Thurs 23rd February - DREAM BOATS & PETTICOATS evening performance with 2 course pre-show dinner at Porter’s
Dreamboats & Petticoats The Musical, written by Marks and Gran, the team behind Goodnight Sweetheart, Birds of A Feather, and Shine On Harvey Moon, will give you the greatest time of your life – taking you back to a time when each passing week brought another classic track. In 1961 emotions run high as talented young musicians Norman and Bobby     compete to win the hearts of their adoring female fans – and more importantly, the gorgeous Laura. But when Laura shows that she’s no slouch with the guitar, rock’n’roll fame beckons… Featuring the hits songs Let’s Dance, To Know Him Is To Love Him, Shaking All Over, Bobby’s Girl, Three Steps To Heaven, Little Town Flirt, Only Sixteen, The     Locomotion, Half Way To Paradise and many more hits from music’s golden era!
Dinner menu: For main course choose between – cod fillet coated in beer batter and deep fried, served with tartar sauce and chips OR Porters’ renowned steak &kidney pudding, served as an individual pudding with mashed potato. Please state your choice at time of booking. For dessert there is spotted dick and custard.
Price: £55.00 includes return travel by luxury coach, pre-show 2 course dinner and tickets to the evening performance of Dreamboats & Petticoats.

Mon 27th February - SCOTSDALES GARDEN CENTRE & LUNCH AT THE CRICKETERS
Join us for an enjoyable and relaxing day out. Completing our pick-ups we make our way to Scotsdales Garden Centre outside Cambridge, one of the UK’s largest independent garden centres. After some time here we drive to Clavering for a 3 course lunch at the Cricketers Pub, a traditional English country pub. Run by Trevor and Sally Oliver, parents of the     celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver, the pub has a great reputation for great food which is expertly prepared in a simple and honest way using the best quality fresh produce. We make our way home mid afternoon after a pleasant day out.
Lunch menu: Soup of the day to start with either slow roasted shoulder of lamb OR fillet of salmon wrapped in Parma ham with a white wine sauce, both dishes with potatoes and vegetables to follow and a selection of desserts, tea and coffee.
Price: £29.50 includes return travel by luxury coach, a visit to Scotsdales Garden Centre and a 3 course lunch with tea/coffee.

Tues 6th March - CAPITAL CURIOS – with morning coffee & lunch
This off-the beaten-track day is ideal for the winter months. With morning coffee and biscuits and a hot lunch included, a fascinating coach tour of “London peculiars” and a guided tour of the wonders and mysteries of the fabulous Freemasons’ Grand Lodge in Covent Garden, this off-the beaten-track day is ideal for the winter months. Meeting our guide we have morning coffee and biscuits before setting off on the coach to explore curious and quirky details of the capital that you’ve probably passed by and missed. We leave the coach briefly in Mayfair to enjoy a plethora of curiosities all within a short walk – snuggle up next to Churchill and Roosevelt for a photograph, chat to a Burlington Arcade Beadle resplendent in his Edwardian frock coat and gold braided top hat and watch Mr. Fortnum and Mr. Mason strike the hour on the amazing clock on their famous shop front. We then have an included carvery lunch (Bar drinks, coffee and dessert are available and payable on the day). Our afternoon is dedicated to the lush interiors of the Freemasons’ Grand Lodge in Covent Garden. At the heart of this monumental art deco building is the astonishing Grand Temple with its beautiful mosaic ceilings, stained glass and elaborately carved doors. After the guide tour of the building there will be a short time to explore the library and museum of Masonry or wander out into Covent Garden for refreshments before we make our way home.
Price: £38.00 includes return travel by luxury coach, morning coffee & biscuits, guided tour, lunch and guided visit to the Freemasons’     Grand Lodge.

Tues 13th March - OLYMPIC LONDON EXPLORER with morning coffee and roast lunch
Enjoy a moment in history and see the tremendous scale of developments that are transforming a neglected area of London’s East End into a series of world class venues for 2012. We drive to Stratford where we meet our guide for morning coffee and biscuits before driving over to Pudding Mill and Fish Island in the Lower Lea Valley for a short walk up to the viewing point for the Olympic Park. You will see the Olympic Stadium looking like a floating blancmange held in a cradle of steel; the Velodrome; the Basketball Arena like a vast Dunlopillo bed and the Aquatic Centre with its butterfly cake roof. You will also see Britain’s largest piece of public art, the Orbit, a helter-skelter of red steel and the Westfield Shopping Centre. In addition to seeing the 2012 venues our guide tells us of the first two London Olympics, both arranged on a strict budget. Then it’s back to Stratford for a tasty roast beef or vegetarian lunch. In the afternoon we begin with a drive through the ever changing landscape of the Royal Docks, where you’ll see ExCel which will host the Boxing, Judo, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Table Tennis and Taekwondo events. You’ll see the old Millennium Dome, now renamed the O2 and for the Olympics will be temporarily re-named the North Greenwich Arena and will host the rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and the basketball final. We then cross the Thames for an interesting drive to see the world’s longest parade ground at the Woolwich Barracks, where some of the shooting will be held. Finally we stop inside the historic Woolwich Arsenal where refreshments can be purchased before starting our journey home.
Please note that because of security and Health & Safety restrictions this tour does not physically go into the Olympic Park.
Price: £38.00 includes return travel by luxury coach, morning coffee and biscuits, guided tour and roast lunch. A vegetarian option is available - please state at time of booking. Hot drinks, bar drinks and dessert can be purchased separately.

