THORNLEIGH HOTEL
& CONFERENCE CENTRE

March 2014

3rd - 7th March

Starting Computers£308.00

with Jenny Martin and Tom and Rosemary Aspinall-Tyrer

If you need help bonding with your computer then come and let Jenny help you. Arrive prepared with a list of computer related issues and over three ‘one to one’ sessions Jenny will teach you how to solve them! All at your own pace.

10th - 17th (Mon to Mon)

Time of Fellowship£435.00

with Jean Long

A series of themed Bible Sessions, two full- day coach outings with freshly made packed lunches. and a full programme of events including music and verse and social evenings. Morning and evening devotions and a Communion service. Sunday Service at Cartmel Methodist Chapel. Guest Speaker: Revd David King.

17th - 21st

Music Miscellany£280.00

with Bill and Irene Armstrong, Guest Singer and Guitar/Ukulele player George Griffiths.

Mixing the Gospel with popular music.

24th - 28th

Land, Sea and Spirit of Furness Peninsula.£291.00

with Alan and Margo Skillicorn

Visit this fascinating corner of South Cumbria and learn about the relationship between the riches of the land, the potential from the sea and the spirituality of its people. Includes two full day excursions with freshly made packed lunches.

Also

"Simply Thornleigh"£248.00

Enjoy the warmth of a Thornleigh welcome, with delicious home-cooked food, wholesome fellowship, award winning garden and comfortable accommodation.

Door to Door from £60

Blackpool and Fylde Coast and towns north on M6.

31st - 4th April

We’re Havin’ a Laugh….£299.00

with Sus and Bebs Chowdhury

The North West has been, (and still is), home to many famous comedy entertainers. Come with us and visit the Comedy Carpet on Blackpool promenade and the bronze commemorative statues of Charlie Caroli, Les Dawson, Eric Morecambe and Laurel and Hardy on two full day coach excursions. An evening programme will continue the laughter.

Also

"Simply Thornleigh"£248.00

April 2014

EASTER AT THORNLEIGH

Come and visit Thornleigh Hotel during this special time in the Christian Calendar. With a full programme of events, extra-special meals, Fellowship and Social evenings, excursions and a visit from the Easter Bunny! Bring your Easter Bonnet ready for the parade...

25th March - 5th April - 11 nights

The Complete Thornleigh Easter Package£725.00

YOU put the pounds on, enjoying the scrumptious meals, and WE will take the pounds off!!! Stay the Full Easter Break – all 11 nights, Monday 14th – Friday 25th April and save One Hundred and forty pounds!!! That’s a ten stone saving!

14th - 17th Monday - Thursday

Pre Easter Package£235.00

with Bill and Irene Armstrong

Three nights of relaxation before Easter including a full-day coach excursion.

Link this with the Easter House party and save £70.

17th - 22nd

Easter House Party Package£420.00

with Alan and Margo Skillicorn

The package includes a delightful programme of fun and fellowship. With social evenings, games, quizzes, singing and a huge jigsaw to complete. Also included is a full-day Coach Excursion with a freshly made packed lunch, Good Friday Lunch, High Tea on Easter Sunday and an Easter Banquet for Easter Monday. Bring your Easter Bonnets for the annual parade!

April 28th – 30th (Monday – Wednesday) OR April 30th – May 2nd (Wednesday - Friday)

Free Holiday for Active Ministers

with Tom and Rosemary Aspinall-Tyrer

An opportunity to spend a few peaceful days relaxing at Thornleigh

(Partners welcome and charged at daily tariff.)

May 2014

5th - 9th

Walking for Pleasure£325.00

with David Lamb

Leisurely walks in beautiful scenery, designed with ease and pleasure in mind. Transport and Packed Lunches included.

Also

Springtime in Cumbria£330.00

with Thelma Lamb

The Spring has sprung, the grass is riz, let’s go find where the flowers is!
Two full-day excursions into the beautiful Lakeland at this lovely time of the year.

Door to Door from £60

Southport, Wigan, Chorley, Leyland and Preston.

12th - 16th

Naturewatch at Thornleigh£333.00

with Lise and Helena Elliott

Think Countryfile meets Springwatch with our very own Michaela Strachan and Chris Packham! With early morning dawn chorus meetings and dusk adventures. Two full day outings with packed lunches. Bring stout shoes and come prepared for Lakeland weather.

