British Isles
T
he landscape that inspired Wordsworth and Walk Highlights
Coleridge is our home for this six-day journey Roman ruins & culture
across the romantic Lake District and rugged
Northumberland.
Beatrix Potter, Wordsworth,
Coleridge, Ruskin
Following the course of Hadrian’s Wall, we trek through
wild, unpopulated country, climbing low fells and high
Lake Windermere,
crags, crossing open moorland and following remote
Hadrian’s Wall
bridleways. We see Roman towns, bathhouses and military
forts, meander through sleepy northern villages and eat
hearty pub lunches.
Swallow George, Macdonald
• Arrival: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Leeming House, Langdale Chase Departure: Oxenholme Rail Station
A highlight of this trip is our time at Lake Windermere,
Picturesque pathways dipping and
• June 28-July 3, September 20-25
the largest and most impressive of the lakes. Here we visit
rising into Britain’s wildest
• 6 days, 5 nights
Rydal Mount, Wordsworth’s elegant home, and Beatrix
unpopulated areas, modest hills.
• US$ 3,695
Potter’s garden at Hill Top. 10-12 miles walking per day.
(US$ 420 Single Supplement)
F
orests of ancient oaks, white chalk paths leading to Walk Highlights
exhilarating cliff-top views, the stately calm of the
Walker’s Paradise
winding Beaulieu River and purple heath-land
grazed by semi-wild ponies, cattle and donkeys, make for a
Osborne House,
Beaulieu
typically English landscape of variety.
Tennyson, Mrs Brown
Home to smugglers, sailors and soldiers over many
centuries, this corner of Hampshire was once William the
Conqueror’s royal hunting ground.
On this six-day Walk we visit Queen Victoria’s palace at
Whitely Ridge, Master Builder’s
• Arrival: Brockenhurst Rail Station
House,The Farringford (Tennyson’s
Departure: Southampton Rail Station
Osborne House and Charles I’s prison at Carisbrooke
former home)
• July 19-24
Castle, Lord Montagu’s Palace House at Beaulieu and
Forest pathways, coastal tracks,
• 6 Days; 5 Nights
explore Admiral Nelson’s shipyard, and take a stunning
scenic country lanes, some hills. • US$ 3,695
coastal walk to The Needles. 8-10 miles walking per day. (US$ 420 Single Supplement)
A
cross hills and dales, lakes and moorlands, this Walk Highlights
challenging Walk from Cumbria to Yorkshire spans Grange-over-Sands to Whitby
85 miles of quintessentially English landscape.
Encounter England - sea to sea
Following in the footsteps of Charlotte Brontë and William
Wordsworth, we discover the wild, unspoiled Lake District
Swinton Park Hotel, Middleham
and the mountains of Cumbria, pass tranquil lakes and
climb by craggy tarns. In Yorkshire we encounter pastures
and dales, winding rivers and rocky valleys.
Netherwood Hotel, Macdonald
Swan,The Famous Wild Boar, The
We explore royal castles and Gothic abbeys, sample local Blue Lion, Swinton Park, The Black Swan, • Arrival: Grange-over-Sands Rail Station
ales and traditional cheeses.
Dunsley Hall
Departure: Darlington Rail Station
Well laid out pathways through
• May 30-June 6, July 4-11, August 22-29,
Wildlife is the real star of this walk and at any moment on
three national parks, some brisk
September 26-October 3
our trip we might spot a grouse or plover, kingfisher or
hills with walks along hillsides, bluffs and •
8 days, 7 nights
deer. valleys. 12-15 miles walking per day. • US$ 3,895 (US$ 495 Single Supplement)
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