**** Charlton Life Battlefield Tour No.5 - Arnhem - 23rd to 26th July 2026 ****

For the fifth Charlton Life Battlefield Tour we will be visiting Arnhem from 23rd to 26th July 2026. This is a four day, three night trip.

Once again I am extremely grateful to Clive Harris for agreeing to guide this tour and for fitting us into his already packed schedule for next summer.

As we are travelling in a peak travel period there is the inevitable increase in both coach and ferry costs which we cannot avoid in passing on, although the trip is a day longer that recent tours. The cost of this trip will be £170 per person. 

We will need a take up of at least 40 people just to be able to break even and make the trip viable. As a result the above £170 does not include an element of charitable donation as is normal so we would ask that when final payment is due this is taken into account and an additional amount included so that we can support The Upbeats and the Charlton Museum as usual.

However, if take up exceeds the required 40 people it may be that such a donation is not necessary but we will advise of this in due course.

As usual if you wish to join us on this trip we would request a deposit of £50 per person be paid. If you message me I will give you details of the bank account to which this sum need be paid. Please do not use previous account details as I have recently changed banks.

If we don’t get sufficient take up then please be assured that all deposit monies will be repaid. Once we get sufficient take up for the tour to go ahead and commit to expenditure then I’m afraid deposit monies will be non refundable.

Whilst we can’t confirm exact timings at this point, on 23rd July we’d expect to leave The Valley at 6.00am and Ebbsfleet International at 6.30am to ensure arrival at Dover in good time for a 10.00am ferry crossing to Dunkirk.

On 26th July we’d expect to depart Dunkirk at 6.00pm, arriving back to Ebbsfleet International around 8.00pm and The Valley at 8.30pm.

Clive, myself and the coach will be based at the Holiday Inn Express in Arnhem. Other accommodation is of course available but please be aware when booking accommodation that the coach will only pick up and drop off each day at the Holiday Inn Express so don’t stray too far afield. When booking accommodation we’d suggest doing so whereby payment isn’t due now just in case we don’t get sufficient take up and need to cancel the trip. Due to the fact the trip isn’t until next July some accommodation may not yet be available to book.

Clive will be along in the next few days with a detailed itinerary for the trip. In the meantime if you want to pay your deposit to secure your place then please message me for the account details.

For those who have joined us before it will be great to see you again but for anyone who hasn’t it will be equally as great to have you onboard. If anyone has any questions then please do not hesitate to ask either here or message me privately. Equally if anyone has anywhere specific you would like to visit, especially if it relates to a family member, please let us know and Clive will do his best to include it in our itinerary.

thanks for reading and Up The Addicks !!

Neal