A STROLL THROUGH ENGLISH HISTORY - August 25 to September 6, 2019 a program of the stanford alumni association
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S T A N F O R D T R A V E L / S T U D Y
A S T RO L L T H RO U G H
E NG L I S H H I S T O RY
A u g u s t 25 to September 6, 2019
a p ro g ra m of th e st a nfo rd
a lu m ni asso ciati o n
Anyone can learn English history
from a book, but just imagine the chance to walk
through history, in the footsteps of Roman legionaries
marching along Hadrian’s Wall, Saint Cuthbert strolling
on the sandy beaches of Holy Island, Mary Queen of
Scots pacing in her prison cell at Bolton Castle, and
William and Dorothy Wordsworth bounding across
the fells to Windermere. Our exhilarating daily walks
are illuminated by lectures from our faculty leader,
Charlie Junkerman, and talks with local experts.
Along the way, enjoy gourmet trailside picnics and
stay at quaint inns and restored country houses. We
hope you’ll walk with us on these storied paths and
watch England’s rich history come to life!
B R E T T S. T H O M P S O N , ’ 8 3, D I R E CTO R , S TA N F O R D T R AV E L / S T U DY DURHAM CATHEDRAL
Highlights
D I S C O V E R the wilder- M E E T with local V I S I T such memorable
ness of Northern England academic experts who historic sites as Hadrian’s
that inspired Dorothy and have been carefully Wall in Northumberland
William Wordsworth and chosen for their expertise and the remains of King
Samuel Coleridge to write in specific subjects. Richard III’s childhood
their literary masterpieces. home, Middleham Castle,
in the Yorkshire Dales.
COVER: HADRIAN’S WALL
CASTLE HOWARD
Faculty Leader
C H A R L I E J U N K E R M A N has had a 35-year career at
Stanford and stepped down as associate provost and dean of
Continuing Studies just this past September, positions he had held
since 1999. Charlie continues to teach courses at Stanford on
European and American literature, with a focus on 19th-century
English and American Romanticism (Wordsworth, Emerson,
Thoreau). He has also written and lectured on Scottish history,
British mountaineering, 19th-century landscape painting and Native
American photography. Charlie is an avid walker, who can be found
“Charlie is top-notch on the trails of the Santa Cruz Mountains three or four times a week
(the second time and can’t wait to lace up his boots for this walk and share some of
his favorite English landscapes and locales with us: from mysterious
we’ve traveled with him). Castlerigg to Durham’s glorious Romanesque cathedral and from
He added a broad Wordsworth’s snug Dove Cottage to Saint Cuthbert’s Holy Island
with its cacophonous birdsong.
perspective that com- — Associate provost and dean, 1999–2018, and associate
plemented the local dean, 1995–1999, Continuing Studies, Stanford University
— Assistant dean, undergraduate studies, 1986–1990,
guides’ presentations. Stanford University
Equally important, he’s — Associate director, Stanford Humanities Center, 1990–1995
— Resident fellow, Madera House, Wilbur Hall, 1984–1992
a serious bon vivant.” — President, Stanford Historical Society, 2010–2012
— BA, English, 1970, University of Wisconsin
JA M E S VA N D E R M A D E ,
— PhD, comparative literature, 1985, UC-Berkeley
EASTERN ENGLAND
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WALLED GARDEN, HOLY ISLAND
Holy Island
SCOTLAND Alnwick
Nor
Hadrian's Sea
Wall
Durham
U NITED Windermere
Middleham
K INGDOM Masham
Irish York
Sea ENGLAND
Manchester
Itinerary the town of Keswick, famous
for being the home of England’s
earliest conservation move-
best preserved Roman settle-
ment known as Housesteads.
Continue by road northward to
ment. Return to our hotel by spend the next two nights in the
S U N DAY & M O N DAY, road. HOLBECK GHYLL HOTEL (B,L,D) beautiful Northumbrian country-
AU G U ST 25 & 26 side, not far from the North Sea
DEPART U.S. / W E D N ES DAY, AU G U ST 28 Coast. DOXFORD HALL HOTEL (B,L,D)
MANCHESTER, LAKE DISTRICT
ENGLAND / OF ENGLAND F R I DAY, AU G U ST 3 0
WINDERMERE WINDERMERE / SAXON ENGLAND
Depart the U.S. Sunday on GRASMERE / ALNWICK /
overnight flights to England. BORROWDALE HOLY ISLAND
Upon arrival on Monday, trans- Our walk this morning follows The remote, isolated spur of
fer to our ideally located hotel in the footsteps of Dorothy Holy Island is cut off from main-
in the heart of England’s Lake and William Wordsworth as land England at high tide and
District, with stunning views we follow paths from our hotel was once home to Cuthbert of
over Lake Windermere and our to Grasmere, one of the most Lindisfarne, one of England’s
home for the next three nights. beautiful of the Lakeland villages earliest Christian saints. Explore
Gather for a welcome reception and home to the great Roman- the island, taking in the site of
and dinner this evening. HOLBECK tic poets. After our picnic lunch the original monastery. This
GHYLL HOTEL (8/26: D) there is time to explore the vil- afternoon follow the trail of Saint
lage and to visit Dove Cottage, Cuthbert after his death as
T U ES DAY, AU G U ST 27 the home of the Wordsworths.
