Wednesday April 30th (Day 1; Ottawa, Air)
· Arrive at Ottawa Airport (YOW) by 5:00pm
o Depart via Direct Flight AC888 @ 6:40pm
Thursday May 1st (Day 2; Olney, Bedford, Cambridge, Bletchley)
· Arrive Heathrow Terminal 3 @ 6:25am (England Time)
· Pick up rental car – Alamo @ 7:00am
· Drive to Bletchley
o Eat breakfast and visit with Aunt Shirley and Uncle Sam
· Drive to Olney to see chapel where William Carey preached
o John Bunyan Museum
· Drive to Cambridge University
o Eat snack at Market Square
o Possible Cambridge University Sights: See Eyewitness guide for map
§ Kings College and KC Chapel
§ Queen's College
§ St. Mary's Church
§ Bridge of Sighs
§ Botanic Garden
§ Christ Church
§ Radcliffe Camera
§ Martyrs Memorial
§ Bridge of Sighs
§ Market Square
§ Punt on the Cam
· Leave Cambridge by 9am (after breakfast)
· Drive to York
· Spend day sight –seeing in York
o Potentially use Hop-on, Hop-off sight-seeing tour bus starting at Exhibition Square
· Possible Sights in York:
o Yorkminster Cathedral
o Guildhall
o St. Mary's Church
o York Castle Museum
o Merchant Adventurous Hall
o York City Art Gallery
o Cliffords Tower
· Drive to Thirsk
o Visit "World of James Herriot Centre"
§ Thirsk Church
§ Eat lunch in town
· Continue on to Penrith via Western edge of Yorkshire Dales
· Check in at resort in Whitbarrow Village
· Get groceries for next few days
· Relax/sleep
Sunday May 4th (Day 5; Penrith, Whitbarrow Resort)
· Worship at Church in Penrith
· Relax at Resort remainder of day
Monday May 5th (Day 6; Penrith and area)
· Drive in to Pentrith
o Visit Penrith castle
o Hutton-on-the-Forest House
o Drive to Castlerigg Stone Circle
· Continue on to Eskdale
o Visit Hardknott Fort
· Ravenglass
o Muncaster Castle
· Return to resort for evening relaxation
Tuesday May 6th (Day 7; Edinburgh, Glasgow)
· Edinburgh
o The Lothians
o Castle – take free tour
o Royal mile
o Museum of Childhood
o David Livingston Museum
o Lunch - or spend day here in Edinburgh
· Glasgow (If we are feeling up to it)
o St. Mungo's museum of religious life and art
o Culzean Castle
o Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
o Supper
· Return home (2 hrs 2 min)
Wednesday May 7th (Day 8; resort)
Thursday May 8th (Day 9; Northumbria, Hadrien's Wall, Durham)
· Housesteads (best preserved fort)
o 4 miles from Bardon Mill
· Vindolanda
o Vindolanda - A69 - leave following signs for Vindolanda (near Village of Bardon Mill). Circa 13 miles from Hexham, Circa 35 miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne (A1), Circa 35 Miles from Carlisle (M6). Alternative Scenic Route: Vindolanda can also be reached from the B6318.
· Hexam Abbey
o 9:30am-5pm – Suggested Donation £3
o Choral evensong 6:30pm Wednesday and Thursday
o Crypt open 11am-3:30pm
· Hexam Museum of Border History
· Carlisle
o Norman Castle
o Tullie House Museum
o Birdoswald Roman Fort
Friday May 9th (Day 10; resort)
Saturday May 10th (Day 11; Stoke-on-the-Trent, Bath)
· Visit the Potteries (2 hrs. 19 min)
· Lunch at Stoke-on-the-Trent
· Continue onto Bath (2 hrs. 25 min)
o Find Blair Austen Guesthouse (B&B), check in
o Walk around in evening
Sunday May 11 (Day 12; Bath)
· Drive to Bristol
o Worship at church in Bristol
o Visit John Wesley's Chapel – The New Room
o St Mary Redcliffe Church
o City Museum and Art Gallery
· Return to Bath
o Visit Roman baths
o Bath Abbey
o Roman baths museum
· City sightseeing begins at High Street near Bath Abbey
· Overnight in Bath
Monday May 12th (Day 13; Stonehenge, Oxford)
· Near Salisbury
- Possibly: West Kennet Long Barrow, Silbury Hill, Avebury Stone Circle, Old Sarum
· Drive to Oxford (1 hr. 15 min)
· See The Kilns, and the Child & Eagle Pub
Tuesday May 13th (Day 14; Oxford, London)
· City Sightseeing bus tour starts at Rail Station
o Go to Oxford University Press Bookstore
o Depart by 5pm
· Drive to London
o Rest
Wednesday May 14th (Day 15; London, Paris)
· Arrive at St Pancras station at 6am
· Depart 6:30am for Paris
· Arrive 9:50am
· Check into Hotel du Louvre (or drop off luggage)
· Get vouchers at Paris Vision Terminal
o 214 Rue de Rivoli
· Hop-on-hop off bus
· Louvre
· Other museums
Thursday May 15th (Day 16; Paris, London)
· Paris
o See above
· Depart 21:13 (9:13pm)
· Arrive 22:34 (10:34pm – time difference)
· Check into hotel (be sure to phone to tell them we will be arriving late for check-in)
Friday May 16th (Day 17; London)
· Visit
o Wesley's Chapel and Museum (across from cemetery)
o Bunhill Fields Cemetery
o Gardens
o Downtown sights
· Overnight in London
Saturday May 17th (Day 18; London)
· Bus Tour Begin at 11am
o Trafalgar Square
o Eros statue
o Piccadilly circus
o Marble arch
o Buckingham Palace
o Big Ben and Houses of Parliament
o Westminster Abbey
o London Eye
· Handel House Museum
· Thames River Cruise
· Overnight in London
Sunday May 18th (Day 19; London)
o Use last hours of bus pass
o Worship at St. Paul's Cathedral
o Visit Tower of London (10-5:30)
o Shakespeare's Globe
o The Monument
o Tower Bridge
o Millenium foot bridge
o Wrap up day – visit anything we missed during previous 2 days
Monday May 19th (Day 20; London, Montreal/Ottawa)
o Arrive Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 @ 11:00am
o Depart via Direct Flight AC889 @ 1pm
o Arrive Ottawa Airport @ 3:35pm