Paull's Inside Track |
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Think Britain, Think Paull Your Personal Travel Advisor
Issue 306 | 4th December 2019
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Welcome |
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Two weeks ago, my Inside Track outlined six imaginative cruise extensions for Southampton arrivals/departures. If you missed them, use this link and take a look. Today, I’m highlighting six more but this time, using words like Inspector Morse, Alice in Wonderland and Downton Abbey which will definitely catch your client’s eye. All of them spend 2 nights in the English countryside with a night in London at the beginning or the end. Located between London and Southampton, check out my final story on Guildford, just 35 minutes from Heathrow and 75 minutes from Southampton.
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Morse, Lewis and Sherlock Holmes |
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Fans of these popular TV shows will thank you for this short pre or post cruise extension which includes a visit to the final resting place for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mis Marple’s St Mary Meade and a dash of Midsomer Murders before a final night in London. It works equally well in reverse. |
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Downton Abbey Upstairs And Downstairs |
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After its sensational 6 season run and the box office hit of the Downton Abbey movie, don’t forget you can offer your clients a 3 night tour that includes Highclere Castle (main season opening dates 12th July-8th September), some On Location visits, time in Oxford and a visit to either Blenheim Palace or Waddesdon Manor. |
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Oxford’s Literary Landscape |
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This fiction into reality bookshelf tour features Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter, Inspector Morse, J R R Tolkien and C S Lewis in Oxford and Sir Winston Churchill at Blenheim Palace. I’ve also included Jane Austen’s home at Chawton and her burial place in the spectacular Winchester Cathedral, which is home to the magnificent medieval Winchester Bible. |
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Myths and Legends |
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Prehistoric England, Roman Britain, King Arthur and a Jane Austen perspective on Georgian Bath are the foundations for this tour. Beautiful Abbey House Garden, the inspirational royal garden at Highgrove and magnificent Capability Brown landscape at Blenheim Palace plus my personal choice of Cotswold pubs for lunch elevate this tour to the top drawer. |
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Ah! The Cotswolds |
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Spend a couple of days discovering privately owned castles and stately homes and gardens in the Cotswolds, one of the loveliest corners of England. Access from LHR to Oxford is dead easy and the journey to Southampton includes visits to Stonehenge, the site of the original city of Salisbury at Old Sarum and Salisbury Cathedral. |
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An Essentially English Experience |
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Just 35 minutes from Heathrow and close to the main route between London and Southampton, the cathedral city of Guildford, makes a great hub for a 2-3 night cruise add-on. Don’t miss the RHS flagship garden at Wisley, the home of motorsport and aviation at the Brooklands Museum, and the Artist’s village at the Watts Gallery. |
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