WARTIME MEMORIES
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Departs:
23/07/2010
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3
Days
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Staying at:
RAMADA JARVIS HOTEL - HATFIELD
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Includes:
Dinner, Bed, Breakfast plus entrance to Imperial War Museum and Bletchley Park
Single Supplements: £0.00
Price:
£149.00
Day 1:
Our journey takes us via Derby for a lunch break. Arriving at our hotel check in and welcome drinks reception followed by evening dinner with a promotional £1 bar (lager/wine) between 8-10pm.
Day 2:
After breakfast this morning we visit the award winning Imperial War Museum at Duxford (entrance cost included), with various exhibitions. There are 7 hangers in total and visits take between 3-4 hours (or all day) depending on interest. Returning to the hotel for evening dinner with quiz night to follow and of course the £1 bar (lager/wine) between 8-10pm.
Day 3:
Following breakfast this morning we leave the hotel and return home via Bletchley Park (entrance cost included). Have a look through the ornate Victorian Mansion that was the headquarters to intelligence staff during the War; see the Enigma Machines, including the rare ‘Abwebr G312’ but there is much more than machines in a visit to Bletchley Park, check out the tales of spies and strategic deception, there’s a wartime cinema and an outstanding Churchill collection, you may even be the one to discover the map to genius mathematician Alan Turing’s silver, supposedley buried in or near Bletchley Park, or just relax by the Lake and observe the wildlife. Departing for home at approx 14.00.
WebSite:
http://wwwramadajarvis.co.uk
Staying at the 3* Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Hatfield, (ramadajarvis.co.uk) an Art Deco Grade 11 listed hotel with stunning 1930’s features.
A building designed to reflect the iconic de Havilland Comet aeroplane.
The elegant Art Deco architecture is echoed in period-style décor and furniture dotted throughout the hotel. Dine on bistro favourites in the Arts Brasserie before relaxing with a drink in leather sofas or on the heated terrace. You can indulge in some retail therapy at the Galleria shopping centre, just opposite. Standard en-suite accommodation comes with flat-screen TV with high-speed Internet access and tea/coffee making facilities
Hotel information
St. Albans Road West
Hatfield, AL10 9RH
Hertfordshire
Tel +44 (0)844 815 9042
Fax +44 (0)170 726 4019
Pick Up Points
| Location | Time |
| Morecambe, Middlegate | 08:30 |
| Westgate, William Mitchell | 08:30 |
| Princess Crescent | 08:35 |
| Bare Station | 08:40 |
| Torrisholme Square | 08:45 |
| Lancaster, Scale Hall, Spar Shop | 08:50 |
| Lancaster, Chapel Street | 09:00 |
| Bowerham Hotel | 09:15 |
| Galgate Spar Shop | 09:20 |
Coach Facilities