2 Reviews of our latest tour

Some may recall an Irish patter song about “The pub with only one bar…”  (loud boos from listeners)  “About a mile long!” (loud cheers). My experience of the last Heritage organized holiday, led by Joe Trickey had some issues but these were soon turned into cheers. 
 
A 7.40am departure meant a 7am downhill walk in chilly weather (boo) but the coach was ready and waiting for passengers (cheers).  Most joined the trip in Onslow Gardens.  After speedy but tedious motorway travel, on more rural roads we admired tiny lambs in the fields and went slowly past Stonehenge where Chris spotted a red Kite.  Our break in Sherborne was windy and cold (boo) but we enjoyed a warm welcome from the knowledgeable guides in Sherborne Abbey. (cheers). Since my previous visit, stunning stained-glass windows had been installed in the West wall, despite opposition from the church establishment.  The original Saxon round arches remain. After some traffic hold-ups, we arrived at our hotel in Redruth.  An army of strong young men carried our cases up to our rooms.
 
On Wednesday we visited the Lost Gardens of Heligan, where we heard of the tragic injuries and loss in World War One of the gardeners and the hillside garden’s subsequent rediscovery.  A member of the current gardening team is a direct descendant of one of those 14 who had carved their names in the now restored ‘thunderbox’.  Our guide showed us the grassy-haired sculpture of The Buried Giant and indicated others down the woodland path. He pointed out  the largest rhododendron in Britain - the advantage of group travel is the commentary of guides.  We walked through the arbour of apple trees and saw the wallflowers, planted to spare the noses of ladies from the odour of manure on the vegetables. After lunch and a visit to the shop, we had free time to explore.  Being a poor map reader, I followed signposts down and inevitably uphill, discovering two more sculptures, ‘The Mud Maid’ and the huge metallic ‘Grey Lady’ as well as the pen of poultry.
 
In the later afternoon we arrived in Falmouth where a planned trip on the river was cancelled owing to strong winds.(boo) but Heritage travel rearranged a boat trip later in the week at Fowey. (cheers). The Maritime Museum in Falmouth provided all we needed to know about tides and waves, ships, boats, yachts and dinghies.  With time to explore, I indulged in retail therapy and bought new trainers in a sale.  
 
St Ives was the destination that made me decide to go on this trip.  There was a very, very steep hill down to the town (boo) but we followed the brown signs and found the Tate Gallery.  The move from naïve paintings of observed scenes into abstract design was fascinating.   By far the best part of the whole holiday, for me, was Barbara Hepworth’s studio and garden.  I was overwhelmed by the beauty of her sculptures set in the garden against lilies, various leaf shapes and succulents.  Most moving and illustrative of the physicality of stone carving were the blocks  stored beside her workshop, showing initial ridges before shapes emerged.  I recalled the Michaelangelo ‘Prisoners’ I had seen in in the Accademia in Florence.  Fortunately, a bus had been booked to return us to the coach park at the top of the hill.  We then visited Penlee House Gallery and Museum in Penzance.  There was a new exhibition focusing on female artists.   Some works seemed sentimental and the depiction of ‘real life’ was more interesting but I did not share the guide’s enthusiasm for the Tracy Emin line drawing which was on loan.  Upstairs the local history museum collection was eclectic: pottery, bicycles, Newlyn copper and fossils.
 
The final day was the culmination of our Cornwall experience - a visit to the Eden Project. It was a deep descent into the quarry: first by coach in circles; then on foot to the Visitors’ Centre; then on foot again down to the famous domes.  Some of the more enterprising took a mini-coach and then a lift.  The tropical rainforest dome was hot, wet and amazing with pairs of tropical partridges, roul-rouls.  I found the rope walk near the apex terrifying but made it across, after encouragement!  In the Mediterranean zone the air was refreshingly cooler and the plants familiar.  I loved the willow sculptures; there was an orangutang in the tropical jungle and deer in the temperate zone. The futuristic Core was built in 2006 and houses a teaching block and exhibition called The Invisible World.  Children were chasing the smoke rings emitted from a huge model of a single cell micro-organism.  Human skin bacteria and our gut biome were visually represented in exquisite sculptures – these were amazingly beautiful or rather disgusting depending on the viewer’s attitude to biological sciences. A stroll back uphill was gentle through well-kept gardens with a view of the domes and the fastest down-hill high-wire experience in England. None of us tried it!  The last stop was Fowey with another steep hill or a bus charging £1.50 down and £2.50 back due to the one-way system of narrow streets.   The boat trip was interesting with commentary on the owners of various houses on the banks of the estuary.  We saw the now almost disused docks which once bustled with china clay ships whose cargoes turned the water white.  Once back we were warned to pack for an 8am departure. 
 
