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Celebrate the Golden Age of Travel in the UK

Including the iconic Duxford Air Show

8-25 September 2017 | London | Portsmouth | Bath | Bristol | North Wales | Liverpool | York | Leicester | Cambridge

Britain's empire was built on its naval strength, consolidated by the Industrial Revolution and the Golden Age of Railways. However, the story of the RAF's victory in the air and the subsequent aviation revolution that saw Concord take to the skies, gives inspiration to this tour celebrating the three great modes of transport that make the UK what it is today.

Travel on first-class trains and luxury coaches, stay in quality 3- and 4-star accommodation on an inspired adventure that also incorporates great scenery, architecture and a vast, eclectic mix of England's cultural icons.

Highlights

• Heritage railways of the Isle of Wight, North Wales, Yorkshire Moors and the Great Central
• The National Maritime Museum Portsmouth, The National Railway Museum York
• Liverpool's dockyards, Bristol's port, York's Minster and the wonders of Cambridge
• Great houses in Yorkshire, terraces in Bath and Abbeys in Whitby
• Ferry across the Mersey, locks at Foxton and SS Great Britain in Bristol
• Full day on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to Whitby
• Stonehenge, royal residence of Osborne, castles of Howard and Conwy
• A full day pass to experience the world renowned Duxford Air Show

Meet your Host

ALAN COLTMAN
Alan is a retired English police officer, having served for 30 years. Alan has had an interest in railways since he was a young child having grown up living next to the Great Central Railway (GCR) in Leicestershire until its closure in 1969, when he joined the GCR Preservation Society. Over the years he has travelled extensively around the UK and most of Western Europe. Alan has been a tour leader for over 10 years having led scores of railway-themed tours around the world specialising in the UK, Germany and Switzerland.