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Summer Outings 2011

The society is organising four Saturday outings for Summer 2011, guided historical walks or excursions led by BAS members. The outings themselves are free.

Where the outing includes a coach, however, there is a charge and places need to be booked by downloading, printing and returning the Booking Form.

Check the Pick-up points for coaches, and the outing details for pick-up times.

Saturday 11 June 2011

PADBURY – a conducted walk led by Julian Hunt Meet at Padbury Church, 2pm. No coach. No charge.

Saturday 23 July 2011

SUFFOLK with George Lamb Coach trip, price £15, with visits to: Gainsborough's House in Sudbury (entry c£4) with some of his earlier work and a special exhibition ‘Diana and Actaeon’, Lavenham, where the National Trust's Guildhall is the jewel in a town famed for its timber-framed buildings, Melford Hall (National Trust, £5.50 for non-NT members), a brick Tudor house with 200 years' of family collections. Refreshments available at all three places. Coach will leave Aylesbury 8.30am, Bedgrove 8.35, Wendover 8.40, Great Missenden 8.50, Amersham 9am. Return to Amersham about 7pm.

Saturday 13 August 2011

TRING: A TOWN TURNED ROUND a guided walk with Peter and Diana Gulland A two-hour walking tour of the town and park to identify traces of the town's pre-1711 layout and note how its centre has adapted to the presence of Tring Park. The Rothschild influence will not be neglected. Meet beside the public toilets in the car park near the east end of Tring High Street, 2pm. No coach. No charge. For those travelling by bus, Arriva service 500 leaves Aylesbury bus station at 08 and 38 past each hour, arriving Tring High Street 24 minutes later. The return service also leaves Tring at 08 and 38.

Saturday 17 September 2011

CHURCH CRAWL IN NORTH BUCKS with Michael Hardy. Coach trip, price £15, visiting various churches in North Bucks including several which have not been visited by the society in recent years. Coach will leave Amersham 8.45am, Great Missenden 8.55, Wendover 9.05, Bedgrove 9.10, Aylesbury 9.15. Return to Aylesbury about 6pm.

Locations of picking-up and dropping-off points for coaches:

AYLESBURY: Walton Street opposite the Landing Library.
BEDGROVE: On the A413 Wendover Road at a bus stop neat the junction with Cambourne Avenue
WENDOVER: By the War Memorial on the High Street.
GREAT MISSENDEN: Beside the car park on the Link Road.
OLD AMERSHAM: On the High Street - outside Elmodesham House if Amersham is the first pick-up; outside Amersham Museum if it is the last pick-up.

Any enquiries, please contact the society