Coach Trips 2027
TRIPS 2027 – Jan Paver (07768 205950)
The following trips have been suggested by members, and you are invited to choose your favourite 6 places to visit. Tick sheets will be available at the November and December 2026 monthly meetings.
- Blenheim Palace
- Windsor
- Hampton Court
- Southend/Leigh on sea
- London Zoo
- The Bayeux Tapestry at Reading Museum (includes private tour and free time in Reading)
- Batsford or Westonbirt Arboretum (in October for Autumn colour)
- Gilbert White House (includes a garden tour) and Painshill Park in Surrey
- Richard III at Leicester (free time in Leicester could include National Space Centre)
- Stratford
- Exhibition Road, London (choice of V&A, Science Museum, National History Museum)
- Burghley House
The Coach Trips for 2026 have now concluded.
Please feel free to have a read of the ‘reports’ detailed below from the trips that we undertook.
The Trips Team
Here’s a ‘report’ from our first trip of 2026 – Wimpole Hall on Tuesday 14th April.
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Last month we went to Wimpole Hall
The sun was shining, as I recall.
Everyone was waiting, just where they should be.
Avoiding frantic phone calls from me.
Stuart, our driver had the gift of the gab.
He showed us the bouncy chair in his cab.
We got his life story, right from the get-go.
Even the parts we’d rather not know!
The house itself was crammed full of treasure.
Spotting the chicks gave us great pleasure.
They were tucked in each room for children to find.
So, we acted like kids, but they didn’t mind.
The estate is spread out. We covered some ground
There was a man in a buggy to get us around
On the farm, the goats and piglets were sweet
And the fabulous shire horses with four hairy feet.
They’re preserving rare pig breeds, before they’re forgot,
so, there’s Oxford Sandy and Gloucester Old Spot.
Watching them busily snuffle through the hay,
did I once think of bacon butties? No way!
We stopped for coffee, for lunch and for tea
Well, we don’t really get out that much, you see.
On the way back there was room for ice-cream
Not a bad start for your brand-new trips team!
By – Jan Paver
Here’s a report from Val Blackburn for our second trip of 2026 to The Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park on Thursday 14th May.
Here’s a report from Pauline Noble for our third and fourth trips of 2026 to Chichester on Wednesday 10th June and Kelmscott Manor and Lechlade on Wednesday 1st of July.
The final trip of the year was to Stamford and Rutland Water in early September.