Skinners of Oxted

31/12/2019

Yesterday was our final Skinners day trip - To Wisley Glow. The weather was fabulous (dry!!) & I think everyone enjoyed seeing Wisley in a different light.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our customers, staff, colleagues, friends & family for their support & custom over many many years.

20/12/2019

E505 to Oxted now cancelled due to flooding

20/12/2019

The E505 to Oxted School is running this morning, but is likely to be late due to flooding on the A22 at South Godstone & the diversion in Lingfield & associated chaos caused by that. Further, the road is flooded at Crowhurst & it will have to go back along Tandridge Lane to the Red Barn to go to Oxted as there is flooding under the bridge on Tandridge Lane. Happy last day of term!

24/10/2019

Stephen & I have made the difficult decision to retire at the end of 2019.

Until then, it's business as usual, with our day excursions & tours carrying on as planned.

We still have spaces on many of our day excursions, including a few seats that have become available on the Christmas at Kew & Wi******er Christmas Market trips.

Don't miss the chance to join us on our final trips!

Thank you to all our loyal customers over many, many years

Deb Skinner

20/07/2019

Our autumn/winter 2019 day excursions brochure arrived in our offices on Friday & we spent the day stuffing & sealing envelopes. We should finish that on Monday &, with a bit of luck & a lot of hard work, they should go in the post late morning Monday. This means that they should be hitting your doormats on Wednesday or Thursday.

In other news, the save the Waverley campaign has got off to a very good start & they have now ordered new boilers, but still have a way to go with the fundraising - read the latest news here https://www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/save-the-waverley-boiler-appeal/latest-appeal-news/

15/07/2019

Full details of our forthcoming trips are now on our website.

Interested in Queen Victoria & her children? Why not join us and visit Buckingham Palace Thursday 15th August, and see the special exhibition celebrating her 200th birthday - including her children's baby teeth.

Baby teeth are kept in a gilt-metal casket specially commissioned by Victoria in the 1860s

10/07/2019

I have sent our autumn/winter day excursion brochure to the printers (hurrah!!). I've even had a first proof back. Those of you on our e-newsletter list should have received that this morning. All the trips are listed on our website (www.skinners.travel) - just a list at the moment, no details - also listed below. That will follow when I get final proof from the printers.
Those people who had expressed an interest in forthcoming trips (mainly greyhound racing & Christmas at Kew) have all been put on our booking system. If you haven't already expressed an interest in Christmas at Kew, I suggest you do so soon as we already have around 90 people booked on (we have 106 tickets)
We look forward to hearing from you soon

August
Thursday 1st Henley-on-Thames & Boat Trip with Cream Tea
Monday 5th Scenic Essex Tour with Lunch at Jamie Oliver’s Parents’ Pub
Wednesday 7th Bournemouth & Compton Acres
Sunday 11th Bowood House
Tuesday 13th Beaulieu Motor Museum, Palace House & Gardens & Buckler’s Hard
Thursday 15th Buckingham Palace
Saturday 17th Eastbourne & Airbourne - the biggest free air show on the south coast
Monday 19th Chapel Down Winery Tour & Tenterden
Thursday 22nd Marlborough & Horse-Drawn Boat Trip
Sunday 25th Henley Country Craft Show at Stonor House
Wednesday 28th Littlehampton or Bognor
September
Thursday 5th Wisley Gardens’ Flower Show & Sculpture Exhibition
Saturday 7th Eurotunnel to Le Touquet & Montreuil
Tuesday 10th Osborne House, Isle of Wight
Thursday 12th Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway with Fish & Chip Lunch at The Pilot
Saturday 14th The Silverstone Experience
Monday 16th Eltham Palace & Thames River Cruise
Wednesday 18th Portsmouth: Spinnaker Tower, Gunwharf Quays and the D-Day Story
Sunday 22nd Dagenham Sunday Market (as seen on TV!)
Friday 27th Canterbury Food & Drink Festival
Saturday 28th Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero at The Mill, Sonning
October
Wednesday 2nd Eastbourne
Friday 4th Dover Castle
Tuesday 8th Frogmore Paper Mill, with Boat Trip & Fish & Chip Lunch
Thursday 10th Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace
Tuesday 15th Windsor
Friday 18th Finders Keepers
Tuesday 22nd Scenic Drive with Lunch at the Moorings, Pevensey
Friday 25th High Beeches Garden, Handcross
Monday 28th Autumn Tints Tour of the New Forest
Wednesday 30th The Ancient Villages of Heathrow
November
Saturday 2nd Leeds Castle Fireworks Spectacular
Tuesday 5th The Beautiful Surrey Hills
Monday 11th Tutankhamun & the Roaring Twenties
Thursday 14th Living Crafts for Christmas at Blenheim Palace
Saturday 16th Run For Your Wife at The Mill, Sonning
Thursday 21st Greyhound Racing
Saturday 23rd The Postal Museum, Mail Rail & Lunch
Tuesday 26th Eastbourne
Thursday 28th Christmas at Kew - As twilight falls, the magic begins…
December
Thursday 5th Bluewater Shopping Centre
Saturday 7th Rochester Dickensian Christmas & Christmas Market
Tuesday 10th Polhill Garden Centre
Friday 13th Tutankhamun & the Christmas Lights
Sunday 15th Wi******er Christmas Market with Carol Service in the Cathedral
Wednesday 18th Santa Special Boat Cruise with Christmas Lunch
Saturday 21st Christmas Illuminations Tour
Saturday 28th Singin’ in the Rain at The Mill, Sonning
Monday 30th Christmas Glow, Wisley

21/06/2019

Stephen & Deb went to the Coach Tourism Association AGM on Sunday night, on a boat on the Thames. Had a great time sailing up & down the river whilst having dinner & chatting with fellow coach operators & suppliers etc.
You too can cruise the Thames with us - I've just booked a trip to Eltham Palace with a Blue Badge Guide & a Thames River Cruise from Greenwich on Monday 16th September (brochure will be out soon, but please ring the office to register your interest)

11/06/2019

Here's a different view of the yard! Thanks to Steve Codd

23/05/2019

Hi everyone
For anyone interested in going on the Waverley Paddle Steamer this year, the sad news is that her boiler has to be replaced & therefore she won't be sailing this year. For further information (or to donate), please see their website https://www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/

In other news, I've started working on our day excursion programme for Sept to January. It's very much a work in progress, but will include Christmas at Kew (still waiting for confirmation of our booking, so haven't got full details yet), Greyhound racing at Brighton, autumn tints tours, Christmas markets etc

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22/04/2019

Hi
Wishing all our customers, friends & colleagues a very Happy Easter. I've been out enjoying the bluebells in Hornecourt Woods, making the most of the weather today as it's (allegedly) not going to be so nice for the rest of the week.