Sadly, the army of strong young men to carry the suitcases did not appear until after 8am.(boo). Those on the ground floor and stronger travellers carried their cases.  Our splendidly helpful and very skilful driver Quentin valiantly stowed luggage in the hold and we finally left only 20 minutes late. (cheers).  En route to Sanderstead, we stopped in Salisbury and witnessed a wedding group emerging from the Cathedral’s great West doors.  Once inside, there was time for a brief tour; the organ postlude was still echoing round. Highlights for me were: the glass engraving of the cathedral by Rex Whistler, which rotated slowly in candlelight; the deep blue glass of the windows dedicated to prisoners of conscience and the new altar engraved with George Herbert’s poem The Altar.  I did not have much time before rejoining the group for the photo in front of Mompesson House.  Though similar to Chawton, Jane Austen’s home,Mompesson is a more opulent four-bedroom, town dwelling.  The library and small drawing room were my favourites and the wide shallow- stepped staircase, designed to allow for an elegant entrance, was also beautiful.  It was raining when we got back, (boo) but good for our gardens. (cheers)
 
I really hope that my first trip will not be my last with TASCA.  Thank you Joe and Evi.  PLEASE will someone volunteer to lead another Spring holiday with Heritage.  Thanks also to the 22 fellow trippers for their companionship, knowledge, and excellent company.   Cheers!
 
Kathy Nichols
 

Twenty three members of Arts Society Croydon Area spent an enjoyable five days at the end of April, beginning of May, visiting Cornwall on a very successful and friendly trip organised by Joe Trickey through Heritage Travel, part of the Martin Randall Group.
     Based in the comfortable and friendly Penventon Park Hotel in Redruth, we went out each day to fabulous places like the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project.  The highlight for me was Thursday’s very special "art day" when we visited the Tate Gallery St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden followed by Penlee House Gallery and Museum in Penzance in the afternoon.  We all enjoyed our bracing boat trip on the River Fowey, seeing the houses where Daphne Du Maurier and Dawn French had lived as well as a house recently won( and immediately  sold for £4.5 million) with a lucky ticket in an Omaze Competition. We also managed to visit Sherborne Abbey and Salisbury Cathedral on our journeys to and from Cornwall.
The biggest challenge was descending on foot down steep paths into coastal towns like St Ives and Fowey, with narrow streets inaccessible to our coach, though fortunately buses were available for the return trip!  Everyone was very supportive of each other throughout the trip too, so there were always helping hands and the guides were all very mindful of those with less mobility, particularly at the Lost Gardens of Heligan.
Photo courtesy of Lorraine Tye who may have been the only to make it all the way to the bottom of the hill to take this picture of Reynard the Fox in the Lost Gardens of Heligan.

As always on Arts Society related events we learned lots of new things.  For example, in the very interesting Maritime Museum in Falmouth we were informed that Falmouth Harbour is very strategically situated in calmer waters just off  the Atlantic coast and is the world’s third deepest harbour after Rio de Janeiro and Sydney so this led to its great success as a port.  In addition we had a working example about how tides work on our Fowey boat trip, when, after our rather precarious boarding, we were able to make a much easier disembarkment right onto the jetty to exit the boat, due to the tide raising the water level by three feet over the duration of our trip.      
   Our excellent guides at Sherborne Abbey provided a pretty comprehensive guide to cathedral architecture as we admired the magnificent fan vaulting there.  

Our guide, Lorraine, at Penlee House was also excellent as she guided us through their current exhibition "Making Her Mark - A Celebration of Women in Art" and she also told us all about the Newlyn group and other famous Cornish painters.  It was particularly lovely to see the Norman Garstin painting "The Rain it Raineth Every Day", gifted to the Gallery but not displayed immediately because it was thought it might put people off coming to Penzance! 
  
