36 ~ Sunday, July 1, 1990 - North Shore News TRAVEL Try skippering a boat through English waters CANAL BOATS ALLOW YOU TO SEE COUNTRYSIDE AT AN EASY PACE LONDON — Got your tickets, passport, half the amount of luggage and twice the amount of money? Right, here’s what’s hot in Britain, favorite European destination for Canadian visitors. © Going by boat: See Britain at three m.p.h. at the helm of a self-skippered boat or a fully- catered floating hotel. UK Waterways Holidays has vessels on the River Thames, in Wales and the lowlands of Cam- bridge. Rather than hurtling up the M1 you could be relaxing in the coun- tryside, helping with the locks and swingbridges and getting to know the locals. s8% ope eeenter, cone Se iooe Baus Expect’ to pay about $1,000 among four people for boat rental and fuel. You can cook on board or dine out at pubs and restau- rants along the way. Your travel agent can make fast bookings via UK Waterways’ Vancouver representative. © The Proms: London’s annual . music festival offers 66 concerts from July 20 to Sept. 15. This 96th season of Henry Wood Pro- menade Concerts features 28 or- chestras, 18 choirs and 167 con- ductors and soloists from 20 countries. If you can’t get tickets there’s a free open-air event in Kensington Gardens Aug. 27. This concert will include the Proms’ first steel band appearance, which may or may not be asked to play Land of Hope and Glory. * Battle of Britain: The 50th anniversary is marked by a major exhibition at the Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon (Colindale underground station). Look for Winston Churchill’s “finest hour’ speech, a recreation of the 1940 ops room, and aircraft including Spitfires, Hurricanes, Sunderland flying boat, Messerschmitt 109 and 110, Heinkel 111) and Italian Fiat Falco. Admission is $6.85 adults, $3.40 children. * Going for a walk: The Coun- tryside Holidays Association of- fers theme walks such as Cathe- drals and Old Churches, Yorkshire’s Golden Coast and the Lorna Doone Trail. Walks are graded for toughness, guests stay in country houses and travel talk David Wishart evening entertainments include bridges and dinner dances. Sounds very civilized. Call Simon Brad- ford at 061-225-1000. Anyone for golf: Scotland beckons with the British Open at St. Andcews July 19 to 22, al- though the nearest available rooms will be at Edinburgh. Relax and take the train. There’s a thought — have you bought your Britrail pass yet? You must buy it here, and the savings are huge! © Party time: Glasgow will be a fun piace for the rest of the year as it celebrates as 1990 European City of Culture. There is a wide range of events, but the folk are the biggest attraction. A foreign reporter interviewing people in Sauchiehall Street the other day asked a man if he was “an average Glaswegian.’’ The man replied: ‘‘There’s naebudy here average, pal. But you could call me typical.’’ * Room with a view: Visit. the newly refurbished Caesar’s Tower at Warwick Castle for a rampart walk and wonderful vistas. The castle is open daily ($10 adults, $6.50 children) and special events include a Civil War display Aug. PLEASE HELP US... || \ te provide milk, bread, fruits and vegetables, etc. ...FEED THE HUNGRY IN OUR COMMUNITY ° 320 helps us buy a weekly bag of groceries for one family ® $60 helps sustain a family for one month © $720 assists that same farnily for a year Please help those in need. All donations are tax deductible. we = = GLP AND MAIL WITH YOURGIETIODAY | YES! 1 want to provide food tor the hungry. ! u (1 $20 © $60 (1 $720 (1Other $ ; 19, and performances of Much Ado About Nothing July 6 to 14. ¢Chelters, old chap: There's nothing quite like the Cheltenham Music Festival, this year highlighting Bohemian music, the Georgian State Dance Company and the first performance of a new edition of Mozart’s Requiem. Box office is 0242-523690. e Thomas Hardy: The 150th anniversary of his birth is being marked with rail excursions from London to Dorchester, One-day tours cost $43.50, and two-day outings $170. Contact Wessex Heritage at fax 0300-21042. ® And Agatha Christie: An ex- hibition celebrating the centenary of crime writer Agatha Christie opens July 5 at Torquay, in the South Devon resort where she was born. There will be a season of Christie plays and films, with the best time to go Sept. 8 to 16, when there wil] be a crime writers’ convention, murder weekends at several hotels and the world Ciuedo championships. ® New London attractions in- clude: * Museum of the Moving Im- age, which covers cinema’s earliest experiments to modern animation, from Charlie Chaplin to the operations of a TV studio. l hear this is a good one. It’s at Waterloo on the South Bank. Nearest undergrounds are Waterloo or Embankment. * Lord’s cricket ground can now be toured. See the Ashes and videos of great moments in cricket. Tours every day except Sunday mornings. * The Queen’s House at the National Maritime Museum, new- ly restored to its 17th century glory. * Fusion at the Trocadero, Pic- cadilly, brings together food, fashion and art in a_ retail showcase of British fashion design and contemporary art. . * Ragged School Museum, 46 Copperfield Rd., Bow. For a taste of Dickensian London. For more information call Lon- don Tourist Board 730-3488. Finally, for epic inflight reading, get Charles Palliser’s Quincunx. This novel of early 19th century Britain, a best-seller over there, will enthral whether you’re on a canal boat in Oxford or a deck chair in Brodick. EXPLORING BRI- | TAIN by boat is becoming a popular ms ; U iN travel option. Here, Ew * travellers circum- . enters navigate the ancient Roman city of Chester | if you can afford a vacation in a self-skippered nar- You can afford a rowboat. cruise vacation For more details call 985-7447 (SHIP) 1823 Capilano Rd. SHOP THE FLYERS Inorth'shore | > sunday Shoppers Drug Mart Safeway * SuperValu * Zellers > wednesday * Woolco * Eatons Save-On-Foods * Woodwards > friday Watch for our Real -4 tS Name "I Estate Home Section | =. 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