 36 40 44 48 RD coach used. Whichever capacity is used, the rear 3 7 11 15 19 23 WC /// 31 35 39 43 47 RC seats will be numbered RA, RB, RX, RC and RD.

RX Seats are reserved at time of booking, with front CREW SEAT 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 28 30 34 38 42 46 RD seats attracting a supplement depending on the duration of the tour. Seats are not reserved on any 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 27 29 33 37 41 45 RA feeder service.

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