Our first get-together is on Sunday 3rd, when we visit Brown's, next to Jury's Inn on Midsummer Boulevard (West), for breakfast. Join us from 10am for a full breakfast, a snack, or just a drink.
Join us at the Vat & Fiddle pub on Queensbridge Road (NG2 1NB) from 8.00pm on Tuesday 5th. If you've not been before the venue is a 1930s brewery tap serving Castle Rock beers brewed next door as well as the usual array of soft, hot and alcohol drinks. We can usually be found on the first table inside the Goldings Room to the left of the bar. Just look for a yellow Mblem on the table.
We have moved the games evening to Tuesday this month, so if Mondays are difficult, this is your opportunity to try it out! Join Dave and Alison at their home in Flackwell Heath, near High Wycombe, for a relaxed evening of indoor board games.
Arrive for an 8pm start on Tuesday 5th December. Please contact Dave for directions and to let him know which games you would like to play.
As ever, we are at the Three Magnets, Leys Avenue, Letchworth. Thursday nights are curry nights but other food (standard Wetherspoons' fare) is available as well. 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.
T@3 has come round again - join us for tea, coffee, cakes and chat at Dobbie's Garden Centre in Fenny Stratford. As we are short of free Saturdays, for this time only it will be on a Friday - 8th December. Look out for us in the restaurant, probably in the conservatory area at the back.
Christmas Party Night
We're having a Christmas party night at the Kegworth Hotel on Saturday 9th and although in Derbyshire there are members already booked from Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Lincoln, Milton Keynes and Rugby. This is not a private party but part of the hotel's own festive celebrations.
Dinner will be served at 7.30pm and the event ends at 1.00am. The cost is £22.50 for a 3 course dinner and disco. For menu choices and to check availability please contact Maxine.
Accommodation is available at the hotel if anyone wishes to stay overnight.
Our regular breakfast/brunch meeting is on Sunday 10th at the Rendezvous Coffee Shop in Market Walk, Northampton Town Centre at 10:30am. This time, after Pete's customary quirky quiz, we'll try to astound the staff and fellow patrons with some intelligent discussion (rather than the usual noisy inanities!) by debating "Does modern education infantilise our children?" Contact me for encouragement or reassurance.
Christmas meal
Join Val at 12:15 on Sunday 10th December for a different Christmas meal at Eat Thai, 14-15, Easton Street, High Wycombe, HP11 1NT. After lunch we will visit Wycombe Museum for their Christmas Fayre and their latest exhibition "The Art of Dying". Admission to the museum and Fayre is free. Check on: eat-thai.co.uk/ wycombemuseum.org.uk.gridhosted.co.uk/wordpress/events/ This is also where you book tickets for the Fayre's Magic Show (adults £3, children free), if you want to see it. If you intend to eat with us, please let me know by 26th November. Contact Val for more info.
Christmas meal
On Thursday 14th our get together at The Cadland in Chilwell becomes the Nottingham Mensa Christmas meal and pre-booking is essential. The cost is £14.99 for 2 courses or £17.49 for 3 courses. For menu options and to check availability contact Susan.
Meet Val from 10:30 onwards on Friday 15th December for a morning of relaxed informal conversation, coffee and cake. This month we are returning to Seasons Café and Deli, 6 Market Square, Old Amersham HP7 0DQ. www.seasons-cafe-deli.com/ for location and menus. If you want to, you can let Val know in advance that you are coming. You will still be welcome if you just turn up on the day. We will have the Emblem on the table and do remember to check the back room if you can't see her when you come in. For further details or encouragement contact Val
Please note that our regular Pub discussion will take place on the third Saturday 16th at 12:00pm to avoid Christmas Market traffic. Join us in the alcove of the Adam and Eve on Lindum Hill for a discussion around "What is the most effective way for Santa to deliver to every home?"
Christmas meal
On Monday 18th December, we shall be gathering for our now traditional Christmas curry. I have made a provisional booking with Mem Saab Indian Restaurant (www.mem-saableics.com), 59 Highcross Street, Leicester, LE1 4PG for 7:30pm. If you are coming, please let me know by Monday 4th December at the latest so that I can secure the booking and confirm numbers with the restaurant. I shall be waiting in the downstairs bar area of the restaurant from 7:00 pm on the 18th December to greet those who decide to come.
From 7.30pm on Wednesday 20th it's our get together at the Standing Order on Iron Gate in the city centre. Join Pen and co for food and/or drink and some fun conversation. Look for the Mensa sign on a long table in the rear section of this Wetherspoon pub. New faces welcome.
Join Jacquie and John at home for games and conversation on Thursday 28th from 3:00pm. Tea, coffee, etc and some snacks will be provided but you are very welcome to bring your leftovers to share. Please contact Jacquie by 26th for more details and so she has an idea of numbers.
Fancy shaking off the post-Christmas blues? Join us for a steam hauled run on the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway for a "Mince Pie special". Meet at Chinnor station (Station Road, Chinnor OX39 4ER) at 1130 for 1200 departure. Contact Richard Allen on [Phone Number] for details and encouragement.
On Sunday 31st I'm hosting a New Year's Eve party at my home in Langley Mill. Come and help celebrate the end of 2017 and start of 2018. I'll provide a buffet, music, décor and midnight countdown but please bring whatever you wish to drink.
The fun starts at 8.00pm and continues into next year! Some floor space available for overnight guests. Let me know if you'd like to come along (to help my catering) and for directions.
It's the annual Viennese style concert at the Barbican in London. We have been going for quite a few years now and the repertoire is a mix of traditional and less well-known. If you've been before, you know the score - if you haven't, then come along and see for yourself! Contact Richard Allen on [Phone Number] for details and encouragement.