The Itinerary:

Day 1 -  Bath

We meet in Bath; one of England's most attractive towns. Visit the Roman baths, still intact and enjoy the Georgian ambiance that still exists. We'll take a short warm-up ride in the countryside. This evening we'll celebrate new friendships at our champagne reception and get acquainted dinner.

Day 2 - Bath - Cirencester

Cycle through rolling hills laced with lovely villages of golden-hued stones to Corsham Court owned by Ethelred-The-Unready in the 10th century. Then to Lacock one of the most beautiful and most photographed villages in Britain with 100 houses dating from the 14th c. Photography was invented here (the French will argue this) and you can see the worlds first photograph. Then on to Malmesbury with its 7th c. abbey. Arriving finally in Cirencester, with one of the finest collections of Roman antiquities in England including a Roman Villa.

Day 3 - Cirencester - Cheltenham

Spend a beautiful day cycling among tiny villages along a route with sweeping views, broad fields, stone houses and horses while heading towards the coarse moor-like land of Cheltenham, a fashionable inland spa. There is no finer shopping street in England than the Promenade. A wonderful place for an after dinner stroll.

Day 4 -  Cheltenham -  Stratford-upon-Avon

Cycle to Winchcombe and Sudley Castle with its thousand years of history. Then to Broadway, an Elizabethan town of old inns and antique shops. Steer a winding course on a tiny road to Chipping Camden, a pretty little town packed with fascinating old buildings. Pedaling on to Warwickshire, we enter a land of sleepy villages and thatched roofs. The land of Shakespeare. Spend a night in Stratford-upon-Avon, his hometown. Visit his birthplace and the garden where he wrote The Tempest and Anne Hathaway's house with its thatched roof.