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England photo tour

May 23rd to June 6th, 2009

$4,432 per person [land only] | Limited to 7 photo travelers

  This photography tour has 7 places available at this time
 updated Monday the 8th of September, 2008

GATEWAY CITY: London, England [LHR] | ARRIVAL WINDOW: 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
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Also see London  |  England photo essay

OUTLINE: Experience the true essence of England’s photographic diversity with an English Photographer in Devon, Cornwall, the Cotswolds, Yorkshire Dales, and the Lake District. Point a camera at the mixture of ancient and modern contrasts, plus the landscape mosaics of hedgerow, stone wall and patchwork fields. Also Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral, Gold Hill, Mousehole harbor, St. Michael’s Mount, old tin mines, Glastonbury Abbey, thatched cottages, Chipping Campden, Warwick, Wensleydale, Swaledale, Derwentwater, Castlerigg Stone Circle, Ashness Bridge, Langdale and an old steam train etcetera.

OVERSEAS TRAVEL
<> It is recommended, but not imperative, that you arrive a day early to be fresh and on time for the trip!
<> Early arrival also enables you to explore the gateway city should you wish.
<> A late flight arrival on day 1 of the trip might entail you having to find your own way to the first hotel, if not close to the airport.
<> Please note that the ending date of the trip is the day of your departure flight. Please arrange your flights accordingly.

Clients from the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australasia should depart their home country a day or two prior to Day 1 for on-time arrival at London's Heathrow airport.

DAY 1  |  To ENGLAND
I’ll meet your early morning flight into Heathrow, and we'll go west on the M4 and then turn south into the 'green and pleasant' English landscape where we can slow down for our first picture opportunities. English villages are notoriously charming and the day's highlight will be Avebury which was built among standing stones. On to our accommodations in Wiltshire for some rest after long flights, with Stonehenge scheduled for sunset on day 1, or a sunrise visit on day 2 depending upon the availability of the permits. You will however photograph among the stones!
AMESBURY, 1 night

DAYS 2, 3 and 4  |  CORNWALL
Quaint villages near Amesbury are on the morning menu, as is the Gothic Salisbury Cathedral. Then off to Cornwall via the cobblestone and thatch of Gold Hill in Shaftsbury . . . an English classic. On to our central Cornwall accommodations for a 3 night stay.
Day 3 will be given to a loop of the Land's End peninsula including Porthleven, St. Michael’s Mount, Mousehole, a coastal tin mine, St. Ives, and more.
Day 4 sees us exploring more picturesque coastal communities including St. Mawes, Portloe, Mevagissey Polperro and spots in-between.
CORNWALL, 3 nights

DAYS 5, 6 and 7  |  The COTSWOLDS
We leave the quaint coastal scenes behind today and head for the county of Somerset. There we'll take in Glastonbury Abbey and Wells Cathedral before continuing north to our new home in Cotswold stone country.
Days 6 and 7 will find us shooting around the pretty Cotswold stone villages of Chipping Campden, Snowshill, the Slaughters etcetera, with thatches and charm abounding.
THE COTSWOLDS, 3 nights

DAYS 8, 9 and 10  |  The YORKSHIRE DALES
Going north today via more Cotswold scenes, we'll take time to compose the classic Warwick Castle shot before heading for Yorkshire. On to our new home in the depths of the Yorkshire Dales . . . a green and gray patchwork of stone barns, drystone walls and rolling hillsides.
Days 9 and 10 will bring a farm visit and Dales vistas smattered with northern English character, sheep and thick Yorkshire accents. This is Herriot the veterinary country, and we'll explore the book and TV scenes of Langthwaite, Askrigg, Aysgarth Falls, the photogenic Waldon Beck and much more.
THE YORKSHIRE DALES, 3 nights

DAYS 11, 12, and 13  |  The LAKE DISTRICT
We'll depart in the morn for Fountains Abbey follwed by more Yorkshire Dale scenes as we make our way to the Lake District in Cumbria. The 'Lakes' are the most naturally photogenic area in England and we'll explore it all from our 3 night base. Loop trips will take us over rugged Hardknott Pass and Wrynose passes; Derwent Water; Ashness Bridge; Langdale; Castlerigg stone circle and Grasmere, where Wordsworth "wandered lonely as a cloud". The "host of golden daffodils" will be gone at this time, but a variety of wildflowers will handsomely take up the slack. Sunrise photography in the Lake District is among the best, and consequently we'll be out early and late in search of the best light.
THE LAKE DISTRICT, 3 nights

DAY 14  |  To LONDON
We'll 'mop-up' in the Lake District this morning, and traverse the motorway system with at least one final detour, usually back into the Cotswolds for new subjects, then onto out hotel.
Near Heathrow, 1 night

DAY 15  |  Flights Home
Unless you're staying on, I'll get you to Heathrow in good time for your morning flight home to the USA.


Trip Leader: John Baker

This itinerary is © John Baker, Travel Images,
and is not to be copied by business entities for their own professional use.


PHOTO TOUR FEES

PRICE: $4,432 per person, double occupancy [land only]

SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $445

SMALL GROUP SUPPLEMENT:
Only applicable to a group of less than 6.
For 5 photo travelers the Small-Group Supplement is $445 per person.
For 4 photo travelers the Small-Group Supplement is $890 per person.

ADMISSIONS: Admission to Stonehenge, Glastonbury Abbey, and Fountains Abbey are included in the trip fees. All other admissions such as St. Michael’s Mount and Warwick Castle are optional and not included. You will of course have free reign to photograph the exterior of locations not included, and if time permits, to enter at your own expense.

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