We start this unusual trip by arriving in Woolwich at approximately 11.45am. We will enjoy a tasty roast chicken lunch served in a beautiful new public house that has been fashioned from an 18th century gatehouse at the historic Woolwich arsenal. Following the meal, coffee will be served. Anyone who wants to can buy a dessert and/or bar drinks, including real ale on tap. Here, the Blue Badge Guide will join us.

We will set off from Woolwich to begin a really entertaining and eye-opening afternoon that will show you the lie of the land in terms of the 2012 Games.

(Please let us know if you are a vegetarian)

Friday 7 June 2012

Price: £32.00

For more information call 020 8236 3100

Pickup Points:

A: Bushey Grove Leisure Centre Car Park - 9.00am

B: Civic Offices Car Park, Borehamwood - 9.30am

C: Furzefield Leisure Centre Car Park - 10.00am

Please arrive 10 minutes before the time of pickups.

Journey time approximately: 1 hour 45 minutes

Departure time approximately: 5.00pm

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Runnymede To Windsor

RETURN LUXURY 4 HOUR BOAT TRIP WITH CREAM TEA

Friday 15 June 2012

This is a lovely opportunity to sit back and enjoy a lazy afternoon aboard the New Queen of the Thames, which is the largest vessel in the fleet. During the course of the afternoon you will be able to tuck in to a cream tea (inclusive).

As we cruise down the Thame, passing the Bells of Ouzeley, Old Windsor, Datchet and the Home Park with views of the Castle, we ascend the impressive Romney Lock with a glimpse of Eton College and arrive at Windsor before returning.

Price: £35.00

To book your place please call: 020 8236 3100

Pickup Points:

A: Bushey Grove Leisure Centre - 10.00am

B: Civic Offices Car Park, Borehamwood - 11.00am

C: Furzefield Leisure Centre Car Park, Potters Bar - 11.30am

Please arrive 10 minutes before the time of pickups.

Journey time approximately: 1 hour 30 minutes

Departure time approximately: 4.45pm.

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Clacton-on-Sea

A Day beside the Seaside

Thursday 12 July 2012

Within the town there are the usual high street shops mixed in with independent retailers offering everything from seaside goodies to Irish music.

A few minute's walk from the town square will bring you to the seafront and the Pier. There is a sandy beach beside the pier, and it is well serviced by various food and drink outlets. Clacton tends to have a gentle sea that laps against the shore. The Pier itself has an assortment of rides and attractions, which include a sea aquarium, which is home to a wide variety of fish from both our coastline and more tropical waters.

From the seafront you can catch a small train along to Holland-on-Sea, where you can walk along the promenade to the country park.

Price: £18.50

To book your place please call: 020 8236 3100

Pickup Points:

A: Bushey Grove Leisure Centre car Park - 8.00am

B: Civic Offices Car Park, Borehamwood - 8.30am

C: Furzefield Leisure Centre Car Park, Potters Bar - 9.00am

Please arrive 10 minutes before the time of pickups.

Journey time approximately: 2 hours 15 minutes

Departure time approximately: 4.45pm

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Waterperry Gardens

Friday 17 August 2012

Waterperry Gardens are steeped in history with the famous, purely herbaceous border dating back to the 1930s. The two hundred feet border which runs the length of the old kitchen garden wall gives a wonderful display of colour and form from May through to the first frosts of autumn. Over the years new features have been added to the gardens including in 2011, a contemporary border which is the antitheses of our traditional herbaceous border. There's a mixed double colour border which shows each colour change reflected in the border opposite. A formal knot garden reflects plant that would have been found in the Tudor, Stuart, Georgian and Victorian times. The Mary Rose Gardens show how different types of rose can be used in different settings and there is a waterlily canal, herbaceous nursery stockbeds, island beds, alpine garden and a riverside walk. On your arrival, you will have time to visit the tea room for refreshments before commencing on a 1 hour guided tour of the gardens at 11.30am. Finishing the tour at 12.30pm, you may choose to have lunch. There is plenty to see during the afternoon.