   
We were very fortunate to have a marvellous coach driver, Quenton, who was always very helpful and friendly.  
This was my first Arts Society holiday but I do hope it won’t be the last!  Sadly though after many years of organising these wonderful trips, Joe has now decided to step down.  We do hope someone will come forward to take on this very important rôle so our tours can continue.  Members book through Heritage who organise everything and are on hand to deal with any emergencies or changes to the schedule on the trip and Joe will be around too to offer help and advice.
Jean Aarons                                                                         May 2026 

On a sunny day at the end of April, twenty two of us set off on a Heritage Travel visit to Cardiff. Our first pleasure was discovering we had the same driver, David, who had driven us to Devon last year. The main stop en route was at Wells, rich in beautiful sights. We all enjoyed seeing the Vicars Close, built in the 14th century and still inhabited, very peaceful, with lovely gardens, and the superb Cathedral, with its magnificent scissor arches dominating the interior. Finally, we had a tour of the Bishop's Palace and gardens, another peaceful retreat. From Wells, we drove to Cardiff for our four night stay.
    Our first day there was a great treat. We started at Cardiff Castle which has a long history dating from Roman times, but is now particularly notable for the work done on it by William Burges in the late 19th century for the Marquess of Bute. The Marquess was enormously rich because of his mining interests, and therefore one of the few people able to employ Burges, who was an extremely original and very quirky architect/designer. His décor in the Castle is full of surprises and visual jokes, in the wall paintings and the carving. From there, we went to Llandaff, to see the cathedral with its famous Epstein sculpture of Christ, and then we visited, the restoration of which was another of he Marquess of Bute's projects, again using Burges, and again full of delights.
In comparison, the next day was much quieter. We first went to the waterfront, where we had a tour on foot, and saw the Millennium Centre, which was built to be of multiple use to the community, and includes a fine theatre. Our original programme had included a tour of the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament building by Richard Rogers, but that was not possible, as it was being re-furbished. We briefly visited Penarth, where we could walk along the Victorian pier, and relax with a coffee or an ice cream. Then, in the afternoon, we did a boat trip within the harbour, but sadly it had clouded over, and there really was not a great deal to see.
    Our third day began at the National Museum of Wales, which, among other treasures, has a fine collection of paintings, and a very impressive geology display. In the afternoon, we went to St Fagans National Museum of History, a fascinating collection of interesting buildings from all over Wales which have been dismantled and re-erected there. It is like a village, with a church, shops, farmhouses and numerous different dwellings. The latest addition is a Victorian pub, with sawdust on the floor, where you can actually buy a drink!
    On our last day, we had an enjoyable and informative tour, with an excellent guide, round the Royal Mint at Llantrisant, where it has been since decimalisation. At the end we were all able to stamp a 50p coin for ourselves! Our final stop was at Tredegar House, which I fear we did not find very interesting, but I think by then we were all somewhat tired! We then started on the drive home, feeling that we had had a splendid tour, in excellent company, and very grateful to Joe Trickey for organising it, always with the help of his wife, Evi.

