| Good morning. |
| Good morning. |
| How can I help you? |
| I understand that the school organises... um, trips to different... |
| Yes, we run five every month: |
| three during weekends and two Wednesday afternoon trips. |
| What sort of places? |
| Well, obviously it varies, |
| but always places of historical interest |
| and also which offer a variety of shopping, because our students always ask about that... |
| and then we go for ones where we know there are guided tours, |
| because this gives a good focus for the visit. |
| Do you travel far? |
| Well, we're lucky here, obviously, |
| because we're able to say that all our visits are less than three hours drive. |
| How much do they cost? |
| Again, it varies, |
| between five and fifteen pounds a head, depending on distance. |
| Oh, and we do offer to arrange special trips if, you know, there are more than twelve people. |
| Oh right, I'll keep that in mind. |
| And what are the times normally? |
| We try to keep it pretty fixed so that, that students get to know the pattern. |
| We leave at 8.30 a.m. and return at 6 p.m. |
| We figure it's best to keep the day fairly short. |
| Oh yes. And, um, how do we reserve a place? |
| You sign your name on the notice board. |
| Do you know where it is? |
| Ah ha. I saw it this morning. |
| And we do ask that you sign up three days in advance |
| so we know we've got enough people interested to run it, |
| and we can cancel if necessary, with full refund of course. |
| That's fine, thanks. |
| And what visits are planned for this term? |
| Right, well, I'm afraid the schedule hasn't been printed out yet, |
| but, uh... we have confirmed the dates and planned the optional extra visits |
| which you can also book in advance if you want to. |
| Oh that's all right. |
| If you can just give some idea of the weekend ones |
| so I can, you know, work out when to see friends, etcetera. |
| Oh sure. |
| Well, the first one is St Ives. |
| That's on the 13th of February |
| and we'll have only sixteen places available 'cos we're going by minibus. |
| And that's a day in town with the optional extra of visiting the Hepworth Museum. |
| Oh right... yeah... that sounds good. |
| Then there's a London trip on the sixteenth of February |
| and we'll be taking a medium-sized coach so there'll be 45 places on that, |
| and, let's see, the optional extra is the Tower of London. |
| Oh, I've already been there. |
| After that there's Bristol on the 3rd of March. |
| Where? |
| Bristol... |
| BRISTOL. |
| Okay... |
| That's in a different minibus with 18 places available, |
| oh, and the optional extra is a visit to the S.S. Great Britain. |
| Okay... |
| We're going to Salisbury on the eighteenth of March |
| and that's always a popular one because the optional extra is Stonehenge, |
| so we're taking the large coach with fifty seats... |
| Oh good. |
| And then the last one is to Bath on the 23rd of March. |
| Oh yes. Is Bath the Roman city? |
| Yes, that's right, |
| and that's in the sixteen-seater minibus. |
| And where's the optional visit? |
| It's to the American Museum - well worth a visit. |
| Okay, well that's great, thanks for all that... |
| My pleasure. |
| By the way, if you want more information about any of the trips, |
| have a look in the student newspaper. |
| Okay. |
| Or, have a word with my assistant; |
| her name is Jane Yentob - |
| that's YENTOB. |
| Right, I've got that. |
| Thank you very much for all your help. |
| You're very welcome. |
| I hope you enjoy the trips. |