Cumbrian Cavalcade

Itinerary

DAY 1: Depart from your home area in the morning travelling to the Crown & Mitre Hotel for a 4 nights stay dinner, bed and breakfast. Tea/coffee and biscuits served on arrival.

DAY 2: Today we head for Longtown and drive along Liddesdale as we make our way to picturesque Kielder Water and Forest Park. We take a break at the visitor centre before continuing to Bellingham and Hexham, dominated by the abbey overlooking the market square. This afternoon we return along the path of Hadrian's Wall, which stretches 76 miles from the Tyne to the Solway.

DAY 3: This morning we start our first train journey of the day in Carlisle. The line follows the Cumbrian coastline through Maryport and Whitehaven and the stunning sea views stay with us until Ravenglass. Here we join the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway-known as La'l Ratty steam train-running from the coast to the foothills of England's highest mountains. Seven miles of steam in the Lake District National Park!

DAY 4: We travel into the Yorkshire Dales to Kirkby Lonsdale, where we find the weekly market in full swing. We travel on, past the immense Ribblehead Viaduct, through charming Horton-in-Ribblesdale to Settle. In the afternoon we take in the most spectacular train journey on a mainline railway in the whole of England-the famous Settle to Carlisle line. Towering viaducts, bridges, long deep tunnels and lovingly kept station gardens all help to make this one of the best-loved lines in the country. We travel along the whole line through majestic scenery back to our base of Carlisle.

DAY 5: After breakfast we leave and begin our homeward journey.

Disclaimer: Railways may change to diesel or steam at no given notice with no price change.