Twenty-five merry TASCA members laughed their way through rain and shine, cold winds and warm air, for five days in May, driven by David whose expertise in manoeuvring narrow gaps caused gasps and claps all round.
Our first stop was at Montacute House, familiar from ‘Sense and Sensibility’ with its magnificent display of tulips and sculptured lawns; some fine paintings were somewhat obscured by the need to shade them from the light.  After lunch we drove to Torquay where we were to stay.  The hotel overlooked the sea; the bedrooms were clean and pleasant, the lift frighteningly old fashioned, and the cuisine worth many more stars than the hotel held.  As we were to dine there daily, the excellence of the food was a high spot of the tour!
The next day we travelled to Exeter for a guided tour of the cathedral, completed in 1400.  We were overcome with its beauty and the skills of mediaeval builders, untrammelled by health and safety rules, modern technology and, it seems, fear.  Powderham Castle was a mixture of periods, and included some fine rooms and an amazingly tall grandfather clock.  The approach was steep and its position commanding.
On day three we travelled to Dartmouth where we took a ferry down the Dart to Agatha Christie’s house, which had been left as it was and revealed the whole family to have been ‘collectors’ but actually hoarders to an alarming degree.  Decluttering was clearly not a family concept.  But it left us with a clear picture of a much-loved home.  This contrasted wholly with the D’Oyly Carte house at Coleton Fishacre.  The house was designed on Arts and Crafts principles and was impressive if not homely.  The gardens were beautiful too.
Day four featured a brief visit to Dartington Crystal.  There was a gallery and information about the origins of the factory, though we were not able to see a demonstration of the glass-making.  So, we moved on to the RHS garden Rosemoor, which was most impressive though steep, with a fine sense of colour.  After lunch we visited Cadhay House, a Tudor manor house with a mediaeval hall, an Elizabethan long gallery, and C18 restorations.  We were shown round by an exceedingly enthusiastic guide and could not fail to share her enthusiasm for the house.
And finally, the sun shone brightly as we left for home, stopping en route to visit Stourhead, a National Trust house with beautifully landscaped gardens from the early c18, and an impressive interior.  The library and picture gallery were particularly fine, but there were beautiful works of art and furniture too.
Many thanks to David and his driving, and to Jo and Evi for organising the trip.  It was truly exhausting but also truly memorable, and made the more so by the unflagging spirits of the participants, the beauty of the Devon countryside and five days away from the mundane.  
                                                                    Anne Smith                                                                          

Tucked away in the South Western corner of England, Devon is a diverse county of medieval towns, wild moors and gentle beaches. Its mild climate has given rise to some magnificent gardens, often located on substantial country estates thereby offering a variety of historical houses to explore.
The Tour includes 4 nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation at the Livermead Cliff Hotel, Torquay.    https://www.livermeadcliff.co.uk/
Executive coach travel throughout, the services of a local Blue Badge Guide for one half day in Exeter, a factory experience at Dartington Crystal and a guided tour at RHS Garden Rosemoor.

Tour highlights to include the following:

Montacute House (NT)             https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/montacute-house

Exeter

Including Exeter Cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of Exeter. The present building was completed circa 1400 and has several notable features including an early set of misericords and the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England.

Greenway House (NT)             https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/greenway

Coleton Fishacre (NT)             https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/coleton-fishacre

RHS Garden Rosemoor             https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/rosemoor

Dartington Crystal                   https://visitdartington.co.uk/

Knightshayes Court (NT)         https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/knightshayes

Stourhead (NT)                     https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wiltshire/stourhead
 

The pandemic close down led to the loss of the habit of going on outings. This meant that it took some courage and persistence to encourage sixteen members of the Croydon Art Society to travel north well over three hundred miles to the Beamish Valley to view the "Historic Landmarks of the North East".
On Tuesday 18th April as the bell of the old Sanderstead Church tolled the early hour of 8am,we set off driven expertly by our young lady driver.
On our way we visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, with work, scattered over a very wide area by Moore, Hepworth, Gormley and many others. The long drive to the 18th century hotel meant a late dinner in the "Stables". The food throughout was good and very plentiful (later some shared and others enjoyed the children's menu which came with crayons to colour in the pictures). The service was terrible but the long wait did mean that we all got to know each other.
    The next morning, we travelled with our knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide to Newcastle, breaking our journey to see up close "the Angel of the North”, a huge imposing work of art but certainly in profile, strangely human and comforting. Newcastle is a fine city, its devastated industrial centre rebuilt imaginatively as an arts and education centre under the leadership of the disgraced T Dan Smith, the last of its seven bridges an initially controversial structure capable of being tilted to allow the passage of ships, a wonder and tourist attraction. The tour was largely by coach which kept the group together, enabled us to see more of the city centre and hear the guide and keep out of the cold wind.
    In the afternoon we returned to Beamish to visit the world-famous open-air museum that brings the region's history to life where you can explore the exhibit areas, including the Edwardian Town, Colliery Village, Home Farm, Peverley Manor and the Railway Station, recreations of life in the North East in the early 1900s.The attractions are linked by old trams and buses and enhanced by the staff wearing clothes of the period.
    The following day we travelled to Alnwick Castle, seat of the Duke of Northumberland, home of the Percy’s since 1309 with paintings by Titian, Van Dyck, and Canaletto which we had too little time to view and large numbers of pistols and swords procured for the duke’s private army arranged decoratively. The highlight of the visit was the afternoon tour of the beautiful gardens designed by the Duchess, with the spectacular water feature the poison garden, and with the weather fine and warm, the magnificent display of cherry blossom with comfortable swings hung from the many trees.
     The fourth day of our visit was a walking tour of Durham ending at the Cathedral the focal point of the city, the resting place under a plain marble slab behind the high altar of St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne to whom the City owes its existence. The Cathedral is host to all sorts of events. The writer had once seen a wonderful performance of the Messiah, but the previous day there had been a tribute to Elvis! In the afternoon we visited the purpose-built French style chateau, The Bowes Museum, housing the largest collection of French paintings in the country together with textiles ,ceramics and fine furniture brought together by the sadly childless John and Josephine Bowes.
    Our final day continued cold and wet as it had been the previous evening, but improving as we broke our journey to see Hardwick Hall after a long hazardous coach trip through narrow lanes occasioned by road closures. Bess of Hardwick second only to Elizabeth the First in wealth's motto was said to be, marry young, marry rich, and marry often. The House contains contemporary furniture, tapestries and needlework including pieces going back to 1601.
Thanks to our leader a very enjoyable trip in good company, the facilities at the places visited clean and adequate, the staff welcoming and knowledgeable.

