Maghull and Lydiate U3A

Thurs.15th March First trip to Carnforth Station/Lancaster Castle. Guided tours of both venues. Dep.9.15am  Ret.6pm  Price £15

Thurs.22nd March Due to a lot of interest we have arranged this second trip. Same agenda as above.

Thurs.19th April Plassey Centre, Nr.Wrexham. Choice of shops, crafts, places to eat  then  on to Bangor on Dee for a demonstration of willow basket making. Dep.9.15am  Ret.6pm  Price £14

Fri.18th May -Trefriw Woollen Mills – a working museum.  Demos, shop etc. Onto Llechwedd Slate Caverns. Travel back in time on the Miners’ Railway. Victorian Shopping Village, coffee, demos.  Dep.8.30am  Ret. 6pm  Price £18

New Trip = Fri.27th July – Chesterfield Market, Derbyshire.  Wide choice of stalls, lots of interest including the famous church with its crooked spire.  Onto Renishaw Hall, historic home for generations to the Sitwell family.  Beautiful house, gardens, coffee shop, gift shop even a vineyard.  Guided tour.  Dep.9.l5am  Ret 6pm  Price £l8. 50 includes guided tour

SHORT BREAKS

18.6.12 to 21.6.12 –  D iscovery Travel 4 days 3 nights dinner/bed/breakfast at  4 star Durham Marriott. Inc. visits to Bowes Museum, Alnwick Castle/Gardens, Beamish, Guided tour of Durham

21.9.12 to 23.9.12 – Discovery Travel 3 days 2 nights dinner/bed/breakfast at the 4 star Hilton St.Anne’s Manor. Inc.visit to Windsor, Buckingham Palace, Open Houses of London,, sightseeing tour

Turkey and Tinsel – 5 days 4 nights Dinner/ Bed/ Breakfast at the family owned Royal Grosvenor Hotel in Weston Super Mare. Situated on the sea front.  All rooms en suite with TV., tea/coffee making facility, hairdryer, entertainment, 3 excursions.  Price £245 (less when group discount applied) No single supplement, £30 deposit.  Arranged with Airedale Tours, voted Group Tour Operator for 2011 and many years before

FOLLOWING DATES ARE FOR YOUR DIARY

Fri.17th August

Wed.17th October

Thurs.25th October

12th to 16th November Turkey and Tinsel

Fri.30th November

Wednesday 5th Dec.

Details for two short breaks have now been finalised as follows:

Mon.18th June 2012 to Thurs.21st June 2012 – 4 Days 3 Nights Visit to the North East – visiting Hawes in  North Yorkshire, the Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle, Alnwick Castle and Gardens , the Beamish Museum and a Blue Badge Guided Tour of Durham City.  Staying at the  4 Star Durham Marriott Hotel which is close to the old City and situated on the Wear. The Hotel has all the usual amenities in the bedrooms  and a  leisure centre, spa and indoor swimming pool.  Staying on a Dinner/Bed/Breakfast basis.  The cost is £285 per person plus a £20 single supplement and includes all entrance fees

Fri.21st September to Sunday 23rd September – 3 days 2 nights. Visit to Windsor,  Buckingham Palace with its’ fabulous display of the Queen’s Diamonds, Open Houses in Whitehall and a guided tour of London.  Staying at the 4 Star Hilton St.Annes Manor, Bracknell, with all the usual amenities in the bedrooms,  leisure complex and indoor swimming pool. Staying on a Dinner/Bed/Breakfast basis.  Price £l89 plus £20 single supplement and includes entrance fee to Buckingham Palace.

Interested? – then come and see us at our table on Tuesday morning to discuss.

We are currently looking at doing some short breaks, which would enable us to visit places of real interest that are just too far for a Day Trip.  On Tues.10th January 2012 we carried out a survey at our table to find,  out of 3 choices, what your interests would be.  This showed your most popular choice is to the North East to include visits to Alnwick Castle, Beamish Museum, Durham etc. Second choice is for a visit to London to visit Buckingham Palace celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a fabulous display of her diamonds, a repeat of the faberge exhibition and the gardens.  London will be at its’ finest with displays for both the Jubilee and the Olympics. There will be other places of interest as well. Third was a visit to the Cotswolds including a visit to the stunning Blenheim Palace.  This visit will be kept in abeyance for maybe later in the year. Initial enquiries have now taken place and the most likely date for the first choice is 25th June 2012 for 3 nights and the 22nd September for 2 nights for the second choice.  We are currently having these costed and will let you have full details asap.  Watch this space!!
IN THE MEANTIME - due to huge interest, a second visit has been arranged to visit CARNFORTH STATION/LANCASTER CASTLE on Thurs.22nd March 2012.  Same itinerary as before. Dep.9.15am  Ret.6pm  Guided tours of both venues. Price £15 inc. Everyone on the former reserve list has been contacted and seats have been reserved.

иконописFriday 24th February – Rhubarb Festival.  Visit the food, drink and rhubarb festival with demonstrations, tastings etc. and everything you never knew about rhubarb.  All held in heated marquees.  Onto Oldroyds fully working rhubarb farm and enter the secret world of the rhubarb triangle.  Witness the unique rhubarb awakening.  Grown out of season in dark sheds, lit only by candlelight.  Listen to Janet known as “the High Priestess of Rhubarb” tell us all about it.  An experience not to be missed.  Dep.8.30am  Ret.6pm  Price £l7 – inc.talk/tour.

Thursday l5th March – Carnforth Station/Lancaster Castle.  Arrive at Carnforth Station, made famous by  the film Brief Encounter, optional viewing from the comfort of a plush seat.  We will have a guided tour, there is a Visitor Centre, Shop and of course, The Cafe for coffee/lunch, restored to the way it was.  Onto Historic Lancaster Castle, which has stood here for centuries.  Scene of many famous trials including the Witches of Pendle in l612 – 400 years this year.  Guided tour will tell and show us all the dark secrets in this ancient place.  Dep.9.l5am  Ret.6pm  Price £l5 inc.both tours.

Thursday l9th April – Plassey Centre/T’Willows by the River Dee.  A visit to the Plassey Centre, just outside Wrexham.  Built in converted edwardian barns, there is a selection of craft outlets and boutique style shopping.  The Stables coffee shop and a restaurant are on site. Onto Family owned James and Charlies at Bangor on Dee.  120 years ago, two brothers caught salmon on the River Dee but the fish stocks dried up and they began to make baskets from local willow.  Come and watch their basket making demo. even have a go yourself. there is lots more here.  All different types of cane products, cushions, furniture etc.  Baskets have been made here for Erddig and Chirk Castle amongst others. Dep.9.l5am  Ret.6pm Price £14 inc.demo

Full information and bookings taken at our coffee table from Tuesday 20th September 2011

NB. All trips depart from/return to Central Square, Maghull.  A deposit is requested on all trips please.  We do operate reserve lists please ask for details

иконографияWe have a few trips left for 2011 and are currently planning our 2012 programme.  Details of this should be ready soon. We welcome any suggestions you may have – please call at our coffee morning table to discuss.  One new idea we have for 2012 is to may be  include some mini trips.  These will be of shorter distance, shorter day and to fairly local places of interest.  Let us know what you feel about that.   After our recent survey about tipping – you decided by a large majority that tips should be included in the price of the trip and all 2012 trips therefore, will include gratuities.