Details of LADS trips and farm visits with booking instructions
LADS will be organising a bus to LAMMA show on Wednesday 17th January 2024, departing from Taylors Farm, Hall Lane, Ormskirk, L40 5UW at 7am.
If interested, please book your place on the bus through the usual channels, Email/Phone/Text/Whatsapp to LADS Chairman or Hon Secretary.
A trip has been organised to Italy from 29th November 2023 – 3rd December 2023.
Itinerary:
29/11/23 – Flight Manchester to Milan Bergamo
30/11/23 – Mecmar Factory Tour AM – Vineyard PM
1/12/23 – Ferrari Factory AM – Legnago Sightseeing PM
2/12/23 – SDF (Same Deutz-Fahr) Factory Tour AM – Milan Sightseeing PM
3/12/23 – Flight Milan Bergamo to Manchester
Estimated Cost Per Person
Flights – £120
Hotel inc breakfast, 1 person per room £550
Minibus/Coach – £100
Total £770
If you are interested in joining this trip, please register your attendance no later than Friday 29th September 2023.
Update:
The above trip to Italy has been cancelled. Information regarding upcoming trips will be circulated in due course.
LADS visit to the new Southport Lifeboat station 3rd May 2023
A trip has been organised to visit Southport Lifeboats on Wednesday 3rd May at 7pm. Following on from Elaine & Alan speaking this season we have been kindly allowed a visit to the station.
Please have a look at their website which is www.southport-lifeboat.org.uk
If you would like to attend on Wednesday 3rd May for the visit, please register your attendance with the Hon Secretary.
Also a trip has also been arranged for Wed 19th July at 7pm to have a tour round G & A Pet Food Partners, Plocks Farm, Bretherton.
lease note that there is a limit of 20 guests on this tour and will be awarded on a first come first serve basis.
Please register your attendance with the Hon Secretary by latest of Thursday 13th July,
For those wanting to have a look their website is Private Label Pet Food – GA Pet Food Partners (ga-petfoodpartners.co.uk)
Again, if you would like to attend this this visit please register your attendance with the Hon Secretary.
Further details will be sent by email to those attending nearer the time.
Outline Itinerary from our Chairman, Tom Wignall
Thurs 26th Jan
Coach departs Burscough time TBA
Overnight Ferry from Hull to Rotterdam. Four berth cabins – single room supplement an additional £60
Friday 27th Jan
Tour of Lely factory and a Lely farm in Rotterdam. It should be something along the lines of this: Lely trip info. Evening and overnight in Travel Lodge. Twin rooms – single supplement +£80
Saturday 28th Jan
Coach departs hotel to Nationwide depot (Vitaal Europe) in Poeldijk then back to Rotterdam for a visit to the UNESCO world heritage (windmill museum) site of Kinderdijk
Depart mid afternoon to Amsterdam Travel Lodge. Twin rooms – single supplement +£80
Sunday 29th Jan
Free day to explore Amsterdam. See Tourist Info
Evening ferry (20:30) from Amsterdam to Hull. Four berth cabins – single room supplement an additional £60
Monday 30th Jan
Arrive Hull 0800 – coach expected to arrive back in Burscough around midday.
The cost is £500. Payment in full is required for all members and guests no later than the December Speaker Meeting. Your payment is non refundable so please make your own arrangements for appropriate travel insurance.
The Chairman has identified speakers for the coming season and is in the final stages of pinning them down to the most convenient meeting date. It is hoped that the card can be printed for distribution at the first meeting 5th October.
The committee are working with Briars Hall to achieve a compromise on the menu and associated price rises. It is hoped that we can work within the meal costing £25 each for the duration of the season.
Progress is being made on a number of LADS trips – pencil in mid to late January 2023 for a trip to Rotterdam. Intentions are that we will leave Thursday afternoon, travelling by coach/ferry rather than flying, and returning for mid-day on the following Monday. Visits to the Lely factory, the Nationwide Poeldijk Depot and glasshouses are in the planning. Indicative costs are in the order of £450 and the deposit will be £100. As always, priority will go to members but it is anticipated that there may be some places for guests. More details will be provided at the first meeting.
A trip has been planned for members at 3pm on the afternoon of Monday 13th June 2022 to visit Flavourfresh Salads.
This is to have a tour of the site, including their state of the art greenhouses and CHP plant.
Flavourfresh Salads Ltd originated in 1997 and is a privately-owned multi-award winning, commercial fresh produce business, with its main site in Southport, Lancashire. It is one of the leading British commercial glasshouse growers, supplying produce grown for flavour and unrivalled quality. Specialising in growing tomatoes, strawberries, blueberries and blackberries, the company operates across four sites under 17.3 hectares of glass.
If you would like to attend on Monday 13th June for this visit, please register your attendance with the Hon Secretary.
Further details will be sent along to those who are attending nearer the time.
