Quaker Journey:
Exploring the Roots of Quakerism in England’s Lake District
General Itinerary, www.cfsnc.org/QuakerJourney
Friday, July 20~ Saturday, July 21
· Travel from the United States to Manchester, England
· Overnight at Clayton’s Hotel (formerly, Bewley’s) or other lodging, Manchester, England
Sunday, July 22
· Bus from Manchester Airport/Bewley’s Hotel to Glenthorne, www.glenthorne.org
· Tea and orientation to Glenthorne and our week together
· Open afternoon for rest/local exploration/activities
Monday, July 23; Tuesday, July 24; Thursday, July 26; Friday, July 27
· Welcome and introductory talk by our British Quaker guide, Roy Stephenson
· Brigflatts Meeting House, www.brigflatts.org
· Colthouse Meeting House, www.visitcumbria.com/amb/colthouse-quaker-meeting-house
· Fox’s Pulpit/Firbank Fell, www.brigflatts.org/firbankfell.html
· Hawkshead Village, www.hawkshead-village.co.uk
· Lancaster Castle/Prison, www.lancastercastle.com
· Pendle Hill, www.visitlancashire.com/explore/pendle-hill
· Preston Patrick Meeting House, www.kendal-and-sedbergh-quakers.org.uk/page16.html
· Quaker Tapestry Exhibit, Kendal, www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk
· Sawley Meeting House, http://sawley.pendlehillquakers.org.uk
· Settle Meeting House, www.settlequakers.org.uk
· St. Andrew’s Church, Sedbergh, www.sedbergh.org.uk/churches/anglican
· Swarthmore Hall, www.swarthmoorhall.co.uk
· Meeting for Worship and final thoughts
Wednesday, July 25; Saturday, July 28
Open days for rest/local exploration/activities using local transport or on foot. Possibilities include: writer William Wordsworth’s Dovecote Cottage, Allan Bank, or Rydal Mount homes, the Wordsworth Museum, and his grave at St. Oswald’s Church; Sarah Nelson’s Grasmere Gingerbread Shop; Beatrix Potter’s house; the Heaton Cooper Studio (an art gallery and shop); the garden of local storyteller Taffy Thomas; the ruins of the Roman fort Galava; a hike up Helm Crag; a cruise on Windermere Lake; the Blackwell Arts and Crafts House; a visit to Morecambe Bay with a guide; a walk to Easedale Tarn; biking around the countryside; local bus service northward to the town of Keswick (home of the Cumberland Pencil Museum) and the Derwentwater lake; Mosedale Meetinghouse and Coffee Shop; the Castlerigg stone circle; and more!
Sunday, July 29
· Bus from Glenthorne to Manchester Airport/Oxenholme Station
· Travel to the United States
The Quaker Journey is an offering of
Extended Learning at Carolina Friends School
—providing enrichment opportunities for students, adults, and families.