06/06/2024
TRAVEL TO ENGLAND WITH TRIBE OF DAN TOURS
After our scheduled trips to Switzerland, Greece, and Turkey this fall, we are thinking of offering a tour in England, IF a minimum of 10 people sign on (there are a handful already interested). The tour will focus on the places significant to the life of John Wesley, George Mueller, C.S. Lewis, and Evan Roberts & the Welsh Revival.
This means we will travel to London, Epworth, Oxford, the Cotswolds, Bath, Bristol, and Wales.
Proposed Date: October 7-17
Group Size: 10-14 (not including Martha and Dan Glick)
Cost: $2450 (double occupancy) + meals after breakfast and airfare
Flights from Chicago are in the $600-$800 range for this time of the year.
It is possible to stay over another day or two to visit more places in London.
If you have questions or interest in this trip, contact me in one of the following four ways. Call or text to 513-328-8852, email me at [email protected], or private message me on FB. Do not respond publicly to this post.
The Proposed Itinerary
Day 1, Monday, 10/7
Depart on an evening flight from the USA.
Day 2, Tuesday, 10/8
Arrive in London and settle into our hotel, visit, and rest.
Day 3, Wednesday, 10/9
London: Visit the Museum of Methodism, the Wesley Chapel, the John Wesley’s House, and the grave of John Wesley. Adam Clarke is also buried here. And John Bunyan is buried across the road.
Other places in London as time permits.
Day 4, Thursday, 10/10
In the morning, we will drive from London to Epworth, where Samuel and Susannah Wesley pastored and raised their children.
In the afternoon, we will tour the house and grounds of the Wesley home. This is the house where John (at the age of 5) was saved as a “brand plucked from the burning” when the house caught fire.
In the evening, we will lodge at the quaint Red Lion Inn in Epworth, where John Wesley stayed on occasion.
Day 5, Friday, 10/11
On this day, we will drive to Oxford, the home of the world-famous Oxford University, where John and Charles Wesley were students. After getting settled in our hotel, we will begin our tour of Oxford.
Day 6, Saturday, 10/12
Today our tour of Oxford will include visiting Christ Church at Oxford, where Wesley was a student. Oxford is where Wesley was ordained deacon in Christ Church Cathedral.
We will visit Magdalen College (part of Oxford University), where C.S. Lewis was a professor, and we will walk Addison’s Walk, a picturesque footpath around a small island in the River Cherwell in the grounds of Magdalen College. It was a favorite walk of C.S. Lewis.
We will also visit the Kilns, the house of C.S. Lewis. The Kilns is where the author, C. S. Lewis, wrote all of his Narnia books and other classics.
We will visit other places as time permits.
Day 7, Sunday, 10/13
After leaving Oxford, we will drive to Bath but make a stop in the beautiful Cotswolds, where we will have a picnic. In the evening, we will stroll around downtown Bath.
Day 8, Monday, 10/14
We will go to nearby Bristol and discover the world’s oldest Methodist building in the centre of Bristol, John Wesley’s New Room– the Room that changed the world. Three hundred years ago, John Wesley started a mission here that sparked a worldwide movement. We will visit his 18th century chapel and his room where he lived while in Bristol.
After this we will drive across town to the George Mueller Estate where you can sit at the very desk where George Mueller studied his Bible and prayed with thousands of orphans.
In the late afternoon, we will drive to Wales and stay the night.
Day 9, Tuesday, 10/15
Our travels in Wales will take us to Moriah Chapel, where the great Welsh revival of 1904-1905 broke out under the leadership of the young Evan Roberts. In this revival, 100,000 people were converted in just one year. We will visit the grave of Evan Roberts on the church grounds and take a guided tour of the church with an explanation of the revival.
Day 10, Wednesday, 10/16
Drive back to London/airport hotel with a stop or two as time permits. These stops may include Stonehenge and the White Cliffs of Beachy Head (similar to the White Cliffs of Dover).
Day 11, Thursday, 10/17
Take a morning flight home to the USA.
+++As usual for Tribe of Dan Tours, there will be interesting documentaries to watch and recommended books to read in preparation for the tour.
