Day Trip Programme 2020 / 21 Coaches Supplied by Bessway Travel Ltd of Wembley
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Coach Trips from London Ltd Day Trip Programme 2020 / 21 Coaches supplied by Bessway Travel Ltd of Wembley Pick-up Points in Shepherds Bush, Acton, Ealing, Hanwell, Greenford, Yeading, Northolt & Hillingdon Sunday 11 October 2020 REVISED SCHEDULE Milton Abbas BURFORD IN THE COTSWOLDS The trips announced in this brochure replace the ones originally planned for plus the Cotswold Wildlife Park 2020. Changes have been necessary This very fine wildlife park has giraffes, because some of the places we were lions, camels, penguins and other planning to visit cannot confirm they species from around the world. It’s a will be open. We apologise for any dis- very worthwhile destination. This trip appointment caused. Any destinations also includes free time to explore the we have lost will hopefully appear in our Sunday 13 September 2020 nearby Cotswolds town of Burford next brochure. DORSET VILLAGES TOUR which is a delight - several excellent tea rooms await you !! Southend on Sea with Sunday roast at a country pub Adults £32.50 Concessions £28.00 Our tour to Dorset takes us through Wildlife Park entry fee included some of the loveliest villages in England including Milton Abbas with its picturesque cottages and Sydling St. Nicholas and its 15th century church. Near the pretty village of Cerne Abbas, where Tom Jones was filmed, is the huge Cerne giant cut Saturday 22 August 2020 into the chalk hillside. SOUTHEND-ON-SEA Essex Adults £32.00 Concessions £29.50 Saturday 17 October 2020 Our first day trip since March will take us Sunday roast included to the seaside on the Essex coast at South- BATH or BRISTOL as preferred end. Popular with Londoners for more than Saturday 26 September 2020 a century Southend has fairground rides, THE ISLE OF WIGHT gardens and a pier that is over one mile long. Come and join us for a fun day out We shall take the ferry from Southamp- beside the sea. ton to East Cowes before giving you the choice of two visits - either Osborne Adults £22.50 Concessions £20.00 House, the favoured home of Queen Victoria - or charming Shanklin on the island’s southern coast. Sandy beach. Bristol Adults £34.50 Concessions £32.00 Choose either of these truly rewarding (Osborne House £15 extra - pay on the day) destinations - both with excellent Please tell us when you book if the Osborne shops - Bath with its Roman baths, House visit is required. Pump Room, Assembly Rooms, Hastings Abbey and Royal Crescent - or Bristol with its cathedral, museums Saturday 29 August 2020 and the SS Great Britain, Brunel’s HASTINGS Sussex famous steamship. The old part of Hastings has much Adults: £22.50 Concessions: £20.00 charm. Fishermen still sell their newly caught fish on the beach. There are two cliff railways, one leads to the ruined castle on the clifftop. In addition you have all the pleasures of a traditional sea- side resort on the beach including some very good fish and chips! Adults £22.50 Concessions £20.00 Shanklin Osborne House How to Book: Please phone us on 07557 026088. You can pay by debit card or credit card Sunday 8 November Sunday 20 December SUSSEX VILLAGES IN AUTUMN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TOUR Our tours of English villages are very Our final trip of the year will see us popular, not least because Sunday roast taking a tour of the Christmas lights in at a country inn is included. This tour London’s West End. Departure times of Sussex will feature the impressive will start at 3pm. Our route is expected scenery of the South Downs and such Hastings to feature Oxford Street, Regent Street, attractive villages as Cuckfield, Ditchling Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, the and Alfriston. We also plan to pass through London Eye and Knightsbridge. Lewes, the county town of East Sussex.We Adults: £13.90 Concessions £12.90 also expect to experience the reds, yellows Mince pies, chocolates and soft drinks included and golds of a Sussex Autumn. Sunday 14 February 2021 Adults £32.00 Concessions £29.50 Sunday roast at a country inn included BERKSHIRE VILLAGES TOUR After passing Boulter’s Lock on the Saturday 28 November River Thames near Maidenhead this scenic tour is expected to feature such WINCHESTER’S XMAS MARKET delightful villages as Cookham, Sonning One of the best Christmas markets in the Winchester and Streatley. A stop will be made for south of England will be found at Winchester Sunday roast at a country inn as well as a in the area beside the historic cathedral. stop at Streatley with its stunning views of This excursion will give you time to the Thames. The Swan Hotel