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*** The Connoisseur's Choice ***
Duration 9 nights/10 days in England
Overnights Chichester (3n), Brighton (2n), Hastings (2n), London (2n) on

Highlights :
* The meticulously restored, Queen Anne, Pallant House in Chichester.
* Petworth House, where Turner worked for many years and where many of his
pictures are on display.
* Sothebys in Billinghurst.
* Goodwood's remarkable art collection.
* The dazzlingly beautiful Royal Pavilion in Brighton.
* Firle Place and a private viewing of the magnificent Italian, Dutch
and British Old Masters.
* A recital tour of 15th century, half-timbered St Mary's Bramber.

*** Hidden Treasures ***
Duration 7 nights/8 days in England
Based Manchester (1n), Leeds (2n), Nottingham (2n), Liverpool (2n) n).

Highlights include:

* The remarkable collection at the John Rylands Library
* The substantial collection of Hockney paintings at Salts Mill, Bradford.
* The decorative arts in their original room settings at
* The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, one of Europe's leading open air galleries set in
beautiful 18th century parkland.
* The source of inspiration for DH Lawrence and Lord Byron near Robin Hood country.
* Spectacular scenery in Derbyshire en route for 'a day in China'.
* Beatles nostalgia and Stubbs, Gainsborough, Gilman and Lowry at Liverpool's
Walker Art Gallery.

*** Hands on Wedgwood***
Duration Variable
Based in Derbyshire, England

Highlights:
* Time at a potter's wheel using Jasper Clay with Wedgwood's Masterpotter.
* Make and apply the distinctive white jasper bas relief motifs.
* Try hand painting a figurine with assistance of a Wedgwood figure painter.
* Special tour of the Wedgwood factory.
* Tour of the Roman/medieval city ofChester.
* The rose gardens of Haddon Hall.

LITERATURE

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Duration 8 nights/9 days
*** Turning the Pages ***
Duration 8 nights/9 days in England
Based Haworth (2n), Durham (1n), the Lake District (2n), Chester (3n).

Highlights:
* Ride the railway line used in the filming of 'The Railway Children'.
* Visit Charlotte, Emily and Anne's home at the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
* Reach out and touch 'Brideshead Revisited' at Castle Howard.
* Tour the Land of the Prince Bishops (County Durham).
* Watch out for Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter in the Lake District.
* Conclude with an Alice in Wonderland dinner party.

Based Chichester (3n), Brighton (2n), Hastings Sussex Literary Landscapes
*** Sussex Literary Landscapes ***
Duration 6 nights/7 days in England
Based Brighton (4n), Chichester (1n), London (1n)

Highlights:
* A special 'Literary Brighton' walking tour.
* A tour of Winnie the Pooh Country and an obligatory game of 'Pooh Sticks'.
* Batemans, Rudyard Kipling's home, left very much as he would have known it.
* The treasures of Arundel Castle and its fabulous library.
* A special tour of Chichester Cathedral's contemporary art collection.
* En route to London, Charles Dickens' birthplace in Portsmouth,
and Jane Austen's home at Chawton.

*** Poetry and Pints in Wales ***
Celebrating the Works of Dylan Thomas
2003 50th anniversary of his death
Duration: Variable Location: Swansea, Wales

Please go to Cheers! on the And So Much More page for additional information

*** Murder, Mystery & More in Suffolk ***
Duration: 9 nights/10 days in England
Based Oxford (3n), Cambridge(2n), Bury St. Edmunds(2n), London 2n)
(Althorp visit only available 01 July - 30 Septemer)

* Walking tour of the Oxford Colleges discovering Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter, JRR Tolkein
and Inspector Morse.
*The superb landscaped gardens at treasure-filled Blenheim Palace.
* Visit to a private garden rarely opened to the public.
* Althorp, the ancestral home of the Spencer family and the burial place of Diana, Princess of Wales.
* A walking tour of the Cambridge Colleges.
* A Dick Francis themed day in Newmarket, the U.K. capital of horseracing.
* A full day following in the footsteps of PD James and Ruth Rendell.
* Travel to London taking the "Lovejoy" route through Suffolk and Essesx

(2n), London (2n).

FILM LOCATIONS

*** Journey to the Middle Earth***
Lord of the Rings, New Zealand
Duration: Various

Many of New Zealand's spectacular natural wonders were used in the filming of "The Lord of the Rings". Experience them for yourself while conducting your own quest for adventure. Try your hand at jetboating, bungy jumping, white water rafting or refine your skills at fishing, golf, or shopping, while exploring the sites that were transformed into the Middle Earth's Chetwood Forest, Rivendell, Misty Mountains, and Hobbiton.

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FESTIVAL AND EVENT DATES

March - Bath Literature Festival

May - Salisbury Annual Festival (England)
Dahpne du Maurier Festival, Cornwall, England
July - York Music Festival (England)
Buxton Opera Festival (England)
Chester Summer Music Festival (England)
September - Jane Austen Festival (Bath, England)
October - International Festival of Musical Theatre (Cardiff, Wales)
Cheltenham Festival of Literature (England)
Guilford Book Festival (England)
Hamakua Music Festival (Honokaa, Big Island,Hawaii)
December - Christmas Dickens Festival,Rochester, England