Waterperry- grown plants, fruits and trees
A plant centre housed within the old Victorian walled garden
Delicious hand-made lunches, cakes and patisseries in the teashop
A gallery specialising in British, mainly Oxfordshire, artists' work
A museum of rural life
A Saxon church
Waterperry House frescoes

Price: £24.25

To book your place please call: 020 8236 3100

Pickup Points:

C: Furzefield Leisure Centre Car Park - 8.00am

B: Civic Offices Car Park, Borehamwood - 8.30am

A: Bushey Grove Leisure Centre Car Park - 9.00am

Journey time approximately 1 hour 30 minutes

Departure time approximately 4.00pm

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CORBYN HEAD HOTEL

Torquay

Short Break

Tuesday 11 September - Friday 14 September 2012

3 Nights, dinner, bed and breakfast at the Corbyn Head Hotel

Day 1 - Departing approximately 9am we travel west towards Avon, making a short comfort stop en route, before we arrive in the Roman city of Bath. You will have free time here and can purchase lunch before we continue on towards Torquay. Having checked in to the hotel and freshened up, dinner is included this evening.

Day 2 - Today you will have a full day guided tour of Dartmoor included. You will be taken through some of the most picturesque areas of Devon. You will visit Bovey Tracey and the House of Marbles, Postbridge, and Princetown.

Day 3 - Today is a relaxing but interesting day as you enjoy an included 'Round Robin' circular tour which runs through enchanting landscape between Paignton, Kingswear, Dartmouth and Totnes, and back to your embarkation point. Travel takes place on open-top buses, weather depending; the charming dartmouth and Paignton Steam Railway, and Riverlink cruisers along the magnificent River dart, making an unforgettable day out. We return to the hotel later today where your eveing meal is included.

Day 4 - Departing Torquay after breakfast, we re-trace our steps making a stop in the Somerset city of Wells. You will have some free time here and can purchase lunch before we continue on to Lacock Village in rural Wiltshire which is famous for its picturesque streets, historic buildings and more recently as a TV location. Departing here, we continue homewards, arriving back at your original departure point later in the day.

Price: £339.00

For further information please call: 020 8236 3100

Pickup Points:

C: Furzefield Leisure Centre Car Park, Potters Bar - 8.00am

B: Civic Offices Car Park, Borehamwood - 8.30am

A: Bushey Grove Leisure centre Car Park - 9.00am

Please arrive 10 minutes before the time of pickups.

WELLS CATHEDRAL

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The Buckinghamshire Chilterns

A Guided tour with morning tea/coffee and biscuits - and early afternoon lunch (limited walking)

Fiday 5 October 2012

Enjoy a day exploring the peaceful woody lanes and picturesque towns and villages of the Buckinghamshire Chilterns. This is 'Midsomer Murders' territory. Discover some ancient wall paintings, visit Jordans Friends Meeting House and the Hughenden Valley, and sit together for morning tea/coffee and biscuits (all inclusive).

We will meet the guide for morning refreshments at a pub near Old Beaconsfield. We then set off on a carefully crafted scenic route through the Chiltern Hills. From high in the coach it's like flicking through the pages of 'Country Life', a wealth of grand country houses. We drive through the beautiful 'Chequers' valley where the Prime minister's country retreat is hidden in hundreds of acres of mellow parkland. We hear about the Bodgers who worked in the woods, see the grave of Benjamin Disraeli in the magnificent Hughenden Valley and hear the curious story of his burial. Look out for the Red Kites, magnoficent birds with wingspans of up to five feet which have been reintroduced locally in recent years. We'll all stop to discover some rare wall paintings from the 13th century.

Back to the pub for lunch which today is shepherd's pie served with vegetables and gravy or a vegetarian alternative.

In the afternoon we will visit Jordans. The Jordans Meeting House was built in 1688, after the Declaration of Indulgence passed by James II gave freedom to Friends to build their own meeting houses. It was built in just six weeks, using simple brick for the floor and the outside walls. The original floor is stil in use, and about 80% of the glass is original despite the fire of 2005.

Outside there are simple graves in the Quaker fashion including that of William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania and nearby is the Mayflower Barn said to be built from the timbers of the Mayflower ship that took the Pilgrim Fathers to America. We will stay here for tea and biscuits for which we will be asked to give a donation of £2.00 per person towards the upkeep of the property.

Price: £36.50

To book your place please call: 020 8236 3100

Pickup Points:

C: Furzefield Leisure Centre Car Park, Potters Bar - 8.00am

B: Civic Offices Car Park, Borehamwood - 8.30am

A: Bushey Grove Leisure centre Car Park - 9.00am

Please arrive 10 minutes before the time of pickups.

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