here's info on special events in the UK this summer
 

Hi
One of my travel magazines (International Travel News) provides this info on special events for spring-summer 2005

60 year anniversary of end of WWII--will be noted in London on July 10
www.mod.uk/aboutus.history

Many events will be for veterans only, but here will be a parade from the Mall to Buckingham Palace while vintage aircraft fly overhead. The Imperial War Museums in London and in Manchester will have special exhibits:
www.iwm.org.uk

Hollyrood House, Edinburgh will have an exhibit from the collection of the late Queen Mother. March 19-Sept 25

Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, through Oct 30: 51 17th-century Dutch paintings, including Rembrandt and Vermeer.

York Art Gallery, through June 19:
British and European art, including Monet, Rembrandt.
Yorkshire Museum and Gardens, thoguh Dec 31--
"The Ice Age". www.york.trust.museum

Royal Horticultural flower shows at
Hampton Court Palace July 5-10 and at Tatton Park in Cheshire, July 20-24.
www.rhs.org.uk

Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
www.kew.org.uk May 27-Jan 16 2005
Gardens of Glass: Chihuly at Kew--
special installation of glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly. (If you don't know his work, I can't imagine that you wouldn't be impressed--I am a fan.)

High Beeches woodland and water gardens
March 18-Oct 31 www.highbeeches.com

Goodwood Motor Circuit, racing of vintage cars from the 1950s and 1960s
Sept 16-18 www.goodwood.co.uk

Exhibitions of jousting, falconry, and archery at several locations this summer
www.english-heritage.org.uk/events

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Oooh...cool... in one of these events, you can actually learn how to do falconry!!! What a wonderful idea!

That would make a memorable day!

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Hi Elaine,
Another item to add to the list of special events this summer is the Trafalgar 200 Anniversary, included is an International Fleet Review (28th June) and Festival of the Sea(30th June - 3rd July).Both events are in Portsmouth. Here is the website:-
http://www.trafalgar200.com/

good addition, thanks

I'd also add www.seabritain2005.com - a whole range of events and activities on nautical themes this year.