Classic car tours
Take your classic car on a grand tour, under the care of experienced Tour Director, Ian Glass.
All Country Lane Tours are designed to be a relaxing holiday with a vintage or classic car. Daily mileages are frequently low with numerous halts of at least two nights.
Please send your enquiry to countrylanetours@gmail.com or phone Tour Director Ian Glass on 01824 790280 if you’d like to find out more.
2026 tours Please click here to see our latest tour update!
2025 - 16th Credit Crunch Special, Wirral Peninsula and Liverpool April 6th – 9th (10th) & Our 5th Bridgnorth tour May 14th – 19th. 5th, each year a great success! June, date to be decided. This will be a five, possibly six night stay in Yorkshire. & Welsh Wander, based around Llandrindod Wells August 1st – 4th (5th) & South Coast and the Isle of Wight September 4th – 12th. December the Christmas Party, date and venue to be decided.
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2022 / 2023 & 2024 past tour highlights.
2022 was an interesting catch-up year as nothing much occurred in 2021. Certainly it illustrated people were fed up and eager to get out in their cars. The synopsis gives you an idea.
13th Credit Crunch Special (April 24th-27th) Durham 63 cars took part.
7th Viking Tour (May 18th - June 1st). 20 cars took part.
Chateaux, Champagne & Circuits (July 17th – 29th). This tour, the final Continental event after twenty years, was a great success, although the weather was inordinately hot on a couple of days, 15 cars took part.
South Coast & Isle of Wight (September 16th – 23rd). Starting in Portsmouth with a visit to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, crossing to the Isle of Wight for two nights before returning to the mainland for four nights at the luxury Master Builders Hotel in Bucklers Hard on the Montagu estate this proved another success and all 26 spaces available (number of rooms at Master Builders Hotel) were filled. Event will run again next year.
Christmas Party (December 2nd – 5th). After the great success of last year with 25 cars taking part, with superb food, and amazing surrounding scenery such as the Elan Valley dams, it is again at the Metropole Hotel in the picturesque Victorian spa town of Llandrindod Wells. Obviously you're not expected to attend in a classic if the weather is bad, but it's a chance to meet up with friends and just enjoy the surroundings. Limited availability so early booking advisable.
There was a tremendous response and such positive feedback to our events in 2023 & 2024, limited spaces available on these 2025 Tours, be quick!
16th Credit Crunch Special, based at Thornton Hall on the Wirral Peninsula & Liverpool April 6th-9th (10th) 2025
The Sixteenth Credit Crunch Special (SUNDAY / MONDAY / TUESDAY / (WEDNESDAY) is based at the 4-star Thornton Hall Hotel and Spa on the Wirral Peninsula with swimming pool and spa facilities. We start with a gentle tour around the Wirral, taking in the model village of Port Sunlight constructed by Lord Leverhulme to house his factory workers and visiting the Lady Lever Art Gallery.
5th Bridgnorth Tour May 14th - 19th 2025
Bridgnorth. This really has been a great success as was originally only intended to run once! Excellent d,b&b venue and attractions. The event is based for five nights at the Old Vicarage Country House Hotel, Worfield, on the outskirts of the picturesque town of Bridgnorth. It was so successful in May 2023 that it ran again in July, the hotel being filled on both occasions. I then had to do it twice more in 2024!
Welsh Wander August 1st – 4th (5th) 2025
As usual this is based at the Metropole in Llandrindod Wells. Many of you will have been there, especially as there have been three Christmas Parties as well as a Credit Crunch but as it’s in August the weather will hopefully be good. This is aimed at car clubs who are not currently on the mailing list but perhaps some of ‘the usual suspects’ might be tempted to just chill out for a summer weekend in convivial surroundings?
South Coast & Isle of Wight September 4th – 12th 2025
This was a great success last time despite the Royal Family not consulting me about when to organise the Queen’s funeral! This time there will be an extra day on the island and if enough advance interest I may arrange for a tour within a tour that includes just Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
December, Christmas Party, date and venue to be decided. I have a potential location but more information when available.
FULL INFORMATION ON ALL EVENTS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST - SIMPLY EMAIL POSTAL ADDRESS TO countrylanetours@gmail.com OR CALL IAN ON 01824 790280