GILBERT WHITES HOUSE. Wednesday 12th – Thursday 13th March 2025. £170.00pp

Welcome to Gilbert White’s House & Garden and The Oates Collection in Hampshire. Come and enjoy a special day out at this fascinating and most original museum commemorating important individuals in the exploration of the natural world, set in an historic village in beautiful countryside.  View the House and Museum, go for a walk around the delightful gardens and through the Park to see the follies, take tea in the Parlour and shop in the old billiard room. Time and energy permitting, walk up the famous Gilbert White’s Zig Zag path through the hanging beech woods, return and tour the grounds.

Interactive galleries tell the moving story of Antarctic Hero Captain Lawrence Oates, who travelled the epic journey of discovery to the South Pole in 1911-12 with Captain Scott. He is remembered for his tremendous courage when sacrificing his life in the hope of saving his comrades when he walked out into a severe blizzard uttering the famous last words

“I am just going outside and may be some time”.

Leave Faversham at 2.00pm and drive to our overnight stay at The Flying Bull. A village inn in Rake, near Liss, the Flying Bull is a traditional pub and restaurant serving homemade meals for dinner.   Just 6 miles from Gilbert Whites house. all rooms have tea/coffee making facilities and an en suite bathroom feature in each room. Breakfast served in the morning.

The Flying Bull serves classic British dishes and real ales in the restaurant and bar.

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