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A Month-by-Month Guide to Events Around the Country INCA TRAIL TREK Inca Capital of Cusco (17th-26th). At an altitude of 3,300m, you will spend your first day acclimatising by taking a trek around the famous Inca sites surrounding Cusco. Then, you and your fellow trekkers will be off as a team to conquer the one and only Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Registration: £349; Minimum Sponsorship: £3,400. In aid of Heart Research UK. Tel: [phone]. E-mail: community@ heartresearch.org.uk 17 RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London (21st-25th). Nowhere makes gardening more fashionable than at this Flower Show; 21 a catwalk of colour and creativity. The pinnacle of garden design makes this show the one the world wants to see. For Tickets Tel: [phone]. Main Tel: [phone]. www.rhs.org.uk LEONARDO DA VINCI: A LIFE IN DRAWING The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Marking the 500th Anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the exhibition brings together more than 200 of the Renaissance master’s greatest drawings in the Royal Collection, forming the largest exhibition of Leonardo’s work in over 65 years. E-mail: [email protected] 24 Visit The Datebook Digital Edition www.thedatebook.co.uk surroundings whilst indulging in a glass of champagne, buffet dinner, superb entertainment and the summer party atmosphere. In aid of Macmillan Cancer Care. Tel: Charlotte Briggs, 020 3947 4773 – ext 2522. www.macmillan.org.uk LOOKING AHEAD JUNE MACMILLAN’S HOUSE OF LORDS VS HOUSE OF COMMONS TUG OF WAR Westminster Abbey Gardens, London. Macmillan’s Parliamentary Tug-of-War event is now in its 33rd year, attracting over 600 guests annually, each cheering on the teams battling it out over a Tug-of-War rope. Guests enjoy this spectacle in beautiful 4 28 THE LONDON & UK DATEBOOK THE MOONWALK SCOTLAND 2019 Holyrood Park, Scotland Roll up, roll up, The Moonwalk Scotland is coming to town, Saturday 8th June! Walk through the streets of Edinburgh at night, raising money and awareness for breast cancer charity Walk the Walk. Sign up and choose from four challenges. Price: £15 - £49.50 www.walkthewalk.org/moonwalkscotland Tel: [phone] Promote Your Special Event E - m a i l D e t a i l s To : [email protected] LONDON TO BRIGHTON CHALLENGE 2019 Old Deer Park, Richmond (25th-26th). Walk, jog or run from London to Brighton on this endurance charity challenge. 25 NSPCC. E-mail: [email protected] British Heart Foundation Charity Sponsorship or Mixed Funding. Tel: [phone]. E-mail: [email protected] DUXFORD AIR FESTIVAL 2019 IWM, Duxford (25th-26th). Duxford Air Festival is an incredible spectacle. Save the dates for the May Spring Bank Holiday 2019. Tickets on sale soon. www.img.org.uk/events/duxford-air- festival-2019 25 ROYAL ASCOT Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire (18th-22nd). Royal Ascot is Britain’s most popular race meeting. There is nothing quite like it in the social calendar, an atmosphere created by priceless horses and an extraordinary fashion parade. Tel: [phone]. www.ascot.co.uk 18 JULY THE WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP All England Lawn and Croquet Club, Wimbledon (1st-14th). Tel: [phone] RHS HAMPTON COURT PALACE FLOWER SHOW PREVIEW EVENING Hampton Court Palace, 5pm. As the sun sets, listen to live music with friends and family before tucking into a delicious picnic, enjoying an all- 1 continued…