2024 CALENDER
APRIL 14th -18th COTSWOLDS TO COAST
START NEAR STRATFORD UPON AVON, THROUGH COTSWOLDS TO DORSET AND DEVON COAST, RETURN VIA CHEDDAR GORGE.
4 DAYS 5 NIGHTS. PRICE – £1699 per car
MAY 5TH – 8TH HEART OF ENGLAND
START AT CREWE, THROUGH CHESHIRE TO LUDLOW, WYE VALLEY, FOREST OF DEAN. IRONBRIDGE
3 DAYS – 4 NIGHTS £1599 per car
JUNE 16TH – 19TH PEAKS AND DALES START CHESHIRE, CAT AND FIDDLE, SNAKE PASS, EDALE, SADDLEWORTH, TROUGH OF BOWLAND, BARBONDALE, DENTDALE, RIBBLEHEAD, PENDLE HILL
3 DAYS 4 NIGHTS £1599 per car
SEPTEMBER – 8TH-17TH SCOTLAND 2024
NINE DAYS EAST TO WEST TOUR OF SCOTLAND, STARTING NEAR KENDAL. BORDERS, FORTH BRIDGE, ST ANDREWS, QUEENS VIEW, GLEN COE, 3 NIGHTS ON THE ISLE OF MULL AND POSSIBLY ONE ON ARRAN. FINISH NEAR GRETNA.
9 DAYS TEN NIGHTS £3499 per car
SEPTEMBER 22TH LITTLE DEVILS TOUR IN ASSOCIATION WITH KIRKBY LONSDALE MOTOR CLUB, SPECTACULAR LAKELAND SCENERY AND SOME CLASSIC CROAD RALLY ROUTES IN CUMBRIA.
NO UN–METALLED ROADS.
PRICE £65 per car – Accommodation NOT included.
OCTOBER – 13TH-16TH DALES TO DURHAM
START NEAR KENDAL, THROUGH CUMBRIA TO THE DALES AND INTO BORDERS. 3 NIGHTS HEADLAM HALL
3 DAYS 4 NIGHTS £1499 per car
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The Phantom Castle – it was there, just hidden in the fog!
Scotland Tour September 8th – 17th
PROVISIONAL ITINERARY – Subject to availability of hotels, To be confirmed before Christmas.
SUNDAY 8TH Start at the VILLA, Kendal.
DAY ONE
Kendal – Lythe Valley, Kirkstone Pass, Caldbeck, Solway Firth, Gretna, Kielder Forest, O/N near Kelso.
DAY TWO
Scott’s View, Lauder, Lamermuir Hills, Edinburgh Ring Road, Forth Bridge, O/N Shores of Firth of Forth.
DAY THREE
St Andrews, Tay Bridge, The bits we couldn’t see in ’23 Glen Clova, Blairgowrie, O/N near Perth.
DAY FOUR
Glen Almond Pitlochry, Queens View, Loch Tay Glen Lyon, Rannoch Moor O/N Glen Coe.
DAY FIVE
Ballachulish, Lochinver, Ferry to Tobermory. O/N Isle of Mull.
DAY SIX
Free day, possibly boat trip to Staffa/Iona or Wildlife Tour.
DAY SEVEN
Tour of Mull – drive right round the island.
DAY EIGHT
Ferry from to Oban and Mull of Kintyre. Ferry to Arran. Overnight Arran.
DAY NINE
Drive round Arran to ferry to Ardrosan, Ayr, Carsphairn Forest, Dumfries, O/N Powfoot. FINISH
9 DAYS TEN NIGHTS £3499 per car
2023 CALENDAR
The calendar is now set firm as below (except for any un-expected circumstances). Despite all the gloom and doom about recession etc. I have managed to keep prices similar to last year. However I would appreciate it if you plan to do any tours to let me know as soon as possible (not necessarily with deposits), but some hotels will be asking for deposits from me before long, so I need a pretty good idea of numbers. There has been an encouraging amount of interest in Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Scotland in particular is potentially into double figures already.
APRIL 2nd -6th SOUTH WALES AND SHROPSHIRE
3 nights in Ludlow with daily routes to; the Elan Valley, Eppynt Ranges, Brecon Beacons , Devils Staircase, Hellfire Pass, Port Meirion. Return run to Conwy and a day in Snowdonia
5 nights. £1,899 per car
MAY 4nd-13th SCOTLAND E-W 500
As planned for 2022. Borders, Forth Bridge, Grampians, 3 nights near Inverness.
See current website itinerary for more details. Maybe an extra night to break journey home.
10 nights £3,250 per car
JULY 2-6th WESTMORLAND TO WOLDS
Some of this years Wolds to Windermere reversed, but some different routes in the Dales and Moors. Buttertubs, Masham, Sutton Bank, Rosedale Chimney, Blakey Ridge, Robin Hoods Bay. Start Cumbria, 2 nights on North Yorks Moors, 2 nights near Hull.
5 nights £1,599 per car
SEPTEMBER 3-7th ISLE OF MAN
Ferry from Heysham. Possibly overnight stay before sailing and short morning route to Heysham. One day touring island, one driving TT Course and take train up Snaefell. Free day to take steam train to south of island. Visit Jurby motor museum.
4 nights. AND ferries. = £1,899 per car
The Little Devils Tour in association with Kirkby Lonsdale Motor Club
September Saturday 16th
A tour of some of the classic rally roads used on Devils Own rallies of the past including spectacular Dales scenery such as; Barbondale, The Coal Road (Dent Station), Semer Water, Oxnop Scar, ‘The Tommy Road’ Sunbiggin Tarn, The Fairmile and Fox’s Pulpit.
Coffee at the start, mid-way lunch and tea at the finish. Based at the Crooklands Hotel, near Junction 36 of the M6 where accommodation can be arranged.
Entry fee £60 per car – Accomodation not included
OCTOBER 1-5th DALES AND BORDERS/NORTHUMBERLAND
Start in Durham. Northern Pennines, Langley Castle, Derwent Reservoir, Carter Bar, then another new hotel in the Borders. Scot’s View, Jim Clark museum. Floors Castle, Kielder Water and Forest
5 nights. £1,949 per car