As ever, we are at the Three Magnets, Leys Avenue, Letchworth. Thursday nights are curry nights but other food (standard Wetherspoons' fare) is also available for you. Leys Avenue is the main shopping street in Letchworth and is a few minutes' walk from the station (Kings Cross to Cambridge line). Call me on [Phone Number] for more details and encouragement
Our "5th of the month" event will feature sheep racing! Come along to the Vat & Fiddle pub on Queensbridge Road from 8pm on Friday 5th, place your bets (£2.50 will get you a wad of sheepy money with the real money going to Cancer Research UK), then watch as six battery operated sheep in racing silks stagger and bleat their way to the finish line! Hilarity guaranteed! Prize for the winner with the most sheepy money at the end of six races. We'll be in the Goldings Room to the left of the baa!
There's nothing better than an English summer weekend, and there's nothing better-y better than a MENSA English summer weekend (other nationalities are available). We've got a whole weekend of East Midlands fun in August, and the Leicester bit on the 6th is to re-create the first-ever package tour arranged by Thomas Cook to a temperance meeting in Loughborough from Leicester (only we'll do it Mensastyle and go to the pub instead!). The price is just £20 which includes all-day travel on the Great Central Railway, your first drink in the pub and your authentic (ish! It depends on my Photoshop skills) ticket booklet posted out to you. Bookings (by Jul 23rd) / info / etc. please contact me as above.
Continuing our "H" events on Sunday 7th we're visiting the Heights Of Abraham in Matlock. We'll get a discounted rate of £12.00 adult, £9.00 senior and £8.40 child. The price includes a ride on the cable car, two cavern tours, film show and exhibition, Victoria Prospect Tower, adventure playground, woodland trails plus stunning views over the Derbyshire countryside. (Yes, it's strange to go up on a cable car to go down a cave!) Bring a picnic if the weather is nice or opt to lunch in one of their eateries. Further info at www.heightsofabraham.com. We will meet at the base of the cable cars at 10.30am. I will need to confirm numbers by 1st August so book with me but pay on the day.
Our "natter & nosh" event has changed venue to The Cadland on High Road in Chilwell. Join us from 7.30pm on Thursday 11th for a meal or later for just a drink. We've reserved tables 22/23/24 which are at the far end of the bar from the car park entrance. Menu at www.emberinns.co.uk. Please see the Leicester section for details of this month's "eating meeting" in Ashby De La Zouch on Tuesday 30th.
Meet at 'Adam and Eve' on Lindum Hill, hopefully, in the garden, otherwise in the alcove. Discussion on, "Which prisoners, if any, should be denied the right to vote?" starts at around 12.30, food available, free parking.
On Saturday 13th we'll be doing part of the Bedford Bridges walk, starting in the town centre and taking in the various bridges along the Embankment and back. Meet outside the Swan Hotel in the High St at 10.30am. Please let us know if you're planning to come so we can look out for you.
On Sunday 14th 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. For more details contact me as above.
Come and join us at the Rendezvous Coffee Shop in Market Walk, Northampton Town Centre at 10.30 a.m. on 14 August for a drink, breakfast or full brunch. Bring a joke with you if you can (but this is NOT compulsory!). Contact Marianne on [Phone Number] or email: [Email] if you need additional encouragement.
Enthusiastic games players Dave and Alison invite you to their home in Flackwell Heath for an evening of indoor games - possibilities available include Boggle, Enigma, Sherlock Holmes, Mid-Life Crisis and many others. Arrive for an 8pm start on Monday 15th August. Space is limited, so could you please contact Dave on [Email] or [Phone Number] for directions and to let him know which games you would like to play.
Our monthly visit to the Barge in Woolstone for the quiz is on Monday 15th. Meet from 8.30 - the quiz starts at 9pm and costs £1 per person. Please let me know beforehand if you're coming so I can bag a large enough table.
As always we'll be at the Standing Order on the "3rd Wednesday" which falls on 17th this month. Find us in the rear section of the pub on Irongate with a yellow Mblem on display and lots of happy faces around it! There is usually a good turnout at this event. You are welcome to come any time from 7.30pm until late for food and/or drink.
Sunday breakfast will be on 21st 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. Come for a full breakfast, a snack, or for just a drink.
The title "Earl of Stamford" was created in 1628, so it makes sense to meet three and a half hours later at The Stamford Arms in Groby for our 4th Monday doo-dah wotsit.
We're returning to Wagamama on Brayford Pool, hopefully to sit outside. All welcome but please book with me by 18th if possible, thanks.
.Last Friday is at our usual venue of the Cowper Arms, Digswell. The pub is next to Welwyn North station and is served by stopping trains from Kings Cross to Peterborough and Cambridge. Good food, beer and conversation guaranteed! Please call me on [Phone Number] for more details and encouragement
Finally, we're off to Ashby-de-la-Zouch for a meal-de-la-Chinese on the 30th at 7:30 as Pen Penny is hosting a gathering at Wong Kwei (wonky?) on Bath Street. Please contact Pen on [Phone Number] or [Email] to book your place by 26th August.