Earthly Delights Historic Costume & Dance Tour of England: Week 2
(For the HISTORIC LONDON TOUR that leads up to this tour see Tour 1)
ITINERARY
DAY 1, Sunday
After a continental breakfast we farewell those staying in London or traveling elsewhere and greet those joining us for Week Two of the tour. We leave South Kensington early by private coach to spend the day in Winchester, sightseeing in the morning, attending an afternoon dance workshop, followed by a traditional English Pub Dinner and some more dancing before retiring for a good nights rest at Chilworth Manor.
After breakfast at Chilworth Manor we travel to visit Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, pause to enjoy some delicacies at Cassandra's Cup next door for lunch and then spend the afternoon at Chawton House.
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| Jane Austen's House Museum |
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| Enjoy tea at Cassandra's Cup in Chawton |
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| View the house, library and gardens of Chawton House |
DAY 3, Tuesday
After breakfast our private coach will take us to visit the Whitchurch Silk Mill, where we spend the morning viewing a working Georgian silk mill and share in a group luncheon. Afterwards our coach will take us to Killerton House to view a wonderful historic costume collection. Dinner is scheduled upon our arrival at Farthings Country House Hotel in Taunton.
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| Whitchurch Silk Mill |
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| Killerton House |
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| We have arranged a private study table at Killerton House |
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| Relax in the Farthings Country Hotel |
DAY 4, Wednesday
After breakfast our coach will take us to visit the magnificent Montacute House where several scenes of the 1995
film version of
Jane Austen's novel
Sense and Sensibility were filmed and wherein are housed a selection of portraits from the National Portrait Gallery in London. After purchasing your lunch from the National Trust restaurant our coach takes us to Barrington Court, a manor house that some believe may have been owned at one stage by an early Austen family member, and was
"Kellynch Hall" from Jane Austen's
Persuasion and where we have been invited to dance on the sprung dance floor inside.
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| Montacute House |
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| Sense & Sensibility was filmed at Montacute House |
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| We have been invited to dance inside Barrington Court |
DAY 5, Thursday
After an early breakfast we leave for Stourhead House and Gardens, another Jane Austen film location. We have a specially booked guide to show us around before we break for a group luncheon. After a day out we journey to stay the night at Beechfield House Hotel.
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| Stourhead House |
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| Stourhead Gardens |
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| Temple of Apollo, where the P&P proposal scene was filmed |
DAY 6, Friday
After breakfast we depart for Bath, spending the morning in Lacock Village, a wonderfully preserved village dating from the 13th century, that played the village of 'Meryton' in the BBC’s 'Pride and Prejudice'. Here the Bennet girls, in particular Lydia and Kitty ‘whose minds were more vacant than their sisters’, shopped for bonnets, sought the latest tittle-tattle from their Aunt Philips, and hoped to attract the attentions of the officers - in particular a certain Mr Wickham. After a light lunch we depart for Bath, where we will attend the Jane Austen Festival and celebrate 200 years of Pride & Prejudice. A private study table has been reserved for us at the Bath Fashion Museum during the afternoon.
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| Lacock Village Main Street |
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| Colin Firth as Darcy in Lacock Village |
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| Lacock Abbey |
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| Cauldron in the Cloisters |
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| Bath Fashion Museum |
DAY 7, Saturday
After breakfast we dress for the Jane Austen Festival Promenade. After meeting old and new friends alike you have plenty of time to walk around Bath and use your special entry ticket to visit the Roman Baths, Fashion Museum and Assembly Rooms at your leisure. In the evening we have reserved tickets to attend a Grand Regency Ball & Dinner in the Bath Assembly Rooms.
DAY 8, Sunday
We have booked extra accommodation in Bath until the 22 September 2013, so feel free to stay on in Bath with us. Aylwen has arranged a special 1-day outing to view costumes from the Snowshill Collection in Leominster mid-week and is taking expressions of interest from those who wish to join her. We depart Bath on the 22 September for Oxford, where we will teach a dance workshop before flying from Heathrow on the 23 September.
FOR THE HISTORIC LONDON TOUR that leads up to this tour SEE Tour 1
