Our last tour was oversubscribed, so we are pleased to offer another date for 2008.This autumn itinerary is designed to enjoy the North Yorkshire moorland, an area made famous in recent years as the setting for the television series "Heartbeat". We will also include visits to coastal towns and villages such as Whitby and  Robin Hood's Bay.

OUTLINE ITINERARY

Monday) We leave the island via Fishbourne, with a further pick up point at Portsmouth Hard Interchange and head northwards, arriving at Malton late afternoon.

Tuesday) A full day on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which runs between Pickering and Grosmont, through the heart of the moorlands. You will have a day rover ticket for the line which allows you to travel as you please, and you may wish to stop off to visit Goathland, perhaps better known as Aidensfield in the TV series Heartbeat.

Wednesday) A visit to Whitby, where we hope to be able to ride around the town in a 1932 Sentinel steam bus!

We will also explore the delightful coastal village of Robin Hood's Bay.

Thursday)For our last full day in the are we will visit Beverley and its 13^th century minster, before continuing on to Hull. Exhibits in the Streetlife museum here include the "Grapes" car from the Ryde Pier Tramway!

Friday) After breakfast we leave Malton for the homeward journey.

OUR HOTEL

We have chosen the Talbot Hotel in the old market town of Malton. The hotel dates from the eighteenth century, replacing an earlier establishment, and was a staging post in the days of stage coaches running between York and Leeds to Scarborough and Whitby.

Tour price is £435 per person, to include travel with the group entrances and fares outlined above, and four nights dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation. A limited number of single rooms are available at no supplement. Travel insurance is available at £18 per person. We expect to use the modern Toyota coach for the tour, and therefore there are twenty two places available. Travel from the Island, with mainland pick up at Portsmouth Hard Interchange, or en route by arrangement.