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Canadian Masonic Tour Group
October 2007 - England
& Scotland
ENGLAND
SCHEDULE - basic itinerary
Day 1 Arrive Scotland into
Glasgow or Edinburgh. Hopefully an early am
landing, meet and greet by mcleanscotland. From the
airport we will depart south for Liverpool (a city
we know plenty about, Paul McLean lived there 20
years and still has some family there). Stopping en
route for courtesy and rest stops. Arrive Liverpool
approx 4pm, check into hotel. Today as with every
day, we will be supplying comprehensive tour notes
on the location you stay and the route.
Day 2 all day in and around Liverpool.
Options here can include; a Beatles coach tour, a
Liverpool city heritage tour, take the famous ferry
across the Mersey! Lots to see and do here.
Day 3 after breakfast we head south to Bath,
some late local sightseeing and check in to Hotel
here.



Day 4 leave Bath around noon
after some free time for Stonehenge. After our
visit here - head to London for overnight.
Day 5 London all day, Lodge meeting and
overnight stay here.
Day 6 leave London north with first stop at
Chatsworth House for a visit. From here to York
where we stay overnight.
Day 7 YORK again overnight, giving you a
free day in the city. Yorvik Viking centre, the
Minster etc etc.
SCOTLAND SCHEDULE

Day 8 leave England for
Scotland after breakfast heading for Melrose, this
is where the heart of King Robert the Bruce is
buried, we make a visit to the Abbey. After this we
take a trip to visit Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh,
full of fantastic sights as we are sure you know!
The remainder of the day will be spent in Edinburgh
itself for free time. Your accommodation tonight
will be in the Edinburgh area.
Day 9 all day free time Edinburgh, will
include a Lodge visit and a city
tour by coach, overnight Edinburgh area.
Day 10 after breakfast we head north to
Inverness. Stopping en route several times for
sightseeing visits and rest stops. Arrive
Strathpeffer early evening.
Day 11 all day touring locally, Culloden
Battlefield, north to Dunrobin Castle and return to
Strathpeffer for overnight. Here we will have a
Saunachie (storyteller ) to entertain you.
Day 12 all day trip to our west coast, as we
traverse Loch Ness, to Loch Duich and visit Eilan
Donan Castle, with views to Skye. Return via a
different route to Strathpeffer for overnight.


Day 13 leave the highlands and
travel south, down the main route again as far as
Pitlochry, where we turn west travelling along Loch
Tay with a stop here. On to Loch Lomond and south
to Glasgow. Overnight in Glasgow
Day 14 Free time all day today after a coach
guided city tour. Overnight Glasgow
Day 15 transfer to airport for flight home.
Please can you also consider if you wish any evening
meals to be included in your tour, we can cost in or
out. We would like to include a include a whisky
distillery tour, a private whisky tasting (either in
a shop or the hotel). Each day in tour notes will
feature options if free time is available
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