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I go to the cinema (Cineworld) in Stevenage Leisure Park (16 screen) on Friday evenings; if you wish to join me please call me on [Phone Number] or [Phone Number]. There is usually plenty of choice! Stevenage Leisure Centre is next to Stevenage station, which is also served by local bus services.

Join us at Nando's at the front of Xscape for lunch. Meet just outside at 12.00 so we can try and get a big table. Contact Jo for directions/encouragement on [Email], or [Phone Number] / [Phone Number].

Join us for chat and a fun, free quiz in real ale pub, Tap and Spile, on Motherby Lane. For more details/encouragement please contact Jacquie on [Phone Number].

Find us to the left of the bar in the Vat & Fiddle pub on Queensbridge Road for our monthly evening of drinking (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), chatting and laughter. New faces always welcome.

Join us at Gospoda Polish restaurant in St Cuthbert's Street, Bedford. See http://www2.bedfordtoday.co.uk/features/theword/pages/page20.PDF for address and menu details. Booking essential by Tuesday 5th. Contact details as above.

I'm hosting a "Pamper Party" at my home in Langley Mill. A qualified beautician will be offering manicures, pedicures, massages, facials and much more. See www.uglyduckling-beauty.co.uk for full list of treatments & deduct 10% for group discount. Please book with me by 2nd so that the beautician can allow enough time and bring enough products on the day. Or just come and soak in the hot tub and socialise. Afterwards I'll provide some food, drink and music. Really one for the girls though brave men are welcome!

Hi, I am Les Draper Eames, the latest person to be arm-twisted into being Luton area LocSec. We will be meeting at the Brache Beefeater, Osbourne Rd off Gypsy Lane, Luton LU1 3HJ @ 7.30pm to eat about 8.30pm. This is my first advertised meeting as the new Luton LocSec and I would like to thank Tara Morgan for all the hard work she has put in to keeping LU Mensa viable and running. Please come along for a beer first and a curry at the lovely, already smoke free, Red Chilli, website www.theredchillirestaurant.com or meet us there. Look for the Mblem, If I have one by then....

We're off to Sulgrave Manor, in south-west Northants, near to the Oxfordshire border. The house dates back to about 1500 and at one time was owned by the Washington family that was later to emigrate to America and give the US its first president. Admission is £6.25 adult and £3 child (5-16 years).

Meet for lunch in Hertford at 12.30pm (location to be confirmed). This is the annual Hertford, Harlow and Stevenage Country Bus Rally, when vintage ex-London Transport and London Country buses operate during the day on many routes in the area. Take the opportunity to remember bus travel as it was, in some of England's loveliest countryside. No doubt we'll have a ride (and a pint) or two and photograph a few buses! Hertford is served by trains from Kings Cross to Hertford North or from Liverpool Street to Hertford East, plus Green Line bus service 724 (Harlow - Hertford - Hatfield - St Albans - Watford - Heathrow Airport). Ring Richard on [Phone Number] for further details and encouragement.

Meet for our "Chicks & Flicks" event inside the doors to the Cornerhouse in the city centre. Contact Paul on [Phone Number] or [Email] to find out film choices and cast your vote. We'll buy tickets for a later screening before dining at Nando's chicken restaurant on Forman Street. You are welcome to join us for just the meal if you wish.

We're now doing the quiz at the Millstream, Cambridge Road, Hitchin (about five minutes' walk from the station); please call Helen on [Phone Number] / [Phone Number] or Richard on [Phone Number] for details and encouragement. Food and good beer are available! The quiz starts around 8.30 but we're usually there from 7.30 for a meal.

Join me at the Bombay Palace restaurant in Crendon Street for excellent Indian cuisine in comfortable surroundings. Vegetarian options available. Call Alistair on [Phone Number] to reserve your place.

Join us for lunch at the tearoom at Moggerhanger House (on the A603 west of Sandy) for lunch. After lunch, options to visit Moggerhanger House or the nearby Shuttleworth aircraft museum and Swiss Garden, before going to the concert in the evening if you wish. Ring Helen on [Phone Number] / [Phone Number] for details and encouragement.

Open-air concert at Shuttleworth Swiss Garden. Enjoy an evening of popular classics in this delightful setting, off the B658 west of Biggleswade and south of Sandy. Venue is open from 6 pm and there is an optional but complimentary guided tour of the Garden at 6.30. Tickets cost £12.50 - ring 01767 627933 to book. Bring a picnic etc - note that it is an outdoor event so bring suitable clothing. Ring Helen on [Phone Number] or Richard on [Phone Number] for further encouragement. More details at http://www.shuttleworth.org/events.asp

Come along to Hollywood Bowl at the Meridian Leisure Park in Leicester on Monday 18th June. Meeting inside the main entrance at 7.45pm. Easy access from the town centre and the M1. Ample car parking is available. Price - £8 for 2 games. Please book by Thursday 7th June so I can reserve the lanes. Email [Email] or phone [Phone Number].

This month we're at the Green Man, (just off the A505 between Hitchin and Luton) for our Pub meal and board games meeting. Bring some board games along as well! Bus 101 (Luton - Hitchin - Stevenage) serves Great Offley. Ring Helen on [Phone Number] / [Phone Number] for details and encouragement.

Due to current work pressures and the fact DerbyLocSec Bernie has just taken over a new role as parish councillor he will be taking a back seat at Mensa activities for a while. In the meantime Paul Henchliffe has volunteered to host the "3rd Wednesday" event at the Standing Order on Irongate. Join him and the regular faces from 7.30 pm in the no smoking area beyond the bar for good value food and/or drinks. Contact Paul on [Phone Number] or [Email] for any info.

Join us at Starbucks coffee shop in Borders bookshop by the Hockey Stadium (Portway / Grafton St roundabout). Not sure yet exactly where we'll be but the coffee shop isn't too big and we'll have the Mblem on display, so we shouldn't be hard to find. Contact details as above.

A small group of us regularly attend ballroom dancing lessons at Memorial Hall in Chilwell from 8.30-9.30 pm on Thursdays. Come and join us on 21st and learn the basic steps of waltz, quickstep, tango, jive and cha cha cha with qualified instructors from the Bromage Webster School of Dance. The cost is £3.50 per person with the option of a drink in a nearby hostelry afterwards

Our "Postcode Pubcrawl" event travels to NG32 where Grantham member Mel Blake has suggested food and drinks in Tapps Bar at Belton Woods (De Vere) Hotel followed by a summer evening stroll around their extensive grounds. Contact me on [Phone Number] or [Email] for directions.

We're paying a return visit to The Locomotive in Finedon Road, Wellingborough for the Roadshow. A nice friendly pub, but you're not allowed to play with the train set or try to open the sarcophagus!

Join us in the lounge of the White Horse, Hertingfordbury to chill out at the end of the month - look for the mag and Mblem. Ring Gwen on [Phone Number] or Richard on [Phone Number] for details and encouragement. The hotel is about 20 minutes' walk from Hertford North station. Meals are available.

Join us at West Wycombe Park for a Tribute Concert to Abba, Elton John and Queen plus firework display. Gates open 5.00pm Concert starts 7.30 pm. Tickets cost £26 from 0500 66 1812 or book online at www.classicfantastic.co.uk. Venue signposted from J4 M40 or call Alistair for encouragement on [Phone Number].