We start August with T@3 on Saturday 1st, in the restaurant at Dobbie's Garden Centre in Fenny Stratford. We'll probably in the conservatory area at the back, from 3pm - there'll be a yellow Mblem on the table.
What better place to spend a glorious August evening that a meal out in a pub oozing rural charm and rustic character in picturesque surroundings?
We'll be heading off to The Badgers Sett in Cropston when the mood takes us! It's your chance to find out for yourself as we'll be going there on Tuesday August 4th from 19:30. We WILL need to book ahead, so please can you let me know by 28th July at the very latest if you're planning on coming?
At the 'Brache' Beefeater, Osborne Road, opposite the Vauxhall Design Building from 7.00pm. There is parking on site. Come along for a drink and a chat, or just the chat. Food is available at the bar or in the restaurant from the same menu. New faces will be welcome to join our group. Contact me for directions or more details.
You're invited to join us for a midweek chat over a drink from 8pm on Wednesday 5th at the Vat & Fiddle pub. We're usually on the first table in the Goldings Room to the left of the bar. Would anyone be interested in taking a tour of the adjacent Castle Rock Brewery during one of our"5th of the month" events?
The cost is £12 per person and after touring the brewery there's chance to pour your own drink and sample up to three different ales in the visitor centre and have your photo taken behind the bar. Sorry, over 18s only on the tour.
VENUE SUBJECT TO CHANGE:
We should be back at the Millstream in Hitchin. The venue is about ten minutes' walk from Hitchin station. If it is still closed, we will meet at the Cowper Arms in Digswell (see LFTOM for details). Good food and good beer both available! Call me for more details and encouragement and to confirm the venue has opened in time.
This month we are returning to the café at Chenies Garden Centre near Little Chalfont, WD3 6EN. Meet me from 10:30am onwards on Friday 7th August for a morning of informal conversation and coffee. Delicious cake! A good range of plants, garden tools, garden furniture, gifts and food is also available for sale in the shop. See www.vanhage.co.uk/garden-centres/chenies/ for further information and an idea of the goods and services on offer. The café can get very busy so if you know in advance you are coming please let me know so I can assemble enough chairs. You will still be welcome if you just turn up on the day.
On Friday 7th we return to Nottingham Greyhound Stadium in Colwick for another of our popular charity race nights. Gates open 6.00pm with the first race at 6.28pm and the last race finished by 10.30pm. You can arrive/leave any time during the evening. Food and drink are available at the venue as well as ample free parking. If you've never been to the dogs come and try it for a bargain £3. Normal admission and race card is £6 but for this charity night I'm selling tickets at half price and that money goes to Cancer Research UK too. Accompanied under 18s are free of charge. Tickets must be purchased in advance from me though as I'm not allowed to hand them out at the venue on the night. All welcome!
Our long-running pub discussion meetings continue on Saturday 8th at 12:05pm, long running both in years since we commenced the event and length of time we sit and talk for. This month's topic is 'Pros and cons of free-at-point-of-access NHS'. Free car park, pub food, pleasant way to spend a, hopefully, sunny Saturday, you're very welcome to join us at the Adam and Eve on Lindum Hill, Lincoln, look for the MBlem.
If you fancy any combination of food/drink/chat then do join us at the Beekeeper pub/restaurant in Beeston from 7.30pm until closing on Thursday 13th. We'll be on the first long table beyond the end of the bar with a yellow Mblem on display. Come and go whatever time suits.
Our monthly visit to the Barge in Woolstone for the quiz is on Monday 17th from 8.30 the quiz starts at 9pm.
Just our one regular get together this month on Wednesday 19th. We'll be in the rear section of the Standing Order on Irongate in the city centre from 7.30pm until late. Come for a meal or just a drink. Stay all evening or pop in for half an hour. New faces always welcome. Contact me in advance for further information or just turn up on the night and spot the yellow Mblem.
Join the friendly, mixed crowd of pub crawlers in picturesque Ware (Hertford East - Liverpool St line). Start and finish is a bit early so people can get home easily. 1st pub: The Waterside Inn (outside by the river if the weather is ok), 2a Star Street, Ware, Herts, SG12 9DW leaving at 6.30pm. Contact [Phone Number] or [Email]. Map and full itinerary: www.loveplums.co.uk/ware.
Sunday breakfast will be on 23rd at 10am at Carluccio's in the Centre: MK. You will probably find us in one of the red booths just in front of the restaurant - look for the Mblem on a table. Come for a full breakfast, a snack, or just a drink.
For this month's "eating meeting" we're going Greek. I'll be reserving a table for 7.30pm on Tuesday 25th at Emilio's on High Street in Arnold. Two courses cost £13.95 or three courses cost £16.95. See menu at ww.emiliosgreekrestaurant.co.uk and book your place with me by 21st latest please. This restaurant comes highly recommended on Tripadvisor.
Another long-running event, mid-week eating meeting, this time at Ask on Brayford Pool, Lincoln on Thursday 27th from 7.00pm. All welcome but it would be really helpful if you could book with me by 18th at the latest, please.
Following on from that, it'll be the usual Fourth Thursday, 27th, at The Cradock. It's been getting busy in there, so consider finding the yellow mBlem or magazine on a table an extended part of your Mensa qualification tests.
As always, we're at the Cowper Arms, Digswell, which is by Welwyn North railway station, which is served by stopping trains from Kings Cross to Cambridge & Peterborough. Good food and good beer both available! Call me for encouragement or more details.
On the Bank Holiday weekend, Sunday 30th August, forget the diet and join us at 3pm at Church House, Hughenden, HP14 4LA for one of their famous teas. A good choice of home-made cakes, full cream teas, toasted tea cakes or delicious local ice cream is available. Church House is easy to find - just take the turn for Hughenden Manor (NT), park at the bottom of the hill and walk up through the churchyard and past the church. The tea rooms are in Church House which is just outside the gate at the top of the churchyard. Look for me inside at 3pm.