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LAKELAND POETS & BRONTE COUNTRY
3 days / 2 nights - Wednesday to Friday

'I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils,
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.'

These lines must be amongst the most often quoted in the English language. Our short Lakeland literary explorer is designed to introduce you to the very lakes and hills that so inspired William Wordsworth and other Lakeland poets and authors, including Samuel Coleridge, Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin and the landscapes of J W Turner. We also explore the Lancashire and Yorkshire dales, specifically the area known universally as Bronte Country in memory of the three Bronte sisters.

 

This tour combines with our scheduled four-day Southern England Literary tour to create our 7 day Literary England adventure!

 

DEPARTURE DATES & PRICES FOR YEAR 2008

Tour Code

Depart Manchester

Arrive Manchester

NLIT

Wednesday

Friday

NLIT1

28 May

30 May

NLIT2

25 Jun

27 Jun

NLIT3

23 Jul

25 Jul

NLIT4

20 Aug

22 Aug

NLIT5

17 Sep

19 Sep

NLIT6

15 Oct

17 Oct

Cost: $779 USD per adult sharing a twin/double room; $819 USD single occupancy

What your tour price includes: Your accommodation for 2 nights while on the tour including both full breakfasts and dinners. Your price also includes all entrance fees to attractions, transportation, services of driver/guide-companion and all taxes and tips other than those you may wish to give your guide.

Airport transfers and accommodation pre and post tour is not included but can be reserved at a specially discounted price.

 

TENTATIVE ITINERARY

DAY ONE - WEDNESDAY

We depart from Manchester at 08.30. Our first stop will be at the Lancashire cotton town of Wigan made famous by George Orwell in his 1939's study 'The Road to Wigan Pier'. This is a very interesting stop as this town is often neglected on the tourist trail. Those joining this tour are recommended to read Martin Cruz 'Rose' as a wonderful and entertaining way of learning about the harsh realities of Victorian life in the cotton towns. Next, to the Lakes themselves and we'll visit the homes of two authors - Wordswroth's Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount, his last home, to admire the grounds he lovingly landscaped, and then to Beatrix Potter's Sawrey Hilltop Farm. Naturally, as these are set amidst the beauty of the Lakes, breathtaking scenery will be part and parcel of our day!

NIGHTSTOP: Lake District

 

DAY TWO - THURSDAY

Today we have a full day discovering and sharing the vistas that so inspired the areas literary tradition. We simply have to use the cliché 'breathtaking' to describe the spectacular scenery you'll be seeing as it is so very appropriate. We'll also see another of Wordsworth's properties at Cockermouth and tour Ruskin's preserved Victorian home at Brantwood.

In keeping with our literary theme, we'll also visit the Pencil Museum. Did you know that the graphite for pencils uniquely comes from the Lakeland?

NIGHTSTOP: Lake District

 

DAY THREE - FRIDAY

We'll take a beautifully scenic route through the Lancashire Dales, calling in at Ingleton and Settle to Hawarth. The dramatic moorland we see enroute inspired the Bronte Sisters to pen the novels which are classics of English literature.

In our explorations of Hawarth you'll be able to imagine the everyday lives of the Bronte Sisters as you walk round Haworth Church and the Bronte Parsonage Museum. If we've time, we'll also visit the National Trust's East Riddlesden Hall which, during the Civil Wa,r was a Royalist stronghold in a Parliamentarian area.

We arrive back in Manchester by 18.00. Your accommodation is not included in your tour package tonight. You can be dropped at either the rail station or airport for onward travel if you're leaving today for another tour or you are welcomed to extend your stay in Manchester.

Those joining our Wales, Mountains and Lakes four-day tour on the following morning will be dropped, fittingly, near the Knutsford home of Mrs Gaitskill's, the nearly now forgotten Victorian writer.

 

 

 

This tour is operated by Back-Roads Touring Co Ltd

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