Basic HTML Version
5
The Kettle
is our free monthly online magazine. Each issue contains
a
“guided tour on paper”
together with ideas for your group to do on
their own or with us. It is our golden opportunity once a month to delve
into particular itineraries in more detail and to flag up forthcoming
events, exhibitions and ideas so that as you plan for your group you
will know what’s coming up in six or twelve months time.
We appreciate that as people who volunteer to do things you are by
nature busy people so we are working hard to make our short magazine
interesting and useful enough to be worth making a cup of tea for!
Indeed it is called
The Kettle
because you can read it cover to cover in
the time it takes to make and drink a cup of tea.
The Kettle
is only available to read on a computer screen (or to print
out at home). This brochure contains a one-off printed edition of
The Kettle
so that you know what to expect if you subscribe for a free
monthly online copy. It’s simple to open and read on even the most
basic of computers and for anyone daunted by this there is a cut out and
keep step by step guide for even the most faint-hearted silver surfer!
If you haven’t got a computer or email we can send it free to a family
or group member on your behalf and they can print it out for you.
We do not pass your details on to anyone else. You can read back issues
on our website at anytime without having to subscribe.
The Kettle
To receive our free monthly
online magazine call us on
0845 812 5000 or sign up at
The Kettle
page on our website.
info@cityandvillagetours.com
HOWMUCH WALKING IS THERE?
We now welcome many groups with younger retirees in their
50s but groups that first came with two decades ago are still
booking with us today and they haven’t gotten any younger!
So it’s increasingly important to give you the clearest idea
possible of how much walking is involved with each trip.
There’s no such thing as a day out with no walking at all.
We have measured pretty much every step you’ll take
including getting on and off the coach to go into pubs for
coffee and lunch as well as any walking that forms part of
the guided tour and visits. Please remember that you don’t
do all the walking in one go, it is spread throughout the day
with opportunities to sit down wherever possible. If there is a
walking tour it is always taken at a relaxing pace and we will
generally do the bulk of any walking in the morning when the
legs are fresh and then balance the day with a coach tour or
cruise in the afternoon.
To help visualize the distances we are
using the Olympic running track. One
complete circuit is 400 metres (nigh on
400 yards). So the track symbol with three
inside means thrice around the track or 1200 metres.
You might have some folk who choose to walk more during a
day, at lunchtime for example, but the most you’d have to walk
as a minimum on the day is 1200 metres. This isn’t all that far
when you think about it as just popping to the corner shop for
a paper might score a one on our walking chart!
Four times round the track is 1600 metres/yards or
approximately one mile and some trips rate a five or even a six
because they are designed to be walking tours spending much
of the day off the coach but remember the walking isn’t done
all in one go, it is spread out through the day and there are
always opportunities to sit down or rest.
The Forgotten Essex Explorer rates a 5 on our walking scale
which means the equivalent of five times around the track. But
don’t be put off by the higher rating - the bulk of this is the flat
10 minute walk to the chapel on the headland. Just what the
doctor ordered for light exercise.
If you have folk with profound walking difficulties we’d
always recommend bringing a wheelchair in the back of the
coach. An individual who can get on and off a standard coach
with help can tackle any of our itineraries using a wheelchair
and they can take part in a group day out in comfort.
Always tell us if you are bringing a wheelchair user so that we
can make any notifications that are necessary.