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Itinerary DAY 4 • Overland to Wales • Visit Caernarfon community and some other local sheep farmers
Castle • Home-Hosted Lunch • Welsh Slate to learn about what life is like farming here in the
Museum visit Lake District. Then, we’ll head to a farm to meet the
DAY 1 • Depart U.S. for Manchester, England We’ll drive to North Wales this morning, stopping farmer’s family and enjoy a hands-on experience of
Depart for your overnight flight to along the way to visit Caernarfon Castle, one of the life on a farm, as we help feed and herd the sheep,
Manchester, England. most famous medieval fortresses in Wales. Then, meet the sheepdogs who help corral the flock—and
we’ll break into smaller groups to join some local learn how the dogs are trained during a herding
DAY 2 • Arrive in Manchester, England • Welsh families for a Home-Hosted Lunch and demonstration on the Lakeland fells. Next, we’ll help
Transfer to Chester the opportunity to learn about local culture while prepare lunch and enjoy a traditional hearty lunch
Arrive in Manchester this morning and transfer to enjoying typical Welsh cuisine. We’ll continue our with the farmer and his family. After returning to our
Chester. where you’ll meet our Trip Experience Leader tranfer through the Snowdonian Mountains to the hotel, the remainder of the day is yours.
and your fellow travelers, including those who took coal mining village of Llamberis, where we’ll visit the B,L — Hotel in Lake District or similar
our Exploring the Channel Islands: Jersey & Guernsey or Welsh Slate Museum to learn about the region’s slate
our Along England’s Southwest Coast: Salisbury, the mining past. After our return to Chester, dinner is DAY • Overland to Edinburgh, Scotland •
Jurassic Coast & Cornwall pre-trip extensions. on your own. Visit Hadrian’s Wall
D — Hotel in Chester or similar B,L — Hotel in Chester or similar On our way to Edinburgh, we’ll stop at Hadrian’s
Wall—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—which is
DAY 3 • Explore Chester • Visit Roman DAY 5 • Transfer to the Lake District • Scenic located near the border of England and Scotland.
Amphitheater • A conversation about the drive through Yorkshire Dales Built to guard the wild northern frontier of the
relationship between Wales and England This morning, we transfer to the Lake District, a Roman Empire in AD 122, the wall was an ambitious
with Welsh and English locals journey that takes us through the Yorkshire Dales, a undertaking that required a remarkable level of
This morning, we’ll explore one of Chester’s oldest scenic region renowned for its white limestone cliffs, engineering skill from the ancient Romans. We’ll
attractions—its ancient Roman Amphitheater. Dating rivers, and green valleys—or, “dales.” After stopping walk along a section of the wall, arriving at Vindola
to the 1st century, it’s the largest amphitheater at a countryside village for lunch on your own, we’ll Fort, one of Europe’s most important ancient Roman
discovered in Britain. Chester is located on the border arrive in the Lake District in the afternoon. After archaeological sites. We’ll also have the chance
of Wales and has a significant Welsh populationThen, settling in to our hotel, we’ll meet a local dry stone to walk through Vindolanda Gardens, located just
so we’ll also meet with two local residents— waller to learn how the age-old craft of fitting slabs of beyond the fort.
one English and one Welsh—to learn about the rock and stone together to create the distinctive walls We’ll arrive in Edinburgh this afternoon and have
relationship between Wales and England. Then, we’ll of this region is disappearing. This evening, enjoy an some time to settle in before enjoying dinner together
enjoy a walking tour of Chester, including its Roman included dinner at a local lakeside pub. at a local restaurant.
walls and Chester Cathedral, before lunch at a local B,D — Hotel in Lake District or similar B,D — Hotel in Edinburgh or similar
restaurant. You’ll have free time in the afternoon to
explore independently before gathering at a local DAY 6 • A Day in the Life of a Herdwick DAY • Explore Edinburgh • Visit
restaurant for our Welcome Dinner. sheep farm Edinburgh Castle
B,L,D — Hotel in Chester or similar This morning, we’ll spend A Day in the Life of a We begin the day with a tour of Edinburgh, covering
Herdwick sheep farm. Our day begins by meeting both the city’s labyrinthine Old Town and organized
a local spokesperson for the Herdwick farming New Town, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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On Day 5, we’ll spend A Day in the Life of a Herdwick sheep farm.

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