Text Box: Text Box: NORTH DEVON DELIGHTS THE DURRANT HOUSE HOTEL, BIDEFORD Text Box: Location: Nestling alongside the River Torridge, Bideford is a thriving market town and port with an active fishing industry. Enjoy a stroll along the tree-lined quay where you can watch the world go by or watch a local fishing boat land the days catch. Visit the Pannier market where market days are Tuesday & Saturday with plenty of local produce as well as craft stalls which will surely catch your eye! Text Box: Hotel: The Durrant House Hotel is the best and largest hotel in Bideford with 125 beautifully appointed, newly refurbished rooms. All rooms have en-suite Italian marble bathrooms, with tea & coffee making facilities, clock radio, hairdryer, TV, iron & ironing board, thick white fluffy towels, in-house laundry facilities and room service menus as standard. The hotel offers a welcoming bar where you can enjoy a drink before dinner which is all homemade using as much local produce as possible. The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool as well as sauna and a fitness room and there is entertainment in the hotels ballroom at least 3 nights of the week. Text Box: Text Box: 5 Day Tour Text Box: Departs Monday 22nd October Text Box: Tour Price £219 per person Text Box: Price Includes: 4 nights hotel accommodation on half board (dinner, bed and breakfast basis). Holiday excursions included Insurance £18 Per person Single room Supplement Nil (subject to availability—supplement may apply) Text Box: Proposed Itinerary (maybe subject to operational change) Monday: North Devon awaits our arrival, which will only be delayed by our comfort stops - so a leisurely afternoon check in should be achievable. Tuesday: It is market day in Barnstaple today so we thought a morning visit would be in order. Then to the resort of Ilfracombe in the afternoon. Wednesday: Clovelly, the historic fishing village that inspired Charles Kingsley to write The Water Babies is our included visit this morning. The cobbled, traffic-free high street tumbles its way down past whitewashed cottages festooned with flowers, to the tiny working port. There will be free time in the afternoon to explore picturesque Bideford. Thursday: RHS Garden Rosemoor (including admission), an enchanting 65 acre garden of intoxicating beauty which is meticulously crafted and planted, retaining the essence of rural North Devon. Time permitting, we plan to drop in at Dartington Crystal (factory tour not included), for a browse and an afternoon cuppa (not inc). Friday: Home today following our North Devon Delight.

 Bideford Quay

 RHS Garden Rosemoor