| Day 1 |
Arrive |
Meet and transfer to B&B
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Visit some sites in Bristol
(depending on time) |
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| Day 2 |
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A Day in Bristol |
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10am |
Guided tour of Bristol |
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At leisure in Bristol or visiting more sites (till 5pm) |
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5pm |
Return to B&B |
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| Day 3 |
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The Hardy Trail |
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10am |
Dorchester (Hardy’s Casterbridge) |
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Maiden Castle (Iron-age fort used in “Far from the Madding Crowd”) |
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Bere Regis (Hardy’s Kingsbere) |
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Lulworth Cove |
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5pm |
Return via Cerne Abbas to B&B |
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| Day 4 |
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Some Welsh castles |
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10am |
Skenfrith |
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Grosmont |
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White Castle |
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Raglan |
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5pm |
Return via Tintern Abbey to B&B |
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| Day 5 |
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A guided tour of Bath |
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10am |
Coffee in the Pump Room |
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Roman Baths |
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The Abbey |
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At leisure in Bath till 3pm |
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5pm |
Return to B&B |
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| Day 6 |
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Cathedrals and an Abbey |
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10am |
Gloucester Cathedral ( Norman interior – burial place of Edward II) |
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Tewkesbury Abbey ( beautifully situated and also Norman) |
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Worcester (burial place of King John). We will visit The Commandery ( the Civil War
Centre) |
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5pm |
Return to B&B |
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| Day 7 |
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A day on Exmoor |
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10am |
Lorna Doone area: Oare church, Doone valley |
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Dunkery Beacon |
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Villages of Exford and Winsford. (cream-tea?)
or the “Royal Oak Trail” :
(i) coffee at Royal Oak at Winsford
(ii) lunch at Royal Oak at Luxborough
(iii) dinner at Royal Oak at Withypool.
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5pm |
Return to B&B |
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| Day 8 |
Depart |
We will help with this |
