Your Holiday Itinerary
5-Day Break
- Day 1 – Local departure by coach then onwards to Amiens for a four-night stay.
- Day 2 – Forgotton Truce, Gommecourt and The Pals at Serre
Walk 1: We begin at Hannescamps, studying the forgotten truce of 1915. Then by the front lines to Foncquevillers seeing the area from the ‘Little Z’ to Gommecourt Wood.
Walk 2: From Hébuterne to Touvent Farm to see where Roland Leighton, fiancé of the author Vera Brittain was killed in 1915. On to the Serre battlefield seeing preserved trenches, Sheffield Memorial Park and end at the spot where the poet Wilfred Owen was in a captured German dugout in the ‘Heidenkopf’ in 1917. B
- Day 3 – Mine Craters, the Green Howards and War Poets (included).
Walk 3: We begin at the huge crater at Lochnagar. Then by Sausage Valley to the ground above Contalmaison where we study the attack into the village by the Green Howards. At Bell’s Redoubt we learn about Donald Simpson Bell, the only professional footballer to be awarded the VC, then to The Quadrangle, where Siegfried Sassoon fought, ending at Mametz village.
Walk 4: Walk the ground above Mametz where war poets Graves and Sassoon served. We see the Citadel and Point 110, and look at Sassoon’s Military Cross action. We then follow the story of the Devonshires, and the heroic actions of their poet William Hodgson, and end with the German perspective on the battle on the edge of Mametz village B
- Day 4 – Guards Division (included). Walk 5: From Ginchy across the ground taken by the Guards in September 1916. In the afternoon join our optional tour which visits the Wellington Tunnel System at Arras. B
- Day 5 – To Calais, and return home. B
Included Meals: B=Breakfast
Please Note: the Wellington Tunnels are accessible to visitors of all abilities. The tunnel system is reached by a lift, and there are wooden walk-ways throughout.
Silver Service
You can travel in armchair comfort for only a little extra. Add a touch of luxury to your holiday - choose to upgrade to Silver Service for luxury coach travel with added benefits.
Executive Coach
All of our coaches are modern and comfortable, and you can be assured of a high level of service and reliability from our expertly-trained coach crews, who are on hand to assist and escort you along the way!
Flight Option
This tour allows you to fly to your destination, allowing you plenty of time to relax and see the sights!
Cruising Tour
This tour consists of an inclusive cruising element, by either river or sea!
Notes
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Prices are per person, based on two sharing
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Extras: optional excursions
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Single room supplement £109; travel insurance from £29.95
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Tour Includes
- Free Local Joining Points
- Travel by Executive Coach
- 4 nights’ accommodation with breakfast
- Specialist Battlefields Guide
- 5 Battlefield walks, each approximately 3 - 4 miles
Single Room Saver
If you're travelling alone, look out for holidays with the 'Single Room Saver' symbol - on these tours there's no single room supplements! We offer a maximum of four free single rooms per departure (subject to availability), so book early and save money!
Door to Door
On tours marked with the 'Travel Door-to-Door' symbol, on holidays of 12 days duration or more, you don’t even have to think about getting to your local joining point! Provided you live within 20 miles of one of our free joining points, from only £49.99 per car, we’ll pick you up from your home and return you back.
Flying Start
On selected popular tours, choose a flying start (fly out and join coach for return
journey), flying return (travel out by coach and fly home), or fly both ways!
Plus we'll arrange your flights and transfers between your hotel and the European airport.
Tour Dates
Walking The Somme (5 Days)
Tour Ref: 5FWA/1
02 May 2011 - £359.00
05 September 2011 - £359.00
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