by Douglas Oliver

Photos Evi Tricky

Sixteen of us set off at 08:00 on Tuesday morning, heading north for our first landmark, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Set in 500 acres of 18th century parkland belonging to the Bretton Estate, this open-air gallery is home to sculptures by eminent artists from around the world, including Henry Moore, Antony Gormley, James Turrell, Barbara Hepworth and Andy Goldsworthy.

Although we were provided with a map, a couple of us thought that more signage would have helped. When I got home I realised that while I had concentrated on pinpointing my location, I missed the fact that the sculptures were listed and given a grid reference. I did, however, see the Ai WeiWei Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (left), Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, plus lots more.

We then made our way to the Beamish Hall Hotel, our home for the next four nights. There was a slight problem in getting food to 17 of us in good time, and it was almost 21:30 before our main course arrived. At breakfast the next morning, it was agreed that we would place our food orders the previous day. The food was good with interesting Asian flavours, but the portions were enormous. One member asked to see the children’s menu, which was highly decorated, and the waitress cheekily asked if he would also like crayons! By the end of the week several members were choosing from this menu.

On Wednesday we were joined by an excellent Blue Badge Guide, Jan Williams, who accompanied us on a tour of Newcastle city centre. We saw the elegant streets of Grainger Town, the Grade 1 listed Theatre Royal, the Great North Children’s Hospital, the Centre for Life (a science village where scientists, clinicians, educationalists and business people work to promote the advancement of the life sciences) and, of course, Newcastle United Football Ground. We ended our tour at the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, near the Baltic Gallery. Within a quarter of a mile, there are seven bridges crossing the Tyne. Here are just three of them.

In the afternoon we made our way to the Beamish Museum. Established by curator Frank Atkinson in 1972 to celebrate North East England’s industrial heritage, including coal mining, ship building and steel manufacturing, and the communities that served them. This world-famous open-air museum boasts an Edwardian Town, Colliery Village, Home Farm, Pockerley Manor and Railway Station, all recreations of life during the 1900s. To get around this vast site, one can hop on and off original trams and double-decker buses.

Thursday, was spent at Alnwick Castle with a guided tour of the state rooms in the morning, followed in the afternoon by a guided tour of the gardens designed by the Duchess of Northumberland.

Jan Williams joined us again on Friday for a guided tour of Durham, and Durham Cathedral which owes its existence to St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne.

We travelled on to Barnard Castle in the afternoon to The Bowes Museum, a French-style chateau, purpose built by John and Josephine Bowes who indulged their passion for the arts, culminating in an extensive collection of French paintings, as well as textiles, ceramics, and fine furniture.

We had been very lucky with the weather all week but on Saturday morning, the last day of our tour, we were greeted with heavy rain. Fortunately, as we drove further south the weather gradually improved and when we reached Hardwick Hall the sun was shining. A National Trust property, Hardwick Hall is a late 16th century ‘prodigy house’ designed by Robert Smythson for Bess of Hardwick. It contains contemporary furniture, tapestries, and needlework, including pieces identified in an inventory of 1601.

