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Tunnel Tour
MSU’s
“Berries and Cherries in British Tunnels”
Tour
October 5, 6,
7, & 8 - 2008
You don’t have to grow berries or cherries to
join this tour, anybody interested in tunnels is welcome, but bring work shoes
as we’ll be in tunnels most of the time. We’ll visit a medieval castle but other
than that, it’s all tunnels!
The British are way ahead of us when it comes to tunneled production so why not
learn from the best? See for yourself how tunneled production can improve your
bottom line.
Faculty Coordinators
Dr. Eric Hanson
Phone: 517/355-5191, ext 1386
Email: hansone@msu.edu
Dr. Greg
Lang
Phone: 517/355-5191, ext 1388
Email: langg@msu.edu
Registration deadline -
Aug 22 (We
encourage you to register and make your travel reservations early).
Price -
$799 single occupancy
$699 double occupancy
To register – Download the
registration form on the left and return with your payment. Contact
one of the faculty coordinators with any questions.
Itinerary
Travel
to Heathrow Airport on your own. Recommend departing US Friday night Oct
3 because of jet lag.
Saturday -
arrive Heathrow
- leave luggage at designated airport hotel
- visit London on your own (one hour by train)
--- OR ---
- depart US early AM Saturday
- arrive Heathrow late Saturday
- check into airport hotel
Sunday - breakfast provided
- tour departs airport hotel 8 AM
- visit Warwick Castle (lunch not provided)
- welcome reception/refreshments late afternoon at Ledbury Rugby
Club
- to hotel
- dinner on your own
Monday - breakfast provided
- tour Haygrove farms all day
- lunch provided
- dinner provided by Haygrove
- back to same hotel
Tuesday -breakfast provided
- visit Haygrove’s farm at the Welsh border AM and other farms PM
- lunch provided
- back to same hotel
- dinner on your own
Wednesday - breakfast provided
- visit other farms and Reading University’s poly trials
- lunch provided
- tour ends at same airport hotel
- dinner on your own
Thursday - breakfast provided
- fly home
--- OR ---
- tour England on your own
Price includes
5 room nights
5 breakfasts
3 lunches
1 dinner
4 days coach transportation
entry to Warwick Castle
What we'll see
Haygrove Farms (300 acres of tunnels) – raspberries, strawberries and cherries,
the latest
developments in tunnels and poly, tunnel management demos, the factory, berry
packing line, strawberry harvesting rigs, etc. We'll see additional crops at
other farms using tunnels, Reading University’s poly trials and Warwick Castle.
Graham Moore, Haygrove’s head grower, will accompany the tour.
Lodging
Hotels in
city centers are the small "black and whites", with
about 6 guest rooms, so we will stay at a mid-level hotel on the outskirts of
the city.
Dinner
The coach will transport the group to the city center for
dinner on your own. There are plenty of interesting dining options - fish 'n chips, British pubs,
Indian, Chinese, etc. The coach will make return trips to the hotel at two
different times and should anybody miss both, they can get a cab back to the
hotel.
Maximum Tour
Size
We can handle 70 persons max (2 coaches).
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