DOUGLAS BOND
AUTHOR | TEACHER | TOUR LEADER
ENGLAND & SCOTLAND TOUR 2027
Explore our cultural, spiritual, and theological heritage
with author Douglas Bond
June 21-July 1, 2027
[bondbooks.net@gmail.com for special early-registration discount!]
"Bond is a historian with unusual insight."
Russ Pulliam, Indianapolis Star
"I commend Doug's knowledge of Church history. I've heard very few people who have such an extensive knowledge of Church history and who really see it with all of the important distinctions." TIM CHALLIES
FEATURED HISTORICAL FIGURES: Spurgeon, Bunyan, Watts, Rogers, Tyndale, Wycliffe, Anne of Bohemia, Toplady, Newton, Cowper, CS Lewis, Chaucer, Latimer, Churchill, Puritans, Covenanters, Knox, Rutherford---many more!
FEATURED SITES: Castles, Cathedrals, Abbeys, Medieval colleges, birthplaces, final resting places, English and Scottish countryside...
FEATURED PLACES: London, Chartwell, Canterbury, Dover, Cambridge, Elstow/Bedford, Olney, Lutterwurth, Durham, Hadrian's Wall, Edinburgh, Leuchars, St. Andrews, Dundee, Perth, Berwick-on-Tweed. Norham Castle... Register
Luxury coach travel, fine hotels and dining, site entry fees, engaging commentary from award-winning teacher and author Douglas Bond
"...of all the trips we have taken, we are most blessed by the trips we took with you... You are an enthusiastic and gifted teacher, guide and writer. You are so creative in your tour designs and so thoughtful toward those you lead in carrying them out. Everywhere and in all things, we believe you exalted Christ. It was such a privilege to be under your care and teaching! The Lord has greatly gifted you for his service."
The Honorable Justice Jim DeWeese and his wife Cyndee
"Mr. Bond was inspirational and taught us so much! The tour was integrated and fascinating." 17-year-old, Armistice Tour 2018
ITINERARY
June 21-July 1, 2027
(Monday start, Thursday end)
--Day 1 & 2 LONDON: Bunhill Fields, Wesley Chapel, Smithfield, Southwark Cathedral, Westminster Chapel (Lloyd-Jones), Buckingham Palace, National Portrait Gallery, St Paul's, Aldersgate, Westminster Abbey evensong, Metropolitan Tabernacle (Spurgeon), Tower of London, Tower Bridge, All Hallows Barking Church (some sites during free time).
--Day 3: Coach to Chartwell (Churchill's home), Dover Castle, Canterbury Cathedral evensong and hotel.
--Day 4: Coach to Cambridge Reformation sites, Cambridge hotel, Bedford, The Barns Hotel.
--Day 5: Coach to Elstow (Bunyan) and Olney (Newton and Cowper); (if time allows) Peterborough Cathedral (where Catherine of Aragon is buried and Mary Queen of Scots was buried), St Mary's Lutterworth (Wycliffe), Reformed Baptist church and bookshop in Ossett for book release signing, on to Durham Cathedral (Bede, Cuthbert, Aidan, CS Lewis) evensong, dinner, and hotel.
--Day 6: Durham Cathedral, Hadrian's Wall, St Mary's Collegiate Church near Knox birthplace and where he preached, on to Edinburgh hotel on the Royal Mile.
--Day 7: Sunday worship (at St Columba's); Royal Mile sites Edinburgh, St Giles, Knox House, Edinburgh Castle, Arthur's Seat (hike for the stout of heart), free time and coach to Royal George Hotel, Perth (3 nights).
--Day 8: Bannochburn Battlefield Stirling, Wallace Monument, St Andrew's Castle and Cathedral, Rutherford, Patrick Hamilton, George Whishart, Knox, St Peter's Dundee (M'Cheyne's pulpit), coach to Perth hotel.
--Day 9: St John's Kirk Perth, Falkirk Wheel, Loch Leven; Perth hotel.
--Day 10: Barr Castle, Loudoun Kirk (Covenanters), Glasgow Cathedral, St George's Square, Glasgow hotel.
