Day 1 FLIGHT

Depart USA en route for Manchester

 

Day 2 ARRIVE IN MANCHESTER – YORK (7 nights)

 

Day 3  YORK

Walking tour of the medieval walls and gates.

Provisional service at the Church of St Edward the Confessor

                                               

Day 4   YORK

Guided tour of York Minster,

Choral Evensong in York Minster

  

Day 5  FREE DAY IN YORK

Choral Evensong in York Minster

 

Day 6  DAY TRIP TO CASTLE HOWARD AND THIRSK

Castle Howard, world of James Herriot

Choral Evensong in York Minster

 

Day 7  MORNING TRIP TO FOUNTAINS ABBEY AND STUDLEY ROYAL

Fountains Abbey/Studley Royal

Choral Evensong in York Minster

 

Day 8   DAY FOR OUTREACH PROGRAMME

Concert at Glen Lodge Retirement Home

Choral Evensong in York Minster

 

Day 9     YORK–DURHAM – JARROW – BERWICK (1 night)

Durham Cathedral, Bede’s Church at Jarrow

 

Day 10 LINDISFARNE  – EDINBURGH (2 nights)

Lindisfarne Priory

Sung Eucharist in St Mary the Virgin, Lindisfarne

 

Day 11 EDINBURGH

Edinburgh Castle, Free afternoon

 

Day 12  EDINBURGH – LAKE DISTRICT (1 night)

Either Beatrix Potter’s House or Wordsworth’s Home, Some free time in the lakeside town of Windemere or time for a lake cruise (not included)

 

Day 13   DEPARTURE      

Transfer to airport for flight back home