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| The
Way We Were - England Coach Tours - 5 Days Tour Highlights • Catherine Cookson Country • Beamish Open Air Museum • Cragside House • Durham |
Join us as we turn the
clocks back a hundred or so years and remember how things
used to be.At the award-winning, internationally acclaimed
Beamish Open Air Museum streets, shops and homes recreate
life at the turn of the century.We also tour the country that
inspired the best-selling novels of Catherine Cookson and
experience how the 'other half' lived at Cragside House, the
first house in the world to have electricity. |
| The Way We Were - Your Excursions |
FULL
DAY Today we venture north into the heart of Northumberland to visit Cragside House (admission included). This magnificent Victorian mansion was built for the first Lord Armstrong and was the first house in the world to have electricity. Discover the marvels of the Victorian era in rooms unchanged over all these years. Enjoy too the magnificent gardens, lakes and unique Orchard House, which are set in over 900 acres. |
FULL DAY You will find today’s full day visit to Beamish Open Air Museum a truly unforgettable experience (admission included). Ride on the trams, visit the shops, and walk into houses - all faithfully recreating life at the turn of the century. One thing’s for sure - it really takes you back! |
FULL DAY A full day excursion where we turn the clock back almost 100 years, as we head for South Shields. Here we take a tour of Catherine Cookson country - one of the country’s best loved, and most read, authors. This afternoon we take time to visit the historic Cathedral city of Durham, with time to explore at leisure. |
| George Washington Golf Hotel | |
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LOCATED IN THE town of Washington, five
miles south of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, this modern hotel has
its own 18 hole golf course, indoor swimming pool and leisure
centre. All the bedrooms offer private facilities, television,
telephone and tea and coffee making facilities. • Full breakfast and three course evening dinner plus tea or coffee • One night entertainment • No lift, all bedrooms are located on the ground and first floor *** (AA) |
| The Way We Were - 2009 Tour Code WAG 5 Days Half Board | |||
| Grand UK Brochure Price in Black Travel 55 Discount Price in Red Quote Travel 55 Ref: TRA55 + Holiday Code |
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April 13 |
£279 £260 |
August
3 |
£319 £297 |
April
27 |
£289 £269 |
August
17 |
£319 £297 |
June
8 |
£319 £297 |
August
31 |
£319 £297 |
June
22 |
£319 £297 |
September
14 |
£319 £297 |
July
20 |
£319 £297 |
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| Reserved Coach Seats | |
| YOU
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY to choose the coach seat of your choice
which is yours from the moment you join your tour coach. Seat
numbers are not allocated on regional transfer services. In
most cases on coaches equipped with a rear mounted WC, seats
23 and 24 move to the driver’s side of the vehicle, whilst
seats 45 and 46 move one seat forward of the rear seat. |
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| Please note
that SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED ON COACHES. Passengers who do
smoke will have ample opportunity to do so at the comfort
stops en route. |
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| Joining Points | |
| On most
of our coach holidays you can choose from more than 350 (200
for departure code C tours) convenient local joining points
across Southern England, East Anglia and the South West, the
Midlands, London and the Home Counties. |