PREHISTORIC
monks bore his body from Holy
HOLBECK GHYLL HOTEL (B,L,D)
ENGLAND Island to its final resting place
WINDERMERE / in Durham Cathedral. (Note:
T H U R S DAY, AU G U ST 2 9
KESWICK details of this walk are subject
ROMAN ENGLAND
Walk across low pastures and to change, dependent on tides).
WINDERMERE /
rocky ridges to a low plateau HADRIAN’S WALL /
DOXFORD HALL HOTEL (B,L,D)
in the midst of the Cumbrian ALNWICK
S AT U R DAY, AU G U ST 31
Mountains where we can view Strike north to the beautiful NORTHUMBRIA
the ancient stone circle of county of Northumberland. ALNWICK / SAINT
Castlerigg. After the first of our Our walk takes us along the CUTHBERT’S WAY /
many picnic lunches, we gently most photographed and DURHAM
descend to Derwent Water for atmospheric section of Hadri- The Cheviot Hills form the back-
outstanding views overlooking an’s Wall, a UNESCO World bone of one of England’s great
the lake. Continue our walk to Heritage site, to the area’s wilderness areas. This morning,
rth
a
CASTLERIGG
follow a segment of 62-mile- M O N DAY, S E P T E M B E R 2 T U ES DAY, S E P T E M B E R 3
long Saint Cuthbert’s Way WARS OF THE ROSES REFORMATION-
across these wild moors and DURHAM / TO-RESTORATION
descend to the beautiful valley MIDDLEHAM / ENGLAND
MASHAM MASHAM /
of the River Glen. Or, depending
We begin our walk today at FOUNTAINS ABBEY
on the tides, we will offer this
medieval Bolton Castle, where A short drive this morning
alternative walk that takes us to
Mary Queen of Scots was held takes us to the start of our walk
Dunstanburgh, one of the finest
prisoner, before descending that leads to the exquisitely
of the magnificent castles that
to follow the beautiful valley designed Studley Royal Park,
dominate the Northumberland
of Wensleydale to our lunch which incorporates the evoca-
Coast. From here, we follow
site. Following lunch, we climb tive ruins of the 12th-century
the excellent coastal path that
onto the gallops at Middleham Fountains Abbey, the first
offers fine views of the North
before walking on to the ruins Cistercian monastery to be built
Sea. In the afternoon, continue
of Middleham Castle, childhood in the North. Dismantled by
to Durham by coach where we
home of one of England’s most Henry VIII in the 16th century, it
spend the next two nights.
DURHAM COUNTY HOTEL (B,L,D) controversial kings, Richard III. still retains its capacity to inspire
Was he the monster Shake- awe. SWINTON PARK HOTEL (B,L,D)
S U N DAY, S E P T E M B E R 1 speare depicted—
NORMAN ENGLAND or a maligned
DURHAM and misunder-
Set on a rocky peninsula above stood hero? After
the River Wear, the medieval exploring the castle
city of Durham boasts Eng- grounds, drive on
land’s finest Romanesque to Masham and
cathedral and its city center check in to our
is a UNESCO World Heritage hotel, the once
site. Here, the remains of ancestral, stately
Saint Cuthbert were finally home of the Earl
laid to rest, and here, too, is of Swinton and
the shrine of his biographer, surrounded by
the Venerable Bede. This is a a 200-acre
low-key day with opportunities parkland. SWINTON
to explore the town further on PARK HOTEL (B,L,D)
our own in the afternoon and
evening. DURHAM COUNTY HOTEL (B)
YORK MINSTER WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Archbishop’s Palace and where gardens during our private visit. YORK ENGLAND we spend our final two nights. Enjoy lunch at the castle before MASHAM / YORK MIDDLETHORPE HALL (B,D) returning to our hotel for our Travel to York, the one-time farewell reception celebrating capital of the North, second city T H U R S DAY, S E P T E M B E R 5 our walking adventure. of the realm and bursting with GEORGIAN AND MIDDLETHORPE HALL (B,L,D) history. We concentrate today VICTORIAN ENGLAND on the city itself as we walk YORK / CASTLE F R I DAY, S E P T E M B E R 6 along its medieval walls and HOWARD MANCHESTER / U.S. narrow lanes. There’s plenty of Today we visit Castle Howard, Depart this morning for the free time this afternoon to ex- immortalized as the location Manchester airport for flights plore the city on our own before where Brideshead Revisited home. (B) heading to our next lodging, a was filmed. Inspect its archi- grand country house/hotel just tectural splendors and walk south of the city near the amid its glorious landscaped
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11 breakfasts, 8 lunches and 10 dinners Welcome WALKS
and farewell cocktail receptions Gratuities to guides Our walks range from five to 10 miles per day, with a daily
and drivers for all group activities All tours and average of six miles. We offer morning and afternoon walks;
excursions as described in the itinerary Transfers you should plan to walk with the group for the entire day.
and baggage handling on program arrival and depar- The terrain of Northern England includes rolling hills and
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insurance Educational program with lecture series the trails may be uneven, rocky or very muddy and involve
and pre-departure materials, including recommended significant uphill or downhill grades. It’s important that
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