Summer Guided Tours & Excursions 2008

Full Details of our exciting Excursions programme for 2008 are now available.  All the trips are booked on a first come first served basis, so early application is recommended, but always phone or email to check late availability.

To download a CALH Excursions 2008, click here

Monday 9 June:

Guided Walk with Allan Brigham

Guided walk Around Historic Saffron Walden

Allan is a famous local Blue Badge Guided and this walking tour will be with an expert who knows every inch and nook and cranny of the Saffron Walden streets.  We will have afternoon tea at the end of our walk (extra).

Meet at Saffron Walden Market Square at 1400

CALH Members £6, Affiliated group members £7.50, others £10

Please book early restricted to 20 participants

Thursday 17 July:

Guided Tour with John Drayton

Guided tour of Barrington Quarry and Cement Works

John Drayton, who has been Quarry Manager for well over 25 years will show us round this Quarry, where both the raw materials for Cement and Clunch is extracted.  The cross section of the earth shows fossils right across the whole time spectrum of time.  I promise you will be amazed. For a look at one of their newsletters click here or to see the Mepal Ichthyosaur click here

Meet at Barrington Cement Works, 41 Hasligfield Road, Barrington CB2 5RG at 1400

CALH Members £6, Affiliated group members £7.50, others £10

Please book early restricted to 30 participants

Saturday 26 July:

Joint Excursion to Lincoln Cathedral

Guided walk Around Historic Saffron Walden

This is a joint excursion to celebrate the 25th Anniversary year of the Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust.  We will be guided by the Revd. Dr. Lynne Broughton.  Lynne is a renowned authority and expert on the history and imagery of Lincoln Cathedral and is the author of ‘Interpreting Lincoln Cathedral: The Medieval Imagery’.  Lincoln Cathedral is packed with history & imagery and in August 2005 acted as a backdrop for filming in the recent film ‘The Da Vinci Code’.

The cathedral also has two very special libraries, that we could have an opportunity to visit.  The executive coach has an onboard toilet and we hope to arrive at Lincoln Cathedral by 11am.

For more details of the Cathedral click here

For a Seperate more detailed Booking form click here

Meet  at Trumpington Park & Ride for a 0800 departure, we will also pick-up at Cathedral Carpark, Barton Road, Ely at approx. 0840.  Click here for a map of Ely. Please do not forget to tell us on the booking form where you would like to be picked up from. 

We should be back in Ely for 19.00 and Cambridge for approx 19.30

CALH & CHCT Members £20, CALH Affiliated groups members £22.50 & Others £25 this includes the Coach Fare & Entrance to Cathedral

Please book early restricted to 47 participants

Saturday 9 August:

Guided Walk with Tom Doig

Guided walk Around the Cambridgeshire Border village of Barkway

Local expert Tom Doig will show us round this historic ancient village which is just over the Cambridgeshire border.  We will finish up somewhere for a steaming cup of tea and maybe a piece of cake !!!

Meet at Barkway (details provided nearer the time) at 10.00

Cost: £6 CALH, £7.50 Affiliated groups members, £10 Others

Please book early restricted to 25 participants

Thursday 28 August:

Guided Tour with Peter Minter

Guided tour of the Bulmer Brick & Tile Works & a walk around historic Bury St Edmunds

This is your chance to step back in time and see how Bricks & Tiles were handmade, fired and hand shaped.  We will then travel at lunch time to Bury St Edmunds.  Where will have lunch in the Fox Inn (extra). 

Then Peter will take us on a guided tour to look at the various historic examples of brick architecture & rubbed & gauged work in Bury St Edmunds city centre.  I did this trip in March this year, it is a very special treat not to be missed. 

This trip is much more expensive than normal, but this is a special limited number trip for 15 people.  It is only a 1/3 of what others charge

Meet at Trumpington Park & Ride for a 0800 departure, we will also pick-up at Cathedral Carpark, Barton Road, Ely (if there is a demand) at approx. 0840. 

We should be back in Ely for 17.00 and Cambridge for approx 17.30

Cost: CALH Members £35, Affiliated group members £37.50 & Others £40 this includes the MiniBus hire & Guided tour of Bulmer & Bury St Edmunds

Cost: £6 CALH, £7.50 Affiliated groups members, £10 Others

Please book early restricted to 15 participants

Saturday 20 September:

Day Trip to the Black Country Living Museum, Dudley, West Midlands

For more details click here

A visit to Britain's Friendliest Open-air Museum.  Discover a fascinating world when we visit this urban heritage park in the shadow of Dudley Castle at the heart of the Black Country.  Historic buildings from all around the Black Country have been moved and authentically rebuilt at the Museum, to create a tribute to the traditional skills and enterprise of the people that once lived in the heart of industrial Britain.  Electric tramcars and trolleybuses transport visitors back in time from the modern exhibition halls to the canal-side village, where costumed demonstrators and working craftsmen bring the buildings to life with their local knowledge, practical skills and unique Black Country humour.  The trip will include a trip on the Dudley Canal into the world famous Dudley Canal Tunnel and Limestone Mines.   This unique Canal Tunnel connects with a 200 year-old system of limestone mines, branch tunnels and open ivy curtained canal basins. This is now the only remaining example open to the public of Black Country's mining heritage.

Meet: at Trumpington Park & Ride for a 0830 departure, we will also pick-up at Cathedral Carpark, Barton Road, Ely (if there is a demand) at approx. 0900. 

We should be back in Ely for 18.30 and Cambridge for approx 19.00

Cost: £30 CALH Members, £33 Affiliated groups £33 & others £36 this includes the Coach Fare, Entrance to the Museum & Canal Trip

To express an interest & to receive a booking form please contact Andrew at info@calh.org.uk or ring 01223 892430.

Barton Road Carpark, Ely

Due to the new parking restrictions, to be able to park safely all day, please park no earlier than 0831.  We have adapted our departure times to deal with this issue.  If you have booked from here we will not go without you

Please note: as the price of Diesel Fuel has gone up so dramatically, it has vastly increased the cost of hiring coaches.  The best way to cater for this is for as many of you as can to come on the visits and fill every seat on the coach.  However, if the numbers mean that the trips are unviable, it will be cancelled and people that have booked will receive a full refund.  Friends and family are more than welcome.