Holiday highlights - Bakers Dolphin

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Hidden Corners of Yorkshire
✓ 4 nights with dinner, bed and breakfast ✓ Home Link
Treat
yourself to this
Gold Coach
Tour
Holiday highlights
• Historic Maritime Whitby
• Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway
• Wensleydale Railway
• Swaledale – Historic Richmond
• Captains Cook’s Endeavour
• ‘Teeside Princess’ River Cruise
• ‘Little Switzerland’ – Beautiful Bilsdale
This tour covers a splendid variety of
magnificent scenery and contrasting
countryside, with quaint Yorkshire
towns and villages. We also feature
a ride on the Wensleydale Railway,
reopened after 50 years, re-living
rural railway travel as it used to be all
those years ago, as well as a boat trip
on the River Tees to Yarm.
Monday We depart and make our way north to
arrive at the Sporting Lodge Hotel where we enjoy
next 4 nights stay with dinner, bed and breakfast.
TuesdayToday we visit Thirsk, home of James
Herriot, and a chance to visit the acclaimed World
of James Herriot Centre. Afterwards we take in a
piece of history as we ride on the ‘Wensleydale
Railway’, newly opened after sleeping for over
fifty years. Later we end the day with a visit to
Richmond, high above the River Swale.
Wednesday Our first visit of the day takes us
to Stockton-on-Tees to where the Northern
Hemisphere’s only full-size replica of the worldrenowned
HM Bark Endeavour lays at berth in the
quayside. Making our way through the historic
Castlegate quayside complete with street traders
and sailors of the period we board the Endeavour
for a fascinating insight into what life at sea was
like in the 18th Century. We then join the ‘Teesside
Princess’ to take a gentle cruise up the River Tees
through beautiful countryside to the cobbled town
of Yarm, famous for its location on the River and
the awe inspiring railway viaduct. In the afternoon
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we drive through Bilsdale - “Little Switzerland”, and
past the Sun Inn, which has had the same landlord
for 200 years!
Thursday After breakfast we travel over the moors,
across Blakey Ridge, through picturesque Hutton-le-
Hole to Pickering, where we join the North Yorkshire
Moors Railway for a steam train journey through
rugged moorland to Whitby – passing through
Goathland (‘Aidensfield’ in TV’s ‘Heartbeat’) on
the way. Whitby is a maritime town, fishing port
and seafarer’s haven, bursting with character and
quite unique – little has changed since the times of
Captain James Cook.
Friday After breakfast we leave and begin our
homeward journey.
Your hotel
The Sporting Lodge Hotel is located on the
outskirts of Middlesborough on the edge of the
North Yorkshire Moors and is ideally situated for
the Moors and Dales. This traditional hotel has
been recently refurbished and offers a full range
of comforts, with en suite bathrooms, television and
tea/coffee making facilities. Hotel facilities include
leisure centre with indoor swimming pool.
Northumbria and the Scottish Borders
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Departures
30 Apr £355 28 May £355*
25 Jun £355 16 Jul £355
13 Aug £355 17 Sept £355
22 Oct £355
No single room supplement
* This is a Gold Service departure only, and will
entail a supplement of £15 per day. See page
8-9 for details
This tour covers a variety of splendid
scenery, contrasting countryside,
historic towns, rugged coastlines,
rolling hills and quaint northern
villages. The ancient Kingdom of
Northumbria offers some of the most
striking unspoilt beauty in England.
Sunday We depart from our local area and travel
to Northumberland arriving late afternoon at the
Victoria Hotel for the next 5 nights stay with dinner,
bed and breakfast.
Monday Our jaunt today is a Northumbrian
Coastal Tour. From Bamburgh we head south
through Seahouses to make a brief stop at Craster,
home of the famous kippers. We continue south via
Amble to visit Woodhorn, a superb development
of a former colliery site into the Northumberland
Museum and Country Park, featuring Coal Town
and much more. Later we make our way to Alnwick,
with its mighty castle, for a short break before
returning to Bamburgh.
Tuesday Leaving after breakfast our day begins
with a visit to the villages of Ford and Etal, a vast
rural estate with Visitor Centre, steam railway,
castles, paintings, cafe, tea rooms, craft workshops
and the Black Bull, Northumberland’s only thatched
roof pub. From here we head for the Scottish
Borders region at Coldstream and continue along
the Tweed Valley to Kelso the home of Floors Castle,
the largest inhabited castle in Scotland.
Wednesday Today’s excursion takes us across
the causeway to Holy Island and the mysterious
Lindisfarne Castle – visible in the distance from
Bamburgh. We return to Bamburgh for free time,
maybe to visit the majestic castle on the beach, or
the Grace Darling Museum.
Note: The crossing of the causeway to Holy Island
is governed by tide times. It may be necessary to
amend this excursion.
Thursday We journey through beautiful
countryside to the capital of Coquetdale, Rothbury,
which was once a popular health resort where
people came to take the air in its riverside setting of
wide open spaces and delightful scenery. From here
we then continue through stunning countryside to
Northern Europe’s largest man made lake set in
Europe’s largest man made forest - Kielder Water.
Friday after breakfast we leave and begin our
journey home.
Your hotel
The Victoria Hotel is situated at the top of
Main Street in the coastal village of Bamburgh,
overlooking the village green, just up the street
from the magnificent castle on the beach. Recently
renovated and upgraded, the hotel offers a genuine
warm and friendly welcome. All rooms are en suite,
well equipped and comfortably furnished. Evening
entertainment is planned on at least one evening
during your stay.
Holiday highlights
• Holy Island and Lindisfarne
• Beautiful Bamburgh
• Coldstream, Kelso and Tweed Valley
• Ford and Etal Villages and Estates
• Seahouses, Craster and Warkworth
• Kielder water cruise
• Historic Alnwick
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Treat
yourself to this
Gold Coach
Tour
• Woodhorn Northumbria Museum
and Country Park
Departures
13 May £529 08 July £529*
02 Sept £529 14 Oct £489
No single room supplement
* This is a Gold Service departure only, and will
entail a supplement of £15 per day. See page
8-9 for details
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