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OLYMPIC PARK &

THE LEE VALLEY

CREAM TEA CRUISE

The River Lee runs from its source in Hertfordshire through a long valley south through Epping Forest into East London before emptying into the Thames opposite The O2. Spend the morning exploring the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at the gritty urban end of the Lee Valley and then relax and enjoy a cream tea cruise at the beautiful, rural end in the Lee Valley park.

Meet the Blue Badge guide at 10.30am for coffee and biscuits included in the tour fee inside the Olympic Velodrome. The sharply raked track is a very impressive sight - listen to your group - you’ll hear lots of wows and you can often watch cyclists in action while you enjoy morning coffee. Stepping outside into the park and there are the Olympic rings surrounded by beautiful landscaping that is becoming the key feature of the Olympic Park. The iconic Olympic venues including the Stadium and Dame Zaha Hadid’s sensual Aquatics Centre are all bedding down into a lush landscape of trees and flowers in this 500-acre park that is criss-crossed with rivers and canals.

The waterways have been key to the design with the River Lee transformed into a three dimensional mosaic of wetlands and woodlands and meadows. All around you this morning are 360° views and the ghosts of the Happy & Glorious Games and you’ll make the most of your visit in the company of one of our award winning team of Blue Badge guides.

We stop for lunch at the Westfield Shopping Complex – there is a food court with lots of choices plus restaurants inside Marks & Spencer and John Lewis. If you prefer you can picnic in the park or ask us to prebook a two-course lunch with coffee in the park for £10pp.

In the afternoon we drive up the Lee Valley and through a slip of Epping Forest to the Lee Valley Park. At Broxbourne we board a wide beam barge with seating arranged around tables to enjoy a 90-minute cruise during which a very tasty cream tea will be served.

It’s a relaxing end to an exciting day and I predict that the boat will be alive with conversation about all that you’ve seen today. You’ll be ready to head home by 5.15pm. Broxbourne in Herts is close to Junction 25 of the M25.

Adults & Seniors: £28

Available every day from 1 March

to 31 October 2017

This Jam Buster begins in East

London and finishes directly

north in Hertfordshire near

20 miles

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