Also

"Simply Thornleigh"£280.00

Enjoy the warmth of a Thornleigh welcome, with delicious home-cooked food, wholesome fellowship, award winning garden and comfortable accommodation.

19th - 23rd

Fish, Ships and Quays£333.00

with Alan and Margo Skillicorn

Two full day excursions visiting the Aquarium at Lakeside and the Dock Museum in Barrow and on the next excursion The Beacon in Whitehaven and the town of Maryport. Admission not included.

Also

"Simply Thornleigh"£280.00

Door to Door from £60

North Wales, Chester, Warrington.

26th - 30th

Poets and Painters£333.00

with Nico and Antoinette Saaman

With two coach excursions, the first visiting Grasmere, home to the Heaton Cooper Studios and the second visiting the Brantwood home of John Ruskin.

Also

"Simply Thornleigh"£280.00

Door to Door from £60

Blackpool and Fylde Coast and towns north on M6.

June 2014

2nd - 6th

High Mountain Passes£330.00

with Jim Atkinson

Limited space available on these outings.
Enjoy two full-day outings driving over and through some of the Lakeland Passes. With hairpin bends and narrow roads, this is not for the faint-hearted!

Also

"Simply Thornleigh"£280.00

6th - 13th (Fri - Fri)

Alan and Margo and friends. Group Booking from Warwick

There may be rooms available, Please contact us on 015395 32733

16th - 21st (Mon - Sat)

Early Summer Bargain£365.00

with Arthur and June Meggers

To Market, to market to buy a penny bun... Home again, home again, market is done.
Two full day-coach excursions with visits to the best Market towns including Ulverston, Keswick and Milnthorpe.

21st - 28th

Summer Fun and Fellowship£430.00

with Sus and Bebs Chowdhury

30th - 5th July(Mon - Sat)

Group Booking: Elim Church, Kingstanding

July 2014

5th - 12th

Summer Fun and Fellowship£430.00

with Alan and Margo Skillicorn

12th - 19th

Summer Fun and Fellowship£430.00

with Bill and Irene Armstrong

We all look out for the weather on St Swithunʼs Day. If it rains on the 15th July, the saying goes, it will “remain for forty days”. If, therefore, it does rain on the 15th, each guest will receive a voucher for £35 towards a newly-booked autumn break at Thornleigh (subject to availability!)

Door to Door from £60

Leeds, Halifax, Sowerby Bridge, Skipton and along A65.

19th - 26th

Painting for Pleasure£462.00

with Ruth Calcott and Anita Charlesworth

This holiday, for watercolour painters, provides instruction and advice for beginners, but is also suitable for those that are more proficient at painting. Shared transport arrangements to carefully planned locations around the Lake District. Freshly-made packed lunches provided Monday – Friday. Suitable footwear and clothing will be required to cope with the Lakeland weather. Further instructions are sent to you nearer the time.

Also

Enjoying Music£442.00

with Andrew Lane

A relaxing week listening to music of various styles to suit the discerning ear. Morning coffee breaks included Monday to Friday.

26th - 2nd August

Summer Fun and Fellowship£430.00

with Philip and Gill Gascoigne

August 2014

2nd - 9th

Summer Fun and Fellowship£430.00

with Stuart and Judith Furnival

9th - 16th

Summer Fun and Fellowship£430.00

with Friends of Thornleigh

16th - 23rd

Onward Christian Soldiers£447.00

Major Carol Lockhart and Captain Penny Sullivan

and Bill and Irene Armstrong

Come and share a great holiday with Salvationists, and anyone else committed to William Booth’s principle of “Heart to God and Hand to Man”. With a full programme of activities including timbrel classes, fun and games and a charity auction. Two full-day coach excursions into the Lake District included.
Link the Onward Christian Soldiers Holiday with the Late Summer Fun and Fellowship and save 50% on your second week. Prices from £662 for a two weeks holiday.

23rd - 30th

Late Summer Fun and Fellowship£430.00

with Rob and Marion Watts

September 2014

1st - 5th

Walking for Pleasure£330.00

with Stuart and Pat Braddock

A series of leisurely walks in beautiful scenery designed with ease and pleasure in mind. Packed Lunches and transport included to walking locations.

Also

Captivating Cumberland£330.00

with Bill and Irene Armstrong

Enjoy two full-day outings visiting the prettiest of the ‘lakes’ in Cumbria.