We arrived back in Croydon at 20:00 on Saturday evening.

I found it a fascinating tour, albeit somewhat tiring as there was a lot of walking involved, and I’m sure that each of us has our own highlights.

Our coach was driven by Alison (seen behind Barbara Harker in the photo above taken by Valerie Bowles). She was an excellent driver and good company at dinner.

Finally, our thanks go to Joe and Evi for organising this holiday.

Patricia Painting

The other photographs were taken by Patricia Painting.

Great Houses of Norfolk

This tour eventually went ahead 10th - 14th May, 2022.

Twenty members of the Arts Society, Croydon area recently went on a  four day tour of Norfolk.  Staying in Norwich, they visited Ely Cathedral and Anglesey Abbey en route.  The next day they had a guided tour of Norwich Cathedral with a visit to the Castle Museum too.

The group went to Holkham Hall, a magnificent Palladian House, seat of the Earls of Leicester and home of the Coke family for almost 250 years, with its stunning marble staircase and fabulous art collection.  They also enjoyed the medieval Manor House of Oxburgh.

A highlight of the tour was Blickling Hall, a great Jacobean House with an impressive 123 ft Long Gallery.  The group admired the symmetry of the gabled façade,with its elegant corner turrets which enhanced the pleasure of the formal gardens.

Everyone appreciated the spectacular gardens of the various Houses as well as the coastal garden surrounding the Arts & Crafts East Ruston Old Vicarage, which covered 32 acres and contained many rare plants.

On the last day, the group admired the ethnic art collection in the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia.  Then, on the way home they stopped to  see 16th century Melfort Hall and garden.  A thoroughly enjoyable tour!

With its largely unspoiled countryside and picturesque market towns, Shropshire stands out as a predominantly rural county.  Yet, beyond its natural beauty, Shropshire boasts an impressive historical and cultural heritage.  In this 5-day tour we will spend a day in Ironbridge visiting its museums and learning about its past as one of the world's great iron-making centres.  By contrast on the other days we will aim to cover other aspects of Shropshire's rich cultural heritage, visitIng several stately homes, a fortified manor house, Chirk Castle and Powis Castle and gardens, on the Welsh Borders.  We will also have a guided tour of Shrewsbury and time to visit Ludlow.

We will be staying in a 4-star hotel in Shrewsbury, on a half-board basis, and all fees are gratuities are paid for.

Booking is now open, until the end of October.  Booking forms can be obtained from me at every meeting.

Joe Trickey

Guided tour of Rouen, guided tour of Caen, guided visit of Jumieges Abbey and guided visit of the House and Parc Floral des Bois de Moutiers.

Travel with Heritage Travel Group.

return Euro-tunnel crossings.

Four nights stay at Mercure Hotel, Champ de Mars, Rouen.

£150.00 deposit.

£750.00 per person staying twin/double room

£165.00 single room supplement

Details and application forms available from Joe Trickey on 02086577038.  Email:josephtrickey@yahoo.co.uk

Tuesday 3rd May - Saturday 7th May 2016

The 5-day tour offers an excellent, value-for-money opportunity to see some of the finest of Dutch art treasures.     

Highlights include:

• travel by coach to and from Sanderstead

• welcome dinner on the first evening

• 4 nights bed & breakfast accommodation at the 4-star Park Hotel in the historic centre of The Hague

• Expert guided visits to major galleries: The Mauritshuis and the Escher Museum at the Hague and the Rijksmeum in Amsterdam

• Guided walking tours of The Hague, Amsterdam (including a canal boat ride), The Palace Gardens and historic Delft .

• Apeldoorn   The Royal Palace and Gardens; and The Kroller-Muller’s celebrated Van Gogh collection and Sculpture Park.

• Delft – The Royal Delft Porcelain factory  

• Cost: £785 pp (sharing a twin or double room)    

   Note: the tour has been advertised to the  Sanderstead DFAS                            

• Booking Forms are available from Joe Trickey 0208 657 7038.  All places are now booked but applications are still accepted for reserve places should vacancies arise .