Day 1: Following your home taxi collection we make our way to Morecambe, arriving late afternoon at the Best Western Lothersdale Hotel. Tea/coffee will be served on arrival while your luggage is taken to your room.
Day 2: Today’s excursion takes us around Morecambe Bay to Grange-over-Sands with a chance to look around. Grange-over-Sands is an elegant town, with strong reminders of its heyday as a fashionable seaside resort in the 19th century – all thanks to the balmy influence of the Gulf Stream and the arrival of the railroad in the 1850s. Grange’s Victorian and Edwardian elegance is still very much in evidence today, in its ornamental gardens, attractive shopping arcades and its long seafront promenade. From here we make our way to the magnificent Holker Hall and Gardens. This private residence is the much-loved home of the Cavendish family, and has been in the family since it was built in the early 1600’s. You can tour the house without the restriction of ropes and barriers, and see the distinguished library, elegant drawing room, and ornate dining room. Climb the striking staircase and you can view portraits of Charles II, and Catherine of Braganza. You can visit the bedroom where Queen Mary stayed in 1937. The award-winning gardens display a wonderful collection of trees, shrubs and flowers, and offer inspiration throughout the year.
This afternoon we visit Kendal. The town boasts two castles, two museums and a host of historical buildings and bridges, and the views would please the most demanding photographer. This market town is a delight to explore and is home to the famous Kendal Mint Cake!
Day 3: Travelling through the scenic Lune Valley, we head for the stunning Yorkshire Dales National Park. We climb into the Pennines past the famous viaduct at Ribblehead. We continue across the moors to the market town of Hawes, home to Wensleydale Creamery and producer of Yorkshire’s famous cheese. We return via Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale to Morecambe where you can spend the rest of this afternoon at leisure.
Day 4: Today we enjoy the highlight of the tour, the famous ‘High Adventure’! The ‘Mountain Goat’ minibuses take us where large coaches cannot go. This is a wonderful day, taking in the mountain passes of the Western Fells – Wrynose Pass, the desolate Duddon Valley, and the stunning Hardknott Pass. See the lonely Roman Fort as we descend into Eskdale for a ride on L’al Ratty – the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, before seeing Wastwater – voted Britain’s favourite view - and then visiting Muncaster Castle Garden and Owl Sanctuary. From here we return via the southern fells. This tour is a chance to see the real Lake District!
Day 5: We depart for our return to Norfolk, where our door to door taxi service will be waiting to return you home.
Holiday Information:
4 Nights Dinner, Bed & Breakfast
Price: £739pp
Single Supplement: £nil (Limited Availability)
Additional Singles Beyond Allocation: £100 (May be allocated a twin or double room for sole occupancy, but not guranteed)
Insurance: £TBC (Insurance not currently available)
Tour Reference: AWE4900
Deposit Required: £50pp
Balance Due: 8 weeks prior to departure