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British Tunnel Tour, October 5,6,7, & 8 - 2008 MSU’s “Berries and Cherries in British tunnels” tour You don’t have to grow berries or cherries to join this tour, anybody interested in tunnels is welcome, but bring work shoes as we’ll be in tunnels most of the time. We’ll visit a medieval castle but other than that, it’s all tunnels! The British are way ahead of us when it comes to tunneled production so why not learn from the best? See for yourself how tunneled production can improve your bottom line. Registration deadline - Aug 22. Price - $799 single occupancy, $699 double To register – call MSU at 517-355-5191 x 1386 Itinerary -Growers travel to Heathrow Airport on your own. Recommend departing US Friday night Oct 3 Saturday - arrive Heathrow - leave luggage at designated airport hotel - visit London on your own (one hour by train) --- OR --- - depart US early AM Saturday - arrive Heathrow late Saturday - check into airport hotel Sunday - breakfast provided - tour departs airport hotel 8 AM - visit Warwick Castle (lunch on your own) - Haygrove welcome reception at Ledbury Rugby Club - to hotel - dinner on your own Monday - breakfast provided - tour Haygrove farms all day - lunch provided - dinner provided by Haygrove - back to same hotel Tuesday -breakfast provided - visit Haygrove’s farm at the Welsh border AM and other farms PM - lunch provided - back to same hotel - dinner on your own Wednesday - breakfast provided - visit other farms and Reading University’s poly trials - lunch provided - tour ends at same airport hotel - dinner on your own Thursday - breakfast provided - fly home --- OR --- - tour England on your own Price includes 5 room nights 5 breakfasts 3 lunches 1 dinner 4 days coach transportation entry to Warwick Castle What you'll see - Haygrove Farms (300 acres of tunnels) – raspberries, strawberries and cherries, the latest developments in tunnels and spectral filter poly, tunnel construction and management demos, the Haygrove factory, berry packing line, strawberry harvesting rigs, etc. We'll visit several other farms using tunnels, Reading University’s poly trials and Warwick Castle. Graham Moore, Haygrove’s head grower, will accompany the tour. Lodging -Hotels in city centers are the small "black and whites", with about 6 guest rooms, so we will stay at a mid-level hotel on the outskirts of the city. Dinner - The coach will transport the group to the city center, for dinner on their own. There are plenty of interesting dining options - fish 'n chips, British pubs, Indian, Chinese, etc. The coach will make return trips to the hotel at two different times and should anybody miss both, they can get a cab back to the hotel. Tour size - 70 persons max (2 coaches). |
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