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TOUR England
5 DAYS £680
4 nights with dinner, bed & breakfast Carlisle Railway
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Romantic Journeys of Skipton Canal
Yorkshire
For those who yearn for an era of leisurely pace of times gone by, dramatic,
romantic landscapes broken by the familiar sound of a steam train making its
way through a backdrop of rolling countryside, this is a tour not to be missed.
YOUR ITINERARY • The city of Ripon, with its magnificent
Thursday We depart and make our way to cathedral. Carlisle Railway
West Yorkshire and our hotel for the next 4 • Skipton – ‘Gateway to the Dales’. The main
nights with dinner, bed and breakfast. street houses the well-known market, and
Included during your holiday: Skipton castle stands proudly at the top
of the street. Whilst here we enjoy a river
• The market town of Settle, where we take cruise on one of the country’s best-known
a break, before we enjoy a ride on the inland waterways.
Settle and Carlisle Railway, considered • Haworth, home of the famous Bronte
to be one of England’s most scenic rail sisters and their notorious brother.
journeys. We join the diesel train for the
journey, passing through spectacular • We enjoy a steam train ride along the HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
scenery, crossing the famous Ribblehead delightful Worth Valley, following the • The ‘Railway Children’ Line
viaduct and stopping at Dent, the highest locations used in the film ‘The Railway
mainline station in England. Children’. • Brontes Haworth
• Visit to Bolton Abbey set in a beautiful • Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
and tranquil location alongside the River • Spectacular Settle & Carlisle Railway
Wharfe.
• Bolton Abbey station for a ride on the • Historic Ripon
steam train to Embsay. Continuing • Skipton Canal Cruise
through beautiful Dales scenery we visit
the village of Grassington with its cobbled
street, diminutive marketplace and its
many quaint byways and alleyways.
Cedar Court Hotel Leeds/Bradford Monday After breakfast we depart for home. Blue Coach
The Cedar Court Hotel Leeds/Bradford,
hosts modern bedrooms, a FITFLEX gym,
as well as a Bar/Lounge. All bedrooms
are en suite with TV, hairdryer and tea/
coee facilities. The hotel has a lift.
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