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Specialist
Battlefield Guides: Consistently highly rated by Leger's guests
for their knowledge, personal perspective and going the extra
mile; your guide on tour will be one of Leger's hand picked
specialists. The team of over 20 guides is headed by Paul
Reed, Tony Lea and Bill McQuade, who between the three of
them have a combined total of over 50 years' guiding experience!
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| Walking Arras Coach Holidays 5 Days - 5% Discount This new tour is based around walks in Paul Reed’s book ‘Walking Arras’ |
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| Walking
Arras Tour Itinerary |
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1: Local departure then onwards to Arras for a four-night stay. |
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2: Telegraph Hill, Pals Battlefield (included) Walk 1: Our first walk starts on the outskirts of Arras, where the front lines were in April 1917. Seeing the old No Man’s Land and German defences on Telegraph Hill. We then see the ground captured by London units near Neuville-Vitasse and visit the cemeteries in nearby Henin, where the Liverpool and Manchester Pals were at the start of the battle. Poets at Arras, Fontaine les Croisilles (included) Walk 2: We visit the site where Siegfried Sassoon was wounded in 1917, and a cemetery where two VC winners are buried. We walk down into Fontaine les Croisilles to see the memorial to the West Riding troops. B |
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3: Monchy, The Lost Fusiliers, Newfoundland’s Last Stand
(included) Walk 3: Monchy le Preux was the key to the Arras battlefield, and we begin at Happy Valley before studying the story of the Royal Fusiliers attack. We then look at the use of Cavalry, and go into the village to see the 37th Division and Newfoundland Regiment memorials. Moving on to Infantry Hill we see where disaster struck the ‘Newfies’ and where the battle came to an en Wancourt Hill – Northumberland Sacrifice (included) Walk 4: In the afternoon we see where the men from 50th Division fought in 1917, around Wancourt Hill and Heninel. We start on the edge of Heninel and visit the graves at Wancourt before moving to the high ground at Wancourt Tower. B |
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4: Bullecourt, Australians at Arras (included) Walk 5: Our final walk takes us from Ecoust, along the old railway line – up towards the village of Bullecourt. We see the area where the Yorkshire Territorials supported the Australians, then walk across the fields where the Australians lost more than 10,000 men. We look at the story of Jack White, found many years after the war, before ending at the impressive ‘Digger’ statue. In the afternoon either have free-time in Arras or join us on a visit to the Wellington Quarries (optional). This amazing underground world, created by New Zealander Tunnellers in 1916, was opened in 2008. B |
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5: To Calais, and return home. B |
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Included Meals: B=Breakfast |
| Your Hotel |
You will stay for 4 nights
at the 3-star Mercure Atria Arras, situated in the heart of
the city. The hotel has a restaurant and bar and all bedrooms
have T.V. and telephone. |
| Executive Coach Departure Dates & Prices 2009 Tour ref 5FWR | |||
FREE
local joining points - details Travel by executive coach 4 nights’ accommodation with breakfast Specialist Battlefields Guide 5 Battlefield walks. Each walk is approximately 3 - 4 miles Note: Entrance fees to museums & places of interest are at extra cost |
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| Leger
Brochure Price in Black Travel 55 Discount Price in Red Quote Travel 55 Ref: T55 + Tour Code Tel Leger Reservations on 0844 504 6480 |
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April
13 |
£339 £323 |
August
31 |
£349 £332 |
May
25 |
£349 £332 |
October
19 |
£339 £323 |
Prices
are per person, based on two sharing. Extras • Optional
excursions • Single room supplement £89 •
Travel insurance
from £29.95 |
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