A Kentish Christmas

Many organisers have asked for early Christmas trips before their members' diaries get filled up with lots of competing festive events. So this year you can book this trip for all weekdays in November and December.

Sit together for morning coffee and a roast chicken lunch included in the tour fee. In the morning explore the beautiful winter landscapes of little known Hoo Peninsula with sweeping views over the Thames and Medway followed by an afternoon Christmas shopping and sightseeing in lovely Rochester.

Come and meet the Guide just outside Rochester on the A2 for morning coffee and biscuits included in the tour fee and served in a warm and cozy pub that we'll return to for lunch.

During the morning we take a coach tour through one of the most beautiful yet little-known winter landscapes in England; a rolling panorama of sweeping chalk downs and vast vistas of marsh and estuary with the unmistakable Kentish imprint of orchard and oast. We'll stop at the remote church where Pip met Magwitch in the opening scene of Dickens' Great Expectations. The tiny cockle shell vestry and unusual Pip's graves are unforgettable.

Back to our warm pub for a tasty roast chicken lunch included in the tour fee. Your members can buy bar drinks, coffee and teas or desserts as desired on the day.

It is but a short hop to Rochester. The Victorian High Street of enormous charm is bunting hung and twinkles with individual and interesting shops. You can stay with the tour Guide for an entertaining town trail that includes seeing the building that inspired Satis House and a visit to the Six Poor Travellers House - an old hostel immortalised in a Christmas story by the great Dickens.

There are plenty of places in this compact town to buy tea and sticky buns before returning to the coach to head home at 4-45pm.

Easy on the walking.

Adult & Seniors: £18.95
Price valid 1st April 2012 to 31st March 2013

Coach Mileage: 25

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