Five departures set off for the continent on Monday (25 October), with a further 115 scheduled for the rest of the year.

Its French and Belgium escorted touring programme includes Battle of the Bulge, All Quiet on the Western Front, D-Day Landings in Normandy, D-Day Landings in Normandy by Luxuria, and Splendours of Paris.

The three-, four- and five-night tours include coach travel and local pick-up, hotel accommodation, continental breakfast and some excursions, with optional excursions also available.

Liam Race, Leger Shearings Group chief executive, said: “It’s a great relief to be able to finally restart our European escorted coach tours after all this time – we’re delighted to get going again, and with just a lateral flow test now required on Day 2 [of clients’ return], it’s all quite straightforward.

"We have more than 100 tours heading across the Channel by the end of December. It’s great we can now give customers their long-awaited holidays, and with hundreds more tours on sale in 2022 and 2023, there’s plenty more to look forward to.”