MOTOS (Members on Their Own)
Group has day & longer trips planned until August 2023. See Events page for details.
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Ruth Postle
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Sat Mar 23rd →Mon Mar 25th |
MURDER MYSTERY TOUR Collected by taxi from your front door and taken to Birch services to join our coach. Porterage.Executive coach and professional driver throughout Travel to Leicester for a visit to the Richard 111 visitor centre and then to We then proceed to our hotel The Barn Hotel Grantham. We enjoy a full English breakfast and a 3 course evening meal [with choices], On Saturday evening after dinner there will be a talk on the history of the pork pie. Attendance is not compulsory but I have heard this talk and found it very entertaining. On Sunday following a leisurely breakfast we visit Belvoir castle the ancestral home of the Dukes of Rutland for almost 1000 years. There is a cafe in the castle and also in the engine yard where there are the guide shops. We return to the hotel to prepare for the murder! We are enjoying dinner in a classic Edwardian manner when a shot is heard ----- a body is found ----- an inspector is called. Follow the clues to solve the crime or just enjoy the laughs On Monday we leave after a liesurely breakfast and enjoy a short stay in Matlock before continuing to Whaley Bridge where we join the Judith Mary for a cruise along the canal with afternoon tea served on board. then we return to Birch services where taxis will be waiting to take us home £359 per person in a single room; £40 per person discount in a twin/double room bookings direct to Ellen Smith 01706 648126 but let me know as well |
Thu Apr 25th | BEAMISH LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM Leave Oldham College 9.00, Lees Aldi 9.15 Travel to Beamish with short coffee/comfort break on way. Beamish is an open air museum bringing the history of North East England to life at 1820s Pockerley, 1900s town, 1900s Pit village, 1940s farm and 1950s town.There is a vintage tram and vintage buses to get you around the site. There is a pub {The Sun Inn} in 1900s town serving beer and snacks.this town also has tea rooms,a chip shop, Herron,s bakery,Jubilee sweet shop and Ice creams. there are other food outlets in other of their sites £45 per person. Please pay Ellen Smith direct at 01706 648126 and let me know if you are meeting coachat Lees or Oldham |
Mon May 6th →Fri May 10th |
HOLIDAY TO IRELAND Day 1. HOME PICK UP, COMFORT BREAK CHESTER SERVICES, ON TO HOLYHEAD FOR 14.45 FERRY TO DUBLIN THEN TO BLOOMFIELD HOUSE MULLINGAR FOR A LATE DINNER WHICH WILL BE SERVED SHORTLY AFTER OUR ARRIVAL THE HOTEL IS SITUATED IN ATTRACTIVE GROUNDS INCLUDING A LAKE WHICH WE ARE FREE TO EXPLORE.WE CAN ALSO MAKE USE OF AN INDOOR POOL AND SAUNA.THERE IS A SPA YOU MAY USE BUT WYOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR TREATMENTS. DAY2. MORNING VISIT TO THE NATIONAL STUD AND JAPANESE GARDENS WITH GUIDED TOUR AND CREAM TEA.THEN VISIT NEWBRIDGE SILVERWARE VISITOR CENTRE DAY 3. ADMISSION TO LULLYMORE HERITAGE AND DISCOVERY PARK {SOUP AND SODA BREAD LUNCH} FOLLOWED BY A VISIT TO BELVEDERE HOUSE AND GARDENS DAY 4. ADMISSION AND GUIDED TOUR OF GLASNEVIN CEMETERY {SOUP AND SANDWICH LUNCH} FOLLOWED BY A 2 HOUR GUIDED TOUR OF DUBLIN ON THE COACH AND A TOUR AND TASTING AT KILBEGGAN DISTILLERY DAY 5. EARLY START TO CATCH 9.00AM FERRY FROM DUBLIN.WE WILL BE GIVEN A "GRAB AND GO" BREAKFAST - A DRINK AND A LIGHT BREAKFAST - BUT ARE ENTITLED TO A FULL BREAKFAST FREE ON THE FERRY. ON DISEMBARKATION WE MAKE OUR WAY TO BIRCH SERVICES WHERE TAXIS WILL BE WAITING TO TAKE US HOME £669 PER PERSON IN A SINGLE ROOM; £60 PER PERSON DISCOUNT SHARING A TWIN OR DOUBLE ROOM PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS DIRECT TO ELLEN SMITH 01706 648126 BUT LET ME KNOW AS WELL. |
Thu Jun 20th | LANCASTER Leave Lees Aldi 8.30 and Oldham College 8.45 Travel to Barton Grange garden centre for a comfort and coffee stop, then on to River Lune aqueduct for a cruise along the river while enjoying a fish and chip lunch, following which we will have free time in Lancaster before returning home £43 per person. Please pay Ellen Smith direct on 01706 648126 but also let me know if you are going letting me know if you are meeting coach at Lees or Oldham You will be responsible for tippng boat and I will pass round an envelope on the way back for driver's trip COUPLES MAY BOOK ON THIS TRIP FROM 1st MAY |
Thu Jul 25th | WALK RIGHT BACK TO HAPPINESS The old town hall at Yeadon {LEEDS} has been turned into an entertainment venue.We will enjoy a 3 course meal {with choices menu will be supplied shortly} whilst being entertained by tribute acts for hits of the 50s and 60s Please pay direct to Let me know if you will be catching coach at Lees or Oldham Couples may apply from 1st April |
Fri Nov 22nd →Sun Nov 24th |
DANCE THROUGH THE DECADES Door to Door service Staying at DELTA BY MARRIOT hotel Warwick. Full English breakfast and 3 course evening meal Day 1 Travel to hotel stopping at Coventry for afternoon tea at St Mary's Guildhall followed by time at leisure before going to hotel. Dinner followed by tribute acts from 40s and 50s Then return home expecting to be in Oldham by 5pm £359 per person in a single room £50 discount per person in a twin or double room Please pay direct to Ellen Smith 01706 648126 COUPLES MAY BOOK THIS TRIP FROM 1st SEPTEMBER |