TRAVEL PROGRAMME
Travel conditions are at the foot of this page
Please Note - this list is correct at time of entry but any last minute changes e.g. time of departure may not be recorded, always check with Travel Co-Ordinator.
Programme – Day Visits, Study Tours, & Cultural Holidays Autumn 2011
E1 Sat 10th December Visit to Cirencester & Westonbirt
Visit to Cirencester with Christmas Market, followed by afternoon tea at the Snooty Fox in Tetbury with an early evening visit to Westonbirt Arboretum where there is an illuminated walk through the trees, plus a small Christmas market..
Deadline for Payment 17/11/11 Price £33 Departure Time 10.30 a.m.
For this trip only cheques payable to European Heritage please.
Advance Bookings for 2012
Fri 17th Feb 2012 A93 Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra
St Davids Hall, Cardiff. Conductor Valery Poliansky, Soloist Natalia Lomeiko, Violin
Tchaikovsky - Coronation March 5, Brahms Violin Concerto 38, Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 44
Payment Deadline extended to 2/2/12 Cost £41 Departure Time 5.00pm
E3 Wednesday 22nd February Slimbridge Wildfowl Centre
A visit to the popular Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust centre with its spectacular range of water birds.
Payment Deadline 3/2/12 Cost £23 Departure time 11.00am
E4 Wednesday 28th March Wightwick Manor & Gardens NT
Wightwick Manor is a NT property on the outskirts of Wolverhampton with a fine collection of Pre-Raphaelite works (including Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Millais, Ford Maddox-Brown)and a superb Williams Morris collection. Built in 1887 there are William Morris interiors, Kempe stained glass and De Morgan ceramics acquired by the Mander family in the early 20th Century. There are 17 acres of Arts and Craft gardens
Payment Deadline 23/2/12 Cost £17.50 NT members £25 non NT Depart 8.00am
Cheques for all of the above day visits are payable to Brecon U3A, pleasewrite a separate cheque for each visit and put the reference number and event name on the back.
Study Tours & cultural Holidays 2012
F1 26-30 April Holland & the Floriade
The Floriade World Horticultural Expo takes place only once every ten years and is one of the largest events of its kind in the world with wonderful displays of flowers, plants, trees, fruit and vegetables across a 100 acre site at Venlo in South East Holland. The five day Executive coach tour via the Eurotunnel includes 4 nights B & B at 4* hotel within convenient distance of Venlo and Amsterdam, dinner on the first evening, entry and full day visit to Floriade, day tour of bulbfields, visit to Amsterdam and Keukenhorf Gardens
Cost £374.50 based on 35 travelling. Single Supplement £160 Deposit £50
This tour with European Heritage and booking forms are now available at the travel desk
We welcome members of other U3A to join our Day Visits, Study Tours & Cultural Holidays.
Anyone attending an event organised by the travel group, day trips, short breaks or study tours must be a member of a U3A. This follows advice concerning insurance from The Third Age Trust and brings Travel into line with attendance at any other Brecon U3A special interest group. The Third Age Trust has extended this cover to include a non member attendant/carer
PLEASE NOTE when taking part in U3A activities eg Day Visits, Short Breaks and Overseas holidays members do so AT THEIR OWN RISK. Brecon U3A does not insure members against personal accident or loss. Payments are non refundable, maybe transferable. Members must arrange their own Insurance Cover.