The Golden Age of Railways, Canals & Rivers

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Beaufort Park Hotel 4*

The Beaufort Park Hotel is situated near the market town of Mold. The Scandinavian style reception and mezzanine lounge provide an oasis of peace to relax, read or enjoy a drink. All bedrooms are en suite, and have aTV, telephone, hairdryer, trouser press and tea & coffee making facilities. This hotel does not have a lift.

Your Tour Includes:

Tea/Coffee and Bara Birth on arrival
Mersey Ferries Cruise
Hotel entertainmnet on two evenings
'Steam in the Sky' canal cruise

*Please be aware railways may change to diesel or steam at no given notice with no price change*

Day 1

Depart from your home area in the morning for Cheshire to arrive at Beaufort Park Hotel. Tea and Bara Brith served on arrival. Four nights stay-dinner, bed and breakfast.

Day 2

A drive through the pleasant Cheshire countryside brings us to Chester for the day. Explore the unique 'Rows'of two-tiered shops, take a stroll around the City Walls, meander down to the River Dee and maybe enjoy lunch in a riverside pub, or just relax and watch the world go by.

Day 3

Leaving after breakfast we travel around the Wirral coast via Hoylake, with its famous golf courses, and through the tunnel into Liverpool. We spend the morning here and you have time to explore this fascinating city. Whilst here we include a boat trip on the River Mersey. This afternoon we travel through the Mersey Tunnel to Port Sunlight. Here we visit Sunlight Vision and enjoy a guided tour of Port Sunlight Village, built by William Hesketh Lever for his factory workers and named after his famous Sunlight soap. This is a superb example of how life used to be.

Day 4

Today's excursion takes us through some lovely Welsh scenery, including the spectacular Horseshoe Pass, to the Dee Valley where we join the Rheilfford Llangollen Railway for a journey on a nostalgic steam train and also take a ride on the 'Stream in the Sky'- the Llangollen Canal - gliding gently along over the country's biggest navigable viaduct.

Day 5

After breakfast we leave and begin our journey home.

Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.

Name	Address	Distance
Aberdeen, Skene St	Skene St, behind HMT, Aberdeen
Aviemore, Rail Station	Rail Station Bus Stop, Aviemore
Banff, St Marys Car Park	Outside St Mary's Car Park, Bus Stop, Banff
Buckie, Cluny Square	West Church Street Bus Stop (Outside Time) Buckie
Craibstone Park & Ride	Craibstone Park & Ride (Aberdeen Airport P & R) (No Facilities Available Here)
Dundee Tesco Retail Park	Kingsway Retail Park Bus Stop, (Behind Pizza Hut)
Elgin Old Post Office	Outside, Old Post Office, Elgin
Fochabers Square	Fochabers Square
Forfar Bus Stop	Forfar Bus Stop, Outside RBS
Forres, Tolbooth	Outside Tolbooth, Forres
Huntly, Tesco Bus Stop	Tesco Bus Stop, Petrol Station, Huntly
Inverness, Tesco Bus Stop	Bus Stop Tesco, Inverness (Off A96) Please note this is Tesco's off the A96
Inverurie, Town Hall	Town Hall Bus Stop, Inverurie
Keith, Bus Stop Tescos	Bus Stop at Tesco's, Keith
Nairn, Sainsburys	Sainsburys, Bus Stop, Nairn A96
Perth Broxden Services	Broxden Services, Perth Please note this pick-up is at the Petrol Station
Pitlochry	Coach Park, beside Westlane, Pitlochry
Portlethen, Muirend Road	Muirend Road Bus Stop (Beside Asda), Portlethen
Portsoy, Station Hotel	Outside Station Hotel, Portsoy
Stonehaven Car Park	Stonehaven Beach Road Car Park
Stracathro Services	Stracathro Service Areas
Turriff Tesco Bus Stop	Bus Stop Outside Tesco Turriff