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TRAVEL CLUB MEMBERS

Sheila Newman - 07801 550414 or 01234 358180 - Email: Sheila Newman

Teresa Hills - Email: Teresa Hills

Janet King - 01234 313946 or 07733172436 - Email: Janet King

Marjorie Gardner - 07485095307 - Email: Marjorie Gardner

Linda Holder - 07848 484627 or 01234 870867 - Email:

Important Notice
Tesco Riverfield Drive have introduced an online parking system with immediate effect. It will cost you £2 if paid in advance or £4 if paid on the day to park at Tesco Riverfield Drive.  There is a 49p service charge at checkout. The website address is:www.yourparkingspace.co.uk/or you can download the app. We would suggest that you go online and pay in advance booking the time slot as 6am to 10pm.

Tesco Car Parking details

Departure points for all trips are: Tesco Riverfield Drive, Bedford (lay-by between side of Store and the Petrol station) and Sainsburys Kempston (Bus stop/Shelter in Bedford Rd, outside Store) If you park at Tescos please see the important parking information above


Thursday 4 June 2026 - ‘Kinky Boots’ at The London Coliseum starring Johannes Radebe (Strictly Come Dancing)

FULL

Dress circle seats rows D, E and F. Lift available.

Cost: £43.25

Coach cost: TBC

Organiser: Teresa

Departure times: Tesco Riverfield Drive, Bedford (lay-by between side of Store and the Petrol station ) at 9am, and Sainsburys Kempston (Bus stop/Shelter in Bedford Rd, outside Store) at approx 9.20am. If you park at Tescos please see their above parking policy.

Friday 19 June 2026 - Day Trip to Brighton

4 seats available

Cost: £25.00

Organiser: Sheila

Departure times: Tesco Riverfield Drive, Bedford (lay-by between side of Store and the Petrol station ) at 8.15am, and Sainsburys Kempston (Bus stop/Shelter in Bedford Rd, outside Store) at approx 8.30am. If you park at Tescos please see their above parking policy.

Thursday 2 July 2026 - High Society. Barbican Theatre, London. Matinee performance at 14.30

FULL

Starring Helen George and Felicity Kendal. Seats are in the Circle rows DD, EE, FF, GG and HH There are lifts to all floors

Cost: Theatre tickets £59.50

Cost: Coach TBC

Organiser: Teresa

Saturday 11 July 2026 - ‘Anything Goes’ at Kilworth House Theatre

FULL

Matinee Performance

Cost: £59.00

A 2 course meal below is arranged at Kilworth Golf Club

Menu

Main Course

Fish, Chips & Mushy Peas or Steak & Mushroom Pie, Chips & Peas or Traditional Ploughmans Lunch or Vegetable Lasagne, Chips & Salad

Desserts

Sticky Toffee Pudding & Vanilla Custard or Fruit Crumble & Vanilla Custard or Chocolate Brownie & Ice Cream or Fresh Fruit Salad & Freshly Whipped Cream

Tea and/or Coffee

Coach cost and cost of meal: £32.00 now payable.

Please contact Marjorie Gardner with your menu choices as soon as possible

Organiser: Sheila

Wednesday 22 July 2026 - Woodbridge, Suffolk or Sutton Hoo as an alternative

FULL

Visit the attractive Suffolk Market Town of Woodbridge with its independent shops and restaurants (or you can visit Sutton Hoo as an alternative). After lunch we will take the short coach trip to Waldringfield where we will board a boat at 2pm for a two hour cruise, with tea and scone, on the River Deben.

Cost: £41.00

Organiser: Teresa

Thursday 13 August 2026 - Jesus Christ Superstar at The London Palladium - Matinee Performance

Starring Sam Ryder

FULL

Stall seats

Cost: £67.50

Coach cost: TBC

Organiser: Teresa

Friday 28 August 2026 - Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire

View the Palace and its Gardens. There is a very nice Restaurant on site or if it’s a nice day, take a picnic with you.

Cost: £44.00

Organiser: Linda

Thursday 3 September 2026 - Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang. The Watermill Theatre, Newbury - Matinee performance

Lunch has been arranged at the Theatre

Cost: Theatre ticket £53.77

Cost: Lunch £25.20

Cost: Coach TBC

The Theatre is in a lovely setting surrounded by a babbling brook with Willow trees, ducks and of course the working watermill wheel.

Organiser: Teresa

Wednesday 30 September 2026 - Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style: The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace (entrance 12 noon)

FULL

Discover the remarkable style of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch through clothing worn in all ten decades of her life - from birth to adulthood, from Princess to Queen, and from off-duty style to dressing for the global stage for momentous occasions in Britain’s history. Featuring approximately 200 items.

Cost: £39.00 inclusive of coach fare

Organiser: Teresa

Wednesday 11 November 2026 - Christmas Show at Thursford

FULL

See Thursford website here for more information

Cost £54.50

Coach Cost: TBC

Booking now open

Organiser: Sheila

Thursday 28 January 2027 - Matthew Bourne's Cinderella at Milton Keynes Theatre

This performance blends classical ballet techniques with contemporary dance and is a thrilling and evocative love story set in London during the Second World War. Matthew Bourne’s epic reinterpretation of the classic fairytale places a true wartime romance at its heart. A chance meeting leads to a magical night for Cinderella and her dashing young RAF pilot, together just long enough to fall in love before being torn apart by the horrors of the Blitz.

Dress circle seats in rows, F,G and H.

A coach will be organised.

Further details will be given nearer the time

Cost: £50.69 for the theatre ticket

Cost of coach: TBC

Organiser: Teresa


Should you have any ideas for future day trips please let the travel team know.

If you wish to be put on Teresa Hills' list for details of upcoming theatre trips please email: Teresa Hills

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