The Festival at Glyndebourne
A summer evening of opera in a 1,200-seat theatre beside a country house in the Sussex Downs, with a 90-minute interval for a picnic in the gardens or dinner in the house restaurants.
Checked 24 September
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Day trips from London
A day outside the city: country houses, the Cotswolds, the racecourses.
Five recommendations, each checked every 90 days.
The Old Course at Sunningdale
A round on Willie Park Junior's 1901 heathland course at Sunningdale, about 30 miles west of central London.
Checked 24 September
The private tour of Blenheim Palace
A guided visit to Blenheim Palace, seat of the Dukes of Marlborough, arranged privately by its special tours team, into rooms not always on view and after the gates close.
Checked 24 September
The Royal Enclosure at Royal Ascot
The members' enclosure at the five-day Royal Meeting at Ascot, 25 miles west of London, entered on a hand-written badge worn only by the member named on it.
Checked 24 September
The Stone Circle Experience at Stonehenge
An hour inside the stone circle at Stonehenge with an English Heritage guide, at dawn or in the evening outside public hours, for 52 people at most or one party alone.
Checked 24 September
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A day outside the city: the country houses and their gardens, the Cotswolds, Oxford, and racing at Ascot and Newmarket.