--Day 11: Final breakfast at hotel and goodbyes, coach to Glasgow airport for flights home.
[Itinerary subject to final planning and availability]
"I was really excited about the trip (and then my mom told me I would have to pay for it). It was worth every penny and more." 14-year-old, Armistice Tour 2018
What will this tour cost?
$4,700 ground cost per traveler/double occupancy (airfare not included), $700 Deposit.
--Early registration (1) by September 15, 2026: $2,999
--Early registration (2) by October 15, 2026: $3,700
$500 Deposit at registration per traveler
$1000 First Payment, November 1, 2026
$1000 Second Payment February, 2027
Final Balance Due April 1, 2027
We know there are other good tours for you to consider, but we offer you the highest quality travel experience at the best value, guaranteed.
"Bond tours are 5-star travel at a 3-star price. They're like a foretaste of heaven every day." John and Vicki Schrupp
HOW TO REGISTER:
1. Email me at bondbooks.net@gmail.com and let me know you want to join us.
2. Print and sign tour contract (click on Register)
3. Mail signed contract with $500 deposit per traveler
"Bond tours have become a rite of passage for our family. What's next?" George Sinnamon, Armistice Tour 2018
Bond has 30 years of boots-on-the-ground experience
organizing, directing, and leading European tours
(profile)
2026--France Battlefield Bond Tour
2026--Italy Tour BHA
2025--Frankfurt to Prague Tour
2025--Rome to Venice BHA
2025--Italy and Greece KCA
2024--Rome to Venice BHA
2023--Summer OCWMC
2023--Rome to Geneva Tour
2023--Spring OCWMC
2023--Rome to Venice student tour
2022--Early Church in the British Isles Tour
2022--Oxford Creative Writing Master Class
(2020-2021 multiple tours canceled--stay tuned!)
2019 England & Scotland Church History Tour (June 25-July 5)
2019 Oxford Creative Writing Master Class (Jume 15-22)
2019 Oxford Creative Writing Master Class (April 2-9)
2018 Armistice Centenary Tour (June 15-25)
2018 Oxford Creative Writing Master Class (April)
2017 Oxford Creative Writing Master Class (Summer)
2017 Luther 500 Tour
2017 Oxford Creative Writing Master Class (Spring)
2016 Oxford Creative Writing Master Class (Summer)
2016 English Church History & Hymn Tour
2016 Oxford Creative Writing Master Class (Spring)
2015 Rome to Geneva Tour
2014 John Knox 500 Tour
2014 UK/Normandy Student Tour
2013 Reformation For All Time Tour
2012 UK/Normandy History Tour
2012 Hymns For All Time Tour
2011 Crown & Covenant Trilogy Tour
2010 UK/Normandy Student Tour
2009 John Calvin 500 Tour
1996-2009 Biennial Tours of UK and Normandy
READING LIST
(optional, but the more you read the more enjoyable the tour will be)
Order signed copies with free shipping at bondbooks.net
Grace Works! (And Ways We Think It Doesn't)
The Poetic Wonder of Isaac Watts
Augustus Toplady, Heart Aflame
The Thunder
The Mighty Weakness of John Knox
Crown & Covenant Trilogy
Guns of the Lion
Hostage Lands
Hand of Vengeance
The Revolt
War in the Wasteland (WW I)
The Resistance (WW II new release)
Mr. Pipes and the British Hymn Makers
GOD SINGS! (And Ways We Think He Ought to)
“When you’re on a tour with Douglas Bond you see fascinating things you would have entirely missed on your own.” Jim
“This was a miracle tour for me. Wonderful! I was encouraged to run the race.” Kristen
“Bond tours give us a perspective far larger than our own. ‘To whom much is given, much will be expected.’ What is expected of us after such a tour?” David
“Doug, you are one of a kind in the best possible way. God used you to bless my wife and I in rich and wonderful ways.” Dwayne
"It was like a Church history course right where it happened" said a recent Bond tour traveler.
Click on image to order author-signed books from this site. When you register and order books to read for this tour we will send you a FREE GIFT copy of INFANT HOLY, my newest release with your books--and free shipping on domestic orders.
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