Aviation, Gardens & Codebreakers

Itinerary

Thursday
Depart Leyland at 08.30hrs for our journey to Cambridgeshire with a lunch stop and visit to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire en-route re-join the coach at 14.00hrs to continue our journey to the hotel, receive a warm welcome with tea/coffee on arrival while your case is taken to your room.

Friday
Today's destination is the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Britain's best preserved World War II airfield. Designed to spotlight the landmarks of British aviation history, the museum includes the historic Operations Block, the nerve centre of Duxford's Battle of Britain campaign; AirSpace, home to 30 iconic aircraft including the Spitfire and Concorde; the American Air Museum featuring Europe's biggest collection of US military aircraft and Historic Duxford, which recalls wartime flying aces such as Douglas Bader.

Saturday
Today's excursion takes us to the stunning area of Rutland to visit beautiful Barnsdale Gardens, with no less than thirty-eight individual gardens over an eight-acre site to explore, there's plenty to see and do with a lovely tearoom on site too but save room for your cream tea as this afternoon we take our Rutland Water Cream Tea Cruise.

Sunday
This morning after checking out we make our way to Bletchley Park where Alan Turing and his colleagues helped to crack Germany's Enigma Code during WWII. Uncover Bletchley's remarkable story by visiting the functional Codebreaking Huts and Blocks, Alan Turing's office, the library, wartime garages (complete with WWII vehicles) and a series of compelling interactive exhibits before re-joining the coach at 14.30hrs for our journey home.