Sunday breakfast will be at 10:00am 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. Contact me for directions and/or encouragement.
7:30pm at the 'Brache' Beefeater, Osborne Road, opposite the Vauxhall Design Building. There is parking on site. Come along for a drink and a available at the bar or in the restaurant from the same menu. New faces will be welcome to join our group.
As usual we'll be at the Vat & Fiddle pub on Queensbridge Road (near Nottingham railway station) from 8:00pm. We're usually on the first table inside the Goldings Room to the left of the bar but a yellow Mblem will be on display. Do join us!
As ever, 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.
Rowena and Mark are hosting a 'Six Nations Cheese and Wine evening in Welwyn from 5:00pm. The six nations tournament is in full flow at the moment, but there are no matches this weekend, so we thought we'd have a six nations inspired event instead. The theme is 'cheese and wine', but limit your offerings to things from the six nations involved. France is easy when it comes to cheese and wine, but surely we can be a bit more adventurous than that... Abergavenny, Brodick Blue, Cashel, Dolcelatte, Exmoor Blue etc. There's the rest of the alphabet to pick from! Where will your wine be from? We'll provide the craic and the crackers. Contact us on rowenamlove@gmail.com or [Phone Number].
If you're still in the area on Sunday 8th then Iris is organising a tour of Wollaton Hall. Meet at the front steps at 11:00am in order to buy tickets (£5) for their first tour at 12:00pm. An idea of numbers would be useful so please contact Iris on [Email] to express interest. Following this there will be a 4.5 mile circular walk with a tea stop at the University Lakeside Cafe. You are welcome to join the tour and/or the walk but please let either myself or Iris know.
We return to the Beekeeper pub/restaurant from 7:30pm where you can join us for a meal or just a drink. If dining then I have some 25% discount vouchers so please see me before ordering! Find our growing group on the first table beyond the food order point at the end of the bar.
Meet me from 10:30am onwards for a morning of informal conversation and coffee. This month we are returning to the café at Chenies Garden Centre near Little Chalfont, WD3 6EN. Free parking. Delicious cake! A good range of plants, garden tools, garden furniture, gifts and food is also available for sale in the shop. See http://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 contact me so I can assemble enough chairs. You will still be welcome if you just turn up on the day.
Our pub discussion this month, 12:00pm-2:00pm concerns; 'What qualities should we expect of Ministers and MPs? We've talked before about what it is reasonable for society to want of public figures, but political leaders are a special case because they have the power to alter our lives. When we've had enough of politics, the conversation will turn to other topics of interest. Tempted to join us? Go on, we're a nice lot and there are enough chairs, look for the Mblem. Contact me for further details, encouragement etc.
As part of British Science Week the museum in High Wycombe is running a Hands-on Science afternoon from 2:00pm - 4:30pm. Designed for the curious and inquisitive of all ages, it promises a lively mix of scientific fun and activities. The museum is located close to the centre of town, on Priory Avenue, HP13 6PX. Unfortunately I can't attend myself, so Mark has very kindly volunteered to host this event. Please let him know you are coming on [Phone Number] or by e-mail at [Email]. If there is sufficient interest the group will also have an informal meal in town afterwards.
David is kindly hosting the quiz at The Barge in Woolstone as we are not available that day. Meet from 8:30pm - the quiz starts at 9:00pm and costs £1 per person. Look out for the Mblem. Please let David know if you plan to come so he can bag a large enough table - [Email], [Phone Number], [Phone Number].
You have a choice of eating, drinking or walking this month. From 7:30pm, we're at the Standing Order in the city centre for our "3rd Wednesday" get together. Find us in the rear section of the pub with a yellow Mblem on display. New faces always welcome to pop in for a quick drink or stay all evening for food too.
In January a reporter from the Derby Telegraph wrote an article including reference to Mensa members. It was totally made up so the Mensa office responded and invited him to the Standing Order to meet 'real' members. He actually turned up and stayed the whole evening chatting to us all. We're now interested to see what he's going to write about us! Thank you to everyone who turned out in the snow to make it such a pleasant evening.
Spring has sprung so let's go for a walk. Meet at the free canal side car park in Whatstandwell (on B5035 just up the road from the Family Tree cafe) ready to walk off at 11:00am. The circular route is approximately 4 miles and includes woodland, crossing the tracks of the National Tramway Museum and a small ascent to Crich Stand with wonderful views across the Derbyshire countryside. We've done this pleasant walk previously with a lunch stop at the Cliff Inn near the end. In March we could have glorious sunshine or deep snow. If there's any doubt about the weather please contact me to check the walk is still going ahead. Suggestions for other routes we can do over the summer months are welcome.
For our midweek evening eating meeting this month, we're returning to the Bowl Full Tapas bar at the far end of West Street at 7:00pm. All welcome, but do please book with me by 21st March.
We're starting off March with our Regional Barn Dance event (see elsewhere on this page), so our first Leicester get together will be our regular fourth-Thursday meeting at The Craddock at 8:00pm. For no good reason, we'll be celebrating Spock's birthday (well, actor Leonard Nimoy's anyway), so..... How many Vulcans does it take to change a light bulb? Approximately 1.0000000000000000000000!!
Come and mark (almost) the end of March. As always, we're at the Cowper Arms, Digswell, which is by Welwyn North railway station, whioch is served by stopping trains from Kings Cross to Cambridge and Peterborough. Good food and good beer both available! Call me for more details and encouragement.
We end March with a welcome return to T@3 at Dobbie's Garden Centre in Fenny Stratford. Look for us in the restaurant, probably in the conservatory area at the back, from 3:00pm. There should be lots of spring flowers around, so plenty to look at. Contact me for directions and/or encouragement.
This month our "eating meeting" goes on location to Coalville and will be an Italian meal hosted by Paul at 7:30pm. Please see the Leicester section for further details. Recommendations for restaurants within Nottinghamshire are always welcome.
Following on from that, we're having a joint Leicester/Nottingham/Derby meal at La Torre on High Street in Coalville. This restaurant was specially selected by going to the Tripadvisor website, and finding the #1 ranked restaurant in the town! There's more information on their website at www.latorrecoalville.co.uk, but the menus look good to me! I obviously need to book quite early for this, so please can you let me know by Friday 20th March at the very latest if you plan to come along?