We leave Belfast early and travel south to catch the mid-morning HSS from Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead. Our journey then takes us through North Wales to Cheshire and on by motorway to our hotel, to the south of Birmingham, on the edge of the Cotswolds.

We spend the week-end exploring the Cotswolds with a local guide, stopping more often in small towns and villages that other tours pass by. The hotel’s fine restaurant and excellent leisure facilities help make this a memorable long week-end.

We retrace our outward journey back to Holyhead and take the Stena Superferry to Dublin Port. We use the new tunnel to escape the worst of Dublin’s traffic and arrive back in Belfast around 7.30pm.