Picture Postcard Essex

 

Picture Postcard Essex

Morning Coffee and Lunch Included

 

 

Monday 22nd February

 

£80pp

 

Fast Track

Leighton Buzzard - West Street

Tring - Brook Street

Hemel Hempstead - Gadebridge Park

 

 

With a Blue Badge Guide we start in Thaxted for morning coffee before a visit to the church and its fascinating history,

then cross country to Finchingfield for a 2-course lunch followed by the ancient Cressing Temple.

 

 

Already prosperous in Saxon times many mediaeval buildings in Thaxted survive from three boom centuries in the cutlery trade.

On some of the timber framed houses you'll see the distinctive decorative plasterwork typical of the region known as pargetting.

 

After morning coffee we'll see inside the impressive church where the Communist Vicar flew the red flag and Gustav Holst, who lived in the village, played the organ,

writing the beautiful music for I Vow To Thee My Country in this very church.

 

Then it's cross country on the coach to discover the beauty of rural Essex as we head to a proper chocolate box village for lunch.

 Finchingfield has everything a picture postcard village requires - a village green, a pond with ducks and a church and windmill on the hill.

 

 In the old village pub you'll be served a two course lunch with coffee.

 

 

In the afternoon we visit the astonishing and ancient Cressing Temple - the first rural estate granted to the Knights Templar in Britain.

The estate is remarkable for two extraordinary timber barns, the finest in Europe and one of them the oldest in the world - built when Genghis Khan still trod this Earth. 

There are also numerous other medieval buildings, a Tudor walled garden and a Tiptree Tea Room where you can buy refreshments.

 

 

 

 

 

Requests for particular seats on the coach can be made when booking and we will do our best to accommodate these requests, but allocations are made on a first come first served basis, dependent upon customer mobility. We reserve the right to change your seat and allocate you a different one for operational reasons.

On single bookings, we reserve the right to alter your seating to maximize the seating available. We accept no liability in the event of any such change.

Accessibility

 

Walking: Manageable for minor walking difficulties.

 

Access: You'll be able to enjoy this day with a wheelchair or scooter. There are some uneven surfaces,  Disabled toilet available morning, lunchtime and afternoon.

 

 

 

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