Monday 1st March is the date for our 1st Monday of the Month meeting and we are at our regular venue: The Malt Shovel, Bridge Street, Northampton. On or after 9.00pm you will find us at one of the tables towards the rear of the pub. If you have any ideas for walks or other events during the Spring and Summer tonight is the night to let us know.
Thursday 4th March at 8.15pm for our regular first Thursday of the month meeting: we'll be around for our usual mix of lively conversation and a good atmosphere. As always, we're at the Millstream, Cambridge Road, Hitchin. Good food and good beer both available! Call me for more details and encouragement. The pub is about ten minutes' walk from the railway station.
First Thursday is at our regular venue, Jurys Inn on Midsummer Boulevard, on 4th March from 8.00pm. Look out for the Mblem on one of the tables to the right in the foyer. Parking is a bit busy around Jurys and The Hub, so we usually try and get in across the road and walk through the underpass.
Please join us from 8.00pm on Friday 5th for our monthly get together at the Vat & Fiddle pub on Queensbridge Road (near Nottingham railway station). New faces of all ages are very welcome. I would love to hear what type of events you want arranged later in the year. Those involving eating and drinking are usually popular but what else do you want to do - walks? theatre trips? ten pin bowling? quiz nights? visits to tourist attractions? Come and tell me! Look for the yellow Mblem usually to the left of the bar.
On Saturday 6th March at 7:00pm join us for an evening playing friendly games of Scrabble in Amersham. Tea and coffee will be provided.
Have you been inspired by watching the Scrabble World Championships on the television? See how many of the strange words featured you can remember, but if you use them be sure you know what they mean as we are going to ask! Numbers are limited, so please ring me by Sunday 28th February for directions and to reserve your place.
On Monday 8th March - Ten Pin Bowling at Hollywood Bowl Watford, Woodside Leisure Park, North Orbital Road, Garston, Watford, WD25 7JZ.
Please allow 20 minutes prior to bowling. Lane is pre-booked for 8:10pm. (2 games each) Please contact me to advise if you will be attending this event.
As well as bowling there is a bar and cafe. If you don't wish to bowl then please come along and socialise!
On Wednesday 10th join Paul and co for a meal at Nando's Portuguese chicken restaurant followed by an optional film at Cineworld. We meet at 7.00pm prompt inside the doors to the Cornerhouse in the city centre. Contact Paul on [Phone Number] or [Email] to help table reservation and for film listings.
On Friday 12th and Saturday 13th March it's Hitchin Beer Festival time again at the usual venue of the Town Hall, Brand Street (in the town centre and about 15 minutes walk from the station). I'll be there on Friday evening from about 7.00pm and also on Saturday afternoon - hope to see some of you then! Please call me for further details and encouragement.
Christine's SSOTM in central Lincoln is in the coffee bar at The Collection, Danes Terrace from 12 noon on Saturday 13th March. Some have lunch/snack, others just partake of drinks. Usually we're at the far end of the room, spot the magazine and/or Mblem. All very welcome, for more details/encouragement please contact her on [Phone Number], or [Email] Afterwards, anyone who is interested is very welcome to join me at my partner, John's, photography exhibition at the nearby St Martin's Gallery (off Hungate). I'll be walking across after SSOTM meeting but there is nearby parking. For more details or encouragement to join in local social activities, please telephone me.
Wednesday 17th March 7.30pm: 3WOTM at the Standing Order (Wetherspoons) on Irongate.
The Roadshow meeting is on Thursday 18th March and it's another place we haven't been to for a while. The Alexandra in Victoria Road, Kettering is a smallish, but popular, back-street pub close to the town centre. We'll be there from 8.00pm and a copy of the Mensa mag will give away our location.
Following the success of Adam's first event in the south east of the county he's arranged another at 7.00pm on Saturday 20th March. This time it will be a Chinese meal at The Beijing Dragon in Spilsby where the venue comes highly recommended by local members. If you would like to come along please contact Adam on [Phone Number] or [Email] by 17th to reserve your place. All welcome!
On Friday 26th March from 8.00pm join us at the Cowper Arms, Digswell (near Welwyn village) for our new look Last Friday. Good food and good beer available to suit all tastes! The venue is next to Welwyn North railway station (Kings Cross - Cambridge and Peterborough line with trains every 30 minutes). Do come along and try it out for yourself!
Saturday 27th March 7.30pm: Eating in the Quorndon Fox, 46 High Street, Quorn. Numbers by Monday 22nd March please.
We finish off March with another popular T@3 on Saturday 28th at Dobbie's Garden Centre in Fenny Stratford, just south of Milton Keynes. Look for us in the restaurant from 3.00pm onwards - there are several sections so we may not be immediately obvious, but we'll be there somewhere. It should be full of spring flowers and Easter decoration by then, so worth a look.
We haven't been for an Italian meal for a while so this month our eating meeting heads to Pizza Hut where there is currently a £7 meal deal including a main course, starter or dessert, and drink. It's half price for children so why not bring the family? The restaurant is at Castle Meadows and the postcode is NG7 1GX. We'll be dining at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 30th. Please contact me by 26th so a table can be reserved. Restaurant recommendations around Nottinghamshire are very welcome, especially in the Newark, Grantham and Mansfield areas.
On Wednesday 31st March at 7.45pm-ish we will meet at the upper room in the "Eat Fish" restaurant on Berkhamsted High Street. All members young as well as adult very welcome, you do not have to eat if you do not wish to, (although the food is good if you do), have a glass of fruit juice or any other drink and enjoy the chat. I look forward to seeing you.