Walkabout Celebrating Huntley & Palmers 200th Year - The Biggest Biscuits factory in the World
My 2 Hour 30mins guided Huntley & Palmers Biscuit Walk – A Rich Tea of Iced Gems of a Walkabout, a Shortbread of facts, Cakes & Cookies to make your mouth water, facts & firsts, In a sealed Tin of a easy route! Only a Ginger Nut would miss it!
This Huntley & Palmers (H&P) 200th Anniversary Year Guide Walk is a 2.5 hour easy jaunt, I tell a Biscuit Themed story from Roman times to the Present, covering what was the largest Biscuit Factory in the world. I talk about H&P people, their massive influence & service to Reading, Biscuits, Factory, Buildings, Generosity, Legacy & so much more – We finish at the MERL (The Museum of English Rural Life) a great place to end for Biscuits & Cuppa.
Afterwards you can walk around the MERL's - Special exhibition Biscuit Town: 200 years of Huntley and Palmers in Reading
This is a Free Event, although It will be possible to donate to my two 2022 local charities – 1st - PACT - Parents And Children Together - has been building and strengthening families since 1911 and the 2nd - Royal Berks Charity are here to Support the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. Although you are under no obligation whatsoever to do so.
NB End point is 1 mile from town centre. No toilets are on the route. You can get a bus near the end to get back into Reading Town centre if you need it. Please ask for details of the buses in MERL if required.
Please arrive 10 mins early for signing in and safety brief etc.
Accompanied children are welcome.
