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November Newsletter
Welcome to the November edition of the Contours Holidays newsletter. Now that the summer season is behind us, the Contours team has been looking ahead to the new year, with lots of very exciting developments in the works. Keep checking back to be the first to hear about what we’ve been up to!
In this month’s issue, we reflect on our annual emergency training and teambuilding activities, while Beth Pipe shares her fascinating insight into the Lake District town of Whitehaven. We also have plenty of other exciting news to share with you; thanks for reading and happy walking!
New Holidays on the Horizon
The Contours team have been very busy the last few months; we've been travelling up and down the country scouting out a range of exciting new walking trails that we can present to our customers next year!
Here are a few snaps from our adventures; can you guess which trails we’ve been exploring?
Contours Emergency Training 2019
By Cass Jenks
Emergencies crop up only rarely on our walking holidays, but we’re always on hand to provide helpful, professional support. We make sure of that with our annual training days.
What does our emergency training entail? There are two halves: the field portion, which tests our navigational skills on the ground, and the in-office portion, where staff respond to emergency scenarios as the current field group calls them in.
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How Whitehaven Changed the World
By Beth Pipe
Whitehaven is much maligned and often ignored, and it doesn’t tick quite all the boxes for ‘pretty little seaside town’, but it is a rather wonderful place and has made more of an impact on the world than most of its prettier rivals.
It’s right at the start of the Coast to Coast and well worth adding a day or so onto your itinerary to explore it further.
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Contours Takes Part in the
World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
The Contours team thoroughly enjoyed hosting our second annual Macmillan Coffee Morning at the end of September. Lots of delicious, homemade treats were shared while we played fun games and had a wonderful time. Thank you to Laura in the Booking Team for once again organising this fabulous event, and a huge thank you to everyone for donating generously; we are delighted to have successfully raised £145 for Macmillan Cancer Support!
Featured Posts
The Pennine Way was opened in April 1965 as England's first National Trail, and remains to this day one of the UK's most iconic paths. As the Pennine Way is one of our most popular holiday trails - with us organising hundreds of walking breaks along its length each year - we leapt at the chance to give something back and help out with its upkeep.
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In last month’s issue, we had some fantastic guest blogs by regular contributors Keith Foskett and Beth Pipe, along with plenty of news and features to help you choose your next big adventure in the Great British countryside. Thanks for reading and happy walking!
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Enter Our Photo Competition
Have you been on one of our holidays this year and taken some fantastic photos? Make sure you share them with us; you could win up to £150 off your next Contours Holiday!
This year’s competition closes on 22nd November, so get your entries in soon to avoid missing out.
Click here to find out how to enter.
Kendal
Mountain Festival:
14 – 17 November
Every November, the Kendal Mountain Festival brings together thousands of outdoor enthusiasts from across the globe to share and celebrate the best stories from the world of adventure. With over 100 events spread across four days, this world-famous festival has something for every countryside lover to enjoy.
Click here for more information.
Did you know?
November is a busy time
for UK mammals
Foxes tend to be active this month as cubs begin to disperse to look for their own territory in time for breeding season.
Many of our smaller mammals are also busy, either stocking their larders for the winter (bank voles, wood mice and squirrels, for example) or eating as much as they can to put on sufficient weight to see them through hibernation (such as bats, dormice and hedgehogs).
Information gathered from Wildlife Online.
Share your
Feedback and Win!
If you have been on a Contours Holiday this year, we want to know how it went!
Once you have enjoyed your holiday, make sure you send in your feedback forms before the end of the year and we will enter you into our annual prize draw, where you could win £250 in outdoor equipment or Contours gift vouchers!
More information can be found in your holiday pack or
on our Members Area.
Last Month's Competition:
Guess Where?
Congratulations to Tony Roberts for being the lucky winner who correctly identified Brixham, a small fishing town and civil parish in the district of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England.
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To be in with a chance of winning a £20 Contours Holidays voucher, why not try this month's competition below?
Competition Time:
Guess Where?
To be in with a chance of winning this month's competition, can you guess the name of this parish church?
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A winner will be chosen at random from all the correct entries to win a £20 Contours Holidays gift voucher. Good luck!
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