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Aylesbury MG Club away trip 2022
14th June 2022 - 17th June 2022
This year we are going to Battle in Sussex.
The venue is the Powdermills Hotel https://powdermillshotel.com/. Dates Tuesday 14th June 2022 to Thursday 16th or Friday 17th.
The hotel rate is £125 per night B&B. The Wednesday night will be £200 as it will include dinner. The plan is to arrive Tuesday 14th afternoon or evening . Events will be organised as below for Wednesday and Thursday. It will be your choice to depart Thursday late afternoon or stay another night in the hotel and depart Friday.
Please call the hotel direct on 01424 775511 to book your rooms. remember to say that you are part of the Aylesbury MG club party.
Proposed itinerary
Tuesday
Arrive at hotel in own time. Use of pool, bar and lake for walks.
Dinner Tuesday evening either at the hotel or a local pub/restaurant.
Wednesday.
- Visit Battle Abbey and battleground site. The battlefield site has a museum and short site audio tour. The entry fee is £13.90 per person unless you are an English Heritage member. I will need to know before we go so that I can pay the relevant payment.
- Guided tour of two of the Battle Abbey School rooms by James Dennett, the Marketing Manager for the school.
- As it will be term time we cannot get permission to park in front of the school but there is a public car park outside the abbey gateway.
- Lunch will be a buffet at the Bull’s Head in Boreham Street.
- Visit to Filching Manor with a talk by Karl Foulkes-Halbard, the current owner. This is a 1740 manor house with a ‘man cave’, sheds full of cars and historical memorabilia, including the speed record boat Bluebird. It is not open to public, only to organised groups. This will be £10 per head which I will collect in advance.
Wednesday evening we will have a Gala dinner at hotel.
Thursday.
- The intention is to visit the Observatory Science Center near Herstmonceaux Castle (Patrick Moore used to work there). I am currently negotiating for a guided tour of two of telescope towers and a talk on site history. Cost as yet unknown.
- Lunch at will be at the Observatory with a buffet and cream tea.
- The afternoon is as yet not confirmed. We have options for local gardens, a visit to Beachey Head or a visit to a steam train restoration project
When you book the hotel please send me an email so that I know you’re coming and whether you are staying Thursday night.