here was once explore the market stalls, visit the cathedral owned by Danny La Rue. Special times of if you wish and obtain a lunchtime meal departure apply. See below. or snack. The famous novelist Jane Austen is buried in the cathedral nave. The city Adults £32.00 Concessions £29.50 centre and shops, decorated for Christmas, Sunday roast at a country inn included should have a festive flavour. Saturday 13 March 2021 Adults £22.50 Concessions £20 TEWKESBURY ABBEY or the GLOUCESTERSHIRE / Saturday 5 December WARWICKSHIRE STEAM RAILWAY ANGLESEY ABBEY WINTER With its impressive Norman columns and LIGHTS Anglesey Abbey beautiful stained glass Tewkesbury Abbey Now in its 10th year, the winter lights is one of Britain’s most beautiful abbey festival at Anglesey Abbey in Cam- churches but if you prefer you can visit bridgeshire is acclaimed for its stunning the Glos / Warwickshire steam railway light and sound effects which show which runs along the edge of the Cots- nature in a new light! Free time in wolds passing through Winchcombe. At Cambridge beforehand. lunchtime we will stop at Stow on the Adults: £38.50 Concessions £36.00 Wold, a charming Cotswold town. Admission fee at Anglesey Abbey included Adults £22.50 Concessions £20.00 Coach Boarding Points and Departure Times Bessway Travel Ltd North Wembley opposite Tesco Express near station 7.30am The coaches used on our excursions Perivale Dawlish Avenue bus stop 7.40am are supplied by the well established Shepherds Bush Green near McDonalds bus stop 8.00am Bessway Travel of North Wembley. Acton outside the former Town Hall, Uxbridge Road 8.10am South Ealing between tube station and petrol station 8.16am This company has recently installed an Ealing opposite the Town Hall 8.20am air purification systemwhich we are West Ealing bus stop opposite I and H Store 8.25am told removes bacteria and any viruses Hanwell bus stop near Lidl, Uxbridge Road 8.30am found in the air inside the coach. Stale Ealing Hospital bus stop on the main road 8.35am air is replaced by clean air constantly. Greenford outside Costa Coffee, Greenford Road 8.40am Yeading bus stop opposite Yeading Post Office 8.50am Whilst the risks of Covid 19 are with Northolt Target roundabout bus stop near McDonalds 8.55am us the number of passengers in each Hillingdon outside Hillingdon Metropolitan Line station 9.05am 53-seater coach will be limited to 36 NB: For the trip on 14 February the pick up times will be one hour later so that single persons coming alone can For the Xmas lights trip in December special pick-up times apply (from 3pm) be given a double seat to themselves. Each coach will have a toilet. Our coach trips usually depart punctually. Please do not be late. Home Pick-Up Service Wearing a face visor on our trips If you live in Edgware, Stanmore, Harrow, Pinner, Northwood or Ruislip we can During the time when it is mandatory offer you a home pick-up service to for face coverings to be worn on public bring you by licensed hire care to board transport you might consider wearing our coach at Hillingdon. The fare is £7.00 a full length face visor rather than a each way (sharing the car with others). mask or scarf. Lots of hotel and shop staff are wearing these. The front of Lower VAT the visor is 5 centimetres away from Until 31 March 2021 a lower VAT rate the face. We shall be selling them on will apply at hotels, tourist attractions, each coach trip at a price of £4.50 but cafes and restaurants. This has allowed if you wish please feel free to buy one lower prices to apply to our short breaks elsewhere prior to your trip and bring and some of our day trips. However, it with you. Ours have been obtained please note that coach travel itself has al- from specialist firm Andersen ways been zero rated so there is no saving Caledonia - they are EN166 2001 to be made on the coach fare element. compliant. Short Break tours NB: All day trips and short breaks are subject to our booking conditions - please see back page of this brochure. On the next four pages there are details of some of our forthcoming short breaks. We hope that one or more of these will interest you - destinations include delightful Portmeirion in North Wales, Lancaster and the Lake District, Harrogate and the Dales, as well as Tenby and the Brecon Beacons. However, lack of space prevents us from giving full details of our other short breaks as listed below. Details of these are available on request - phone 020 8422 2751 or 07557 026088. Sunday 4 October 2020 for 4 days Shropshire & Llangollen Wells Ludlow Highlights include a trip on the Llangollen Canal, Plas Newydd, the gardens at Powis Castle, the Horseshoe Pass, Shrewsbury and Ludlow. Based at the Albrighton Hall Hotel.