Sat 17th March - THRIPLOW DAFFODIL WEEKEND
Thriplow is a quiet village to the south of Cambridge and each year it celebrates ‘Daffodil Weekend’, a much loved and ever popular exciting annual event enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year. This traditional fete-come flower festival transforms the village into a sea of yellow daffodils for a weekend extravaganza with a wealth of attractions from open gardens; band & folk music; Morris dancing; dray rides, workshops, demonstrations. Children’s entertainment & amusements, 100’s of craft stalls, vintage vehicles, tea rooms and much more all raising money for local charities.
Price: £19.00 includes return travel by luxury coach and entrance to the Thriplow Daffodil Weekend.

Wed 28th March - FAVERSHAM & SHEPHERD NEAME BREWERY TOUR with lunch
This morning we drive to Faversham and head straight for the Shepherd Neame Brewery, Britain’s Oldest Brewer. Here we are taken on an award-winning guided tour and discover a little of Shepherd Neame’s fascinating history and heritage and see how their handcrafted ales and speciality lagers are brewed. The tour finishes at the Visitor Centre Bar where we   enjoy an included 2 course lunch. This afternoon there will be free time to explore Faversham, a town most people will have heard of, but few realise that that this is one of the most attractive and historic small towns in Kent. There are some 475 listed buildings in the town as well as the finest medieval street in England – Abbey Street, an old world chemist with mortar & pestle shop sign, the Guildhall with its striking cupola and Tudor pillars and the art deco cinema.
Lunch menu – Shepherd Neame Pie – shoulder of lamb, braised in ale, flaked and topped with creamy mash potato followed by homemade Sticky Toffee Pudding and Butterscotch Sauce.  A vegetarian dish of the day is available - please ask at time of booking. Tea/coffee and alcoholic drinks can be ordered and paid for on the day.
Price: £36.50 includes return travel by luxury coach, guided tour of the brewery with 2 course lunch and free time in Faversham.

Wed 11th April - LONDON AS YOU PLEASE
Join us for a day in the capital. No entrance fees are included; this is truly a day to do as you please. We will offer two set down/pick up points in London. One will be at the Tower of London, ideal for a visit to this awesome fortress or the nearby HMS Belfast, Tower Bridge and London Dungeons. The other will be the museum quarter of Kensington giving you the chance to visit any of the local museums - Science Museum, Natural History Museum or the Victoria and Albert Museum. Or go slightly further away for some retail therapy in Knightsbridge or Oxford Street.
Price: Adult £16.00 Child £10.50 includes return travel by luxury coach and free time in London.

Mon 16th April - NEWMARKET & THE NATIONAL STUD with afternoon tea
As soon as you approach the unique town of Newmarket you feel as if you are entering a different and exciting world. The road widens and either side of the grassy verges you capture glimpses of railed paddocks, large houses and training establishments. You may even glimpse a string of horses returning from the gallops. This attractive, bustling town has been associated with horses and royalty since Queen Boadicea’s day when James I visited the town in 1605 he soon realised the potential for horseracing on the Heath. Apparently both James and Charles I spent so much time here they neglected affairs of the state. Both lived in a Palace in the town. There will be time to explore the town, perhaps visit the Palace House and the galleries in the National Horseracing Museum. After lunch we then visit the National Stud, the only working stud farm in the country. Here we will see stallions, mares and foals and learn about the history of the stud and about the services it offers. At the end of the tour we enjoy an included afternoon tea and an opportunity to visit the gift shop before we make our way home.
Price: £28.00 includes return travel by luxury coach, free time in Newmarket and a visit to the National Stud with afternoon tea.

Thurs 19th April - BRICK LANE MUSIC HALL – Lunchtime Music Hall
Based in Silvertown, East London, Brick Lane Music Hall is the only surviving music hall in the country. Today we drive straight there and have a delicious 3 course lunch in the relaxing surroundings of this beautiful Victorian-style theatre before enjoying an afternoon of comedy and song, with some of the best music hall artists from around the country.
Price £40.50 includes return travel by luxury coach, 3 course lunch and afternoon music hall matinee.

Tues 24th April - MIDNIGHT TANGO with Vincent Simone & Flavia Cacace
Our excursion today takes us to the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend to see Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace in their own fantastic show. This amazing couple have made the tango their dance on the television show Strictly Come Dancing, every year their sensational routines have become one of the highlights of the series. Their own fantastic show – Midnight Tango is set in a late bar in downtown Buenos Aires and takes you on a journey into the heart of this intoxicating city, featuring some of the finest Tango dancers in the world and live music. As danger and excitement, joy and jealously, pain and passion all combine – this is a spectacular and explosive evening not to be missed!
Price: £38.50 includes return travel by luxury coach and tickets for the evening performance of the show.