Sunday Express

1. Get Into Gear
Next Sunday, car fans can marvel at a collection of more than 100 vintage vehicles including 1920s Rolls-Royces and a 1987 Zimmer, the only one of its kind in the UK. They will all be on show at the National Trust's Castle Drogo near Exeter. Green fingered dads will also enjoy wandering around the castle's lush gardens with their colourful array of rose beds and rhododendron-lined valley. Distinctively flavoured real ales from Red Rock Brewery will be on offer in the beer tent and a hearty bangers and mash lunch costs £10pp. Tickets £5.50 per adult, £3 per child.

Top 10 Fathers Day fun

2. Football Fever
Alan Brazil, Ronnie Irani and Derek Thompson of talkSPORT will be hosting a screening of the England versus Slovenia match on June 23 at Haven's Devon Cliffs resort. There will also be a sports quiz with prizes including England shirts and free pints. A four-night break at Devon Cliffs arriving June 21 costs from £219 (six sharing a two-bedroom caravan), self catering.

3. Full Steam Ahead
Telford Steam Railway in Shropshire is offering dads the chance to man the controls of a full-sized steam engine. Tickets for June 20 cost £25 for a 30-minute experience, which includes a ride on the Steam Tram along Horsehay Pool on the edge of the Ironbridge Gorge world Heritage site.

4. Hole In One
Book a golfing break with Your Golf Travel. The company is offering a two-night break at Worsley Park, Cheshire, from June 19, from £204pp (two sharing), half-board. Price includes three rounds of golf per person on the hotel's championship course.

5. Best Foot Forward
Take your dad on a ramble during the Hereford Walking Festival from June 19 to June 27. There are nine walks over Father's Day weekend, including Beside the Cornish Way, a scenic seven-mile stroll through meadows and orchards. Tickets £11 per adult, £7 per child.

6. Spa Time
It's not just ladies who look like being pampered. Book your father in for a stress-free day of spa treatments at the four star Crown Spa Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The eight-hour session will include a facial, salt and scrub, aromatherapy fitness massage and full use of the spa facilities and costs £128pp. For those considering booking an overnight stay so wives/ partners can join the treat and also experience the excellent spa facilities, doubles from £100 per night (two sharing), B&B.

7. Foodie Feast
Gourmet dads will love visiting the BBC Good Food Summer Show at the NEC Birmingham. The five-day extravaganza from June 16 includes demonstrations from top celebrity chefs such as James Martin and the Hairy Bikers. Tickets from £19.

8. Centre Stage
Treat your dad to a ticket to see a top theatre show such as Calendar Girls, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat or Witness For The Prosecution. The cast of each will be treading the boards in Glasgow over the summer. Blytheswood Square Hotel is offering a two-night theatre break from £250 (two sharing), half-board. Price includes top-price tickets to a production of your choice, two nights' accommodation in a classic room, with a full Scottish breakfast each morning and three-course dinner in the hotel restaurant. easyJet offers return flights to Glasgow from various UK airports from £58.

9. Outdoor Fun
Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire is hosting lessons on how to build a shelter in the woods. There are also woodland trails to enjoy and guided tours of the manor. Dads get free admission, others £5.

10. City Break
Spoil dad rotten and book a night for him in London staying at one of Park Plaza's three centrally located hotels. Choose between County Hall on the South Bank, only a short stroll from tourist favourite London Eye; the Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street for a bit of detective-themed history; and the centrally located Victoria London, just two minutes from the capital's famous station. Park Plaza is offering a special rate of £100 per night (two sharing), room only, for fathers booking by June 20.

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