This year at Raby Castle, Staindrop, County Durham
Aug.20th -21st
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| Accommodation at St. Aidan's College, Durham: 0191 334 5779 (but twin en suite no longer available) Twin en suite at Van Mildert College, Durham: 0191 0191334 7100 |
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Sat. Aug. 20th
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| Durham sightseeing The Botanic Gardens (open 10-5: £1.75/£1conc./ch.50p), the Oriental Museum (open 12-5: £1/ch.75p) and the cathedral (free entry) are recommended. A walking tour of Durham (but with no entry to the cathedral) leaves the Tourist Information Centre at 2pm (£3.50). There is sightseeing by boat at Prince Bishop River Cruises (£4.50/ch.£2). Rowing boats can be hired next door at Brown's (£3 pp. per hour/ch.£2). |
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| Beamish Open Air Museum is 6 miles north of Durham and is open from 10-5. Entry costs £11/£10 conc./ch.£6 (group rate). |
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| Road run: departing from St. Aidan's College at 10.30am.
The route will be varied and scenic, with several optional stopping
places, including Egglestone Hall Gardens (£1), Bowes Museum
(£5/£4 conc./ch. free) and the Timothy Hackworth Victorian
and Railway Museum (free). Bowes |
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| Table d'hôte 3-course dinner and ceilidh 7.30-11.30
pm at St. Aidan's College, Durham. Entertainment by the Summerhill
Folly Ceilidh Band. All Rover enthusiasts welcome! £21.50 per head. |
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Sun. Aug. 21st
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| Raby Castle Rally (entry to display area 10-11.00am): £12
per car Entrants on the day: £15 per car Members of the public visiting Raby Castle will be able to view the cars from 11am. Please note that the Rally entry fee covers admission to the park and gardens only. Admission to the Castle (from 1pm) will cost £4.50 pp (£4 concessions, children 50p) - to be paid at the Portcullis on the day. Light lunches and teas are available from the Stable Tearoom. |
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| Cars on the Castle terrace (a photo-opportunity for oil-drip-free pre-booked cars) |
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Please note that prepayment is
required only for the Sat. dinner/ceilidh and for the Sun. rally.
Rally ID cards will be used elsewhere to obtain quoted group admission rates. |
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Return your booking form and cheque to: David Moseley, 259 Wingrove Road, Newcastle - upon - Tyne, NE4 9DD. Want to know more about accommodation, the events or the area? Ring 0191 273 8330 or e-mail: mosd@bluebottle.com |
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Accommodation has been provisionally booked at St. Aidan's and at Van Mildert Colleges, Mill Hill Lane, Durham, just off the A177. The colleges are set in landscaped gardens with ample parking well off the road. The Oriental Museum and the Botanical Gardens are close by. It takes 10-15 minutes to walk into the centre of Durham.
Bed and breakfast accommodation is available at £65 per double en-suite room per night (£37 for a single en suite room) and standard accommodation at £47.50 for a double room (£26.50 single). In order to book, please contact St. Aidan's College on 0191 334 5779 or Van Mildert College on 0191 374 3900.
As Durham is an extremely popular tourist venue, the colleges will not be able to hold rooms unless individual bookings are confirmed before June 17th with a non-refundable deposit of £15 per person per night for en-suite and £10 for standard accommodation. All twin en suite rooms are now fully booked at St. Aidan's, so for this you should now contact Van Mildert College on 0191 374 3900, at Windmill Hill, Durham DH1 3LH. Their 30 en suite rooms will not be held for rally participants beyond June 17th.
There are so many things to do and see in the North East that you may wish to extend your stay.
On Saturday August 20th there are three main options. Payment will be made at the venues. Rally ID cards (to qualify for group entry rates) will be included in the Rally packs.
The pictures below are of (1) Egglestone Hall Gardens (where lunches
are available at the Coach House Bistro) (2) Timothy Hackworth Museum
(3) the Bowes silver swan, a musical automaton which performs at 12 noon
and at 3pm.
Try these links to whet your appetite:
www.rabycastle.com
www.st-aidans.org.uk
www.durhamtourism.co.uk/home.html
www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum/
www.dur.ac.uk/botanic.garden
www.teesdalediscovery.com
www.bowesmuseum.org.uk
www.drcm.org.uk/menu.htm