Also

"Simply Thornleigh"£280.00

Enjoy the warmth of a Thornleigh welcome, with delicious home-cooked food, wholesome fellowship, award winning garden and comfortable accommodation.

8th - 12th

Highest, Longest, Deepest in Lakeland£330.00

with Ruth Calcott

Enjoy two full-day outings visiting Seathwiate – the wettest. Wastwater – the deepest (and most dramatic) and Alston the highest market town. And Windermere the longest lake in the Lake District.

Also

"Simply Thornleigh"£280.00

15th - 19th

Promenade the Promenades on the North West Coast Line£330.00

with Alan and Margo Skillicorn

Come and enjoy the benefits of fresh air and a stroll to stretch your legs. Enjoy the contrast between Blackpool and Barrow and Cleveleys and Morecambe. Includes morning coffee at the Midland Hotel in Morecambe.

Also

"Simply Thornleigh"£280.00

Door to Door from £60

Leeds, Bradford, Keighley, Ilkley, Silsden and Skipton along A65.

22nd - 26th

Red Rose, White Rose£330.00

with Trevor and Marilyn Warmington

Enjoy two full-day outings with packed lunches visiting the Trough of Bowland and Garstang, the best of Lancashire on one day. The Yorkshire Dales and Kirkby Lonsdale on another.

Also

Simply Thornleigh£276.00

Door to Door from £60

Blackpool and Fylde Coast and towns north on M6.

29th - 3rd October

Railways and Religion in Western Dales£330.00

with Trevor and Jenny Haigh

Follow a trail of small, simple and serene chapels, churches and meeting houses in the Western Dales whose existence is linked to the history of the railways. Train tickets or admission fees are not included.

Also

Simply Thornleigh£280.00

October 2014

6th - 10th

Eastern Lakeland£330.00

with Sus and Bebs Chowdhury

Two coach excursions taking you to visit the Eden Valley and all its treasures.

Also

Simply Thornleigh£280.00

Door to Door from £60

Greater Manchester M60 and towns north on the M61 and M6.

13th - 17th

Colours of Autumn 1£330.00

with Howard and Judith Robinson

Two lovely coach excursions into the Lake District, to view the onset of Autumn and to see the countryside changing colour.

Door to Door from £60

Southport, Wigan, Chorley, Leyland and Preston.

21st - 25th

Colours of Autumn 2£330.00

with Jim Atkinson

The popularity of this holiday requires us to offer it twice – please see above for details.

Also

Simply Thornleigh£280.00

Door to Door from £60

The Wirral and Liverpool and towns coming north.

27th - 31st

The Stewardship of God’s Earth£285.00

with Revd Dr W R (Bill) Davies and Bryan and Maggie Bucknell

(Ex President of the Methodist Conference and Former Principal of Cliff College)

A series of thought provoking studies.

November 2014

3rd - 7th

Simply Thornleigh£248.00

with The Gardeners!

10th - 14th

Late Bargain Break£254.00

with David and Thelma Lamb

What a way to end our holiday season – ward off those winter blues a little longer! Enjoy the warmth of a Thornleigh welcome, with good food, great fellowship and comfortable accommodation. A full-day excursion and packed lunch included.

17th - 21st

Creative Writing£248.00

with Gillian Henn

Writing and creating short stories in the comfort of Thornleigh.

Also

"Simply Thornleigh"£186.00

Enjoy the warmth of a Thornleigh welcome, with delicious home-cooked food, wholesome fellowship, award winning garden and comfortable accommodation.

December 2014

22nd - 29th

CHRISTMAS HOUSE PARTY£631.00

with Stuart and Judith Furnival

The Festive Season is a wonderful time to be at Thornleigh. Our programme is very attractive with social evenings, fellowship times, coach excursions, carol singing, fun and games. The food is particularly exceptional over the Festive Season, with carefully planned menus each day. It is fullboard and of course lots of special treats along the way. The Hotel is well known in the community for the festive decorations and has won awards!
Bookings commence on 2nd January 2014.

29th December – 3rd January 2015

NEW YEAR HOUSE PARTY£484.00

with Bill and Irene Armstrong

A full programme, with Celebrations to bring in the New Year. With Special Celebration meals, scrumptious treats and a full-day excursion into the Lake District. One of the highlights of the holiday is the Ceilidh on New Year’s Eve with fun, games, concert items and a time of devotion before serving, at Midnight traditional tatties and neeps with a glass of fizz.
As with Christmas, bookings commence on 2nd January 2013.