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June 2021
 
A CITY BREAK WITH
A DIFFERENCE!
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Take a city break with a difference!
 
With summer finally here and many people planning a holiday by the sea or in the countryside, we are seeing some areas getting pretty busy, and good accommodation becoming harder to find.
 
However, there are still some places where rooms are available - so this could be the year to explore some of our wonderful cities that are likely to be uncharacteristically quiet without all their international visitors.
 
Take the chance to enjoy museums and attractions without the crowds, support theatre and heritage sites that have suffered so badly in the last eighteen months, and still get away from it all on your bike!
 
Think a little laterally and make this the year you visit Oxford Castle or Salisbury Cathedral, cycle into the beating heart of London on a traffic free route and take in a show, or ponder the life of  wealthy Romans in Bath.
 
 
 
Happy planning,
 
  OXFORD  
With wonderful museums like the Ashmolean; the Natural History Musuem with its dinosaur footprints and the shrunken heads at the Pitt Rivers, not to mention the castle and a certain university - we think Oxford is the spot! Cycle along the river or canal for peace and wildlife with a Jaunt around Oxford or a Riverside Ride. 

 

  SALISBURY   
With breath-taking views, Britain’s tallest spire and original 1215 Magna Carta, the building of the current Salisbury Cathedral was begun in 1220, although the original building dating back to 1092 was 2 miles away at Old Sarum.   Take in Stonehenge as well on our New Forest and Stonehenge cycle tour or arrive via the Cotswolds and Stonehenge trip and take an extra day.
 

  BATH   
Always elegant and fashionable – from Roman times to the present day, this city of mellow yellow stone and Georgian architecture, has history and culture with a great foodie vibe and is nestled in a beautiful landscape.  Cycle there on a Cotswold Ride to Bath, or walk along The Cotswold Way and take an extra day or two to enjoy.
 
 
  LONDON 
Type ‘the greatest city on earth’ into google and London is number one!  So much to see and do and cycling along the River Thames has got to be the best view.  Immerse yourself in history with Thames Royal Palaces, or a more literary journey as you follow Shakespeare’s Way to Stratford upon Avon, or follow the river on any of our Thames tours.
 
 
 
 
       
 
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The Carter Company, The Red House, Aston Clinton
Buckinghamshire, HP22 5EZ