Murder Mystery Break – 2nd Feb 2024

Join us for a weekend break in Caernarfon, Gwynedd next February.  The hectic days of Christmas will be a long ago memory so a short break is just what we need to lift our spirits!

Our three day half board break includes visits to Llandudno, Beaumaris, a guided tour of Anglesey and the Eryri Mountains.  The break is on a half board basis with two free drinks and entertainment provided on the first night and a happy hour bar.  On our second night we’ll be able to get our little gray cells working as we try to solve a murder mystery!!        On our way home we will be stopping in Ruthin where we will enjoy a Sunday lunch at the Ruthin Castle Hotel.                                     Booking  will open at  09:30 on Tuesday  6th June. Priority  will  be  given to members who turn up in person.         Please click on the flier to get all the other details

Dorset Holiday 3rd – 8th September

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Join us on our six day break to Dorset this coming September.  We will be staying at the Riviera Hotel on the front at Bournemouth on a half board basis.  Our break will include a homage to Thomas Hardy as a local guide takes us around the places that Thomas set his wonderful novels.  We will sail along the Jurassic coast casting envious looks at the houses of the rich on Sandbanks and say hi to Brownsea Island and Old Harry’s Rocks as we make our way to Poole Harbour. Continue reading

Passhendaele and the Somme

“Lest  We  Forget”

 After a hot sultry day the cooling evening breeze gave relief as we walked through Ypres towards the Menin gate.  The magnificent Cloth Hall towered above the busy square where people laughed, joked and enjoyed their evening meals in the cafes and bars of the city.
The glorious cathedral stood proudly, dominating the city; it looked as though it had always been there but just over 100 years ago the impressive city had been reduced to rubble.

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North – East England Holiday

The ‘Kynren’

Recently we took a holiday to the North-East of England, a land of castles and cathedrals; myths and legends.   It was a holiday that turned out to be memorable for many reasons.   First we were practically drowned at Housteads Roman Fort when the heavens decided to fill the reservoirs of the North in one morning;.  Wet through took on a different meaning when it really did mean getting your vest soaked!!  Secondly, two people went down with Covid so that masks and sanitisers came back into our lives.  Our precautions didn’t give us much defence though as twelve people succumbed in total!!

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Bulb-fields Holiday

On Tuesday 20th of September we will be taking bookings for our Spring Bulb-fields visit to the Netherlands. Our five day break will include a visit to the Keukenhof gardens, The Hague, Delft, and Het Loo Palace etc. Single rooms are limited.

The cost is £580.00 with a single supplement of £82.00.  Click here to see the full details of the break.

Kynren Holiday 8th – 12th Sept 2022

A twin/double room has become available on the Kynren holiday this coming September.

The holiday is a five day break to the North East.  The cost of the holiday is (dependant upon numbers) £419.00 (single supplement £30.00) for half board and including all entrances and a deluxe ticket to the Kynren spectacular. This is a pageant covering a thousand years of English history with costumes, carriages, soldiers, cannons, horses and a fireworks display

Excursions include – Harrogate, Housesteads, Hadrian’s Wall, Hexham, Durham, Alnwick Castle with a tour and York.

For more details please ring Jane on 526 2530

Kynren Spectacular

Join us for a five day/four night break on the 8th of September 2022. We will be staying at the Jury’s Inn Hotel Middlesbrough and exploring the north east of England. The attached flier has all the information you’ll need to help you decide if this holiday is for you.  Click on the flier for the full version.

Booking will be by text or email only and will open on Monday 13th of September at 09:00.  Bookings will be taken in order of receipt.

 

 

Bodmin Jail Hotel – June 2021

A 4/5 star hotel, a dining room built inside a chapel, Michaelangelo’s fresco on the ceiling, lights that changed in tune to the heavenly music and Cordon Bleu cooking.  You’d be expecting the dress code to be black tie and long frocks for the ladies – but no.
For this intrepid couple it meant putting on your pyjamas and turning up in barefeet!


Frances and Ken are on a mission and they turned up in their signature Alderhey pyjamas! Their aim is to raise awareness for the work Alderhey hospital is doing and they have been turning up in their pyjamas at various venues.
There were no disapproving looks from the rest of the guests though, just an interest in what it was all about.  Guess that means they fulfilled their aim – mission accomplished!
I wonder where they’ll turn up next?!