Lots happening in and around Castle Donington over the weekend of Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd October including a pub lunch, guided walk, 1940s dinner dance, spa session, Aeropark visit and afternoon tea. Join in as much or as little as you like. Contact me for further details or see the event ads in Mensa Magazine or above
Lots happening this month including the usual eating and drinking plus racing and theatre. We'll be at the Vat & Fiddle pub on Queensbridge Road from 8.00pm on Wednesday 5th for a drink and chat. A big thanks to the 30+ people who came along to the hilarious sheep racing event at our August event and helped raise £140 for charity.
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 for more details.
Alphabet Themed Events:
A joyous jamboree of jollity as we join the jazziest jongleurs at our J is for... Jokes evening! Go to http://tinyurl.com/jisforjokes to book for the JustTheTonic comedy night on 7th October in Loughborough Town Hall (Tickets are just £10 each), let me know you're coming and I'll see you in the bar for some jolly japes and maybe a jeroboam of jin... er.... gin!
Meet me from 10:30am onwards on Friday 7th October for a morning of informal conversation and coffee. This month we are returning to Café Zest in House of Fraser at the Eden centre in High Wycombe. No need to book, you are welcome if you just turn up on the day.
The discussion at the "Adam and Eve", Lindum Hill on Saturday 8th October, is around "When does choice become oppression?" Around is the word - we are do enjoy tangents. Look for the magazine in the alcove from 12.05pm. We usually move onto the topic at 12.30pm. There is food available and the parking is free.
Come along for some cereal thrillers at the Lawrence household. Nibble on some niblets, chew on a cob and wash it all down with a barley brew. Bring along an unusual beer, with a prize for the funniest name. Email [Email] or call [Phone Number].
This month's get-together will be breakfast/brunch at the usual Rendezvous Coffee Shop in Market Walk, Northampton Town Centre. This time we're reviewing holidays - bring 2 or 3 photos (maximum!) and any amusing or interesting anecdote that happened. Best one gets a free coffee! Or tea. Contact me on [Phone Number] or email: [Email] for any encouragement.
Join Dave and Alison at their home in Flackwell Heath for a relaxed evening of indoor board games. Arrive for an 8pm start on Monday 10th October. Space is limited, so please contact Dave on [Phone Number] or [Email] for directions and games you would like to play.
Our first event in October is a meal at Prezzo at the MK Dons Stadium in Bletchley, at 6.30pm on Tuesday 11th October. We may go on to a film afterwards, if there is anything that people want to see. Please let me know by Sunday 9th if you plan to come so I can book a table.
On Thursday 13th join us from 7.30pm for a meal or later for just a drink at the Cadland pub in Chilwell. We have tables 20-24 reserved which are at the far side of the bar.
On Sunday 16th October, join me for an excursion to Colne Valley Park to admire the way the Grand Union Canal and Great Central Railway were driven across this watery landscape. Meet on the train leaving High Wycombe at 12:57. From Denham Station we will descend below the railway viaduct to reach a footpath heading for the Colne Valley park visitor centre (UB9 5PG), arriving just after 2pm. If coming by car, please meet us there. We pass Denham Deep Lock on the towpath of the Grand Union Canal, a good level path with no stiles. Total distance, including the walk to and from the station, will be around six miles. We may go for a Thai meal afterwards - let me know if you are interested in joining us.
Our monthly visit to the Barge in Woolstone for the quiz is on Monday 17th. 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.
We're returning to the Carpenters Arms, Fiskerton on Tuesday 18th - it's a friendly village pub where we can all find something we like to eat and a car park. We meet at 6.45pm so we can eat before the quiz afterwards and you are welcome to just join us for the quiz if you prefer. Please let me know either option by 13th so that I can book a table/work out how many teams we will need. Hope to see you soon.
As usual we'll be in the rear section of the Standing Order pub on Irongate from 7.30pm until late on Wednesday 19th for good value food and/or drink. Just look for a yellow Mblem on the table and probably 12-16 happy faces around it!
The newly married Susan and Mark Graves will be hosting our annual trip to Ilkeston fair on Friday 21st. Please contact them on [Phone Number] for meeting point and so we know who to look out for on the night. Also if bad weather in case the event is cancelled/postponed. You're welcome to come along whether you want to try some white knuckle thrills or just wander and eat traditional fair fayre.
Is anyone interested in seeing camp comedian Julian Clary at Nottingham Playhouse on Saturday 22nd? He's appearing in his new show "The Joy Of Mincing". The performance starts at 8.00pm but maybe dinner beforehand? We've a block booking of seats front of circle costing £24 each. Contact me to check availability.
As autumn is upon us, we are retreating indoors for Sunday breakfast and returning to Brown's, next to Jury's Inn on Midsummer Boulevard. Join us from 10am on Sunday 23rd for a full breakfast, a snack, or just a drink.
What could top that? Only our regular fourth Monday, 24th October, shindig at The Stamford Arms in Groby, that's what! There's the option of eating beforehand (puds are a quid! A QUID!! It'd be rude not to!) from about six-ish... maybe six thirty.. before we retire to the bar at about eight-ish for a pub get-together. Y'see, it's like two meetings for the price of one! Details of the pub (and menus) are at www.stamfordarms.co.uk don't forget to drop me a line to tell me you're coming (especially if you fancy eating) so I can grab a big enough table.
Our "eating meeting" goes Portuguese this month as we're heading to Nando's peri-peri chicken restaurant at Giltbrook (near Ikea) at 7.30pm on Tuesday 25th. There are vegetarian dishes too. Contact me by 21st if you would like a place. Menu at www.nandos.co.uk
Finally on Friday 28th we return to Nottingham Greyhound Stadium in Colwick to take part in the finals of their charity tournament. Come and cheer on our allocated dog and help raise money for Cancer Research UK. Tickets only £3 (normal price is £6) with all money going to charity. You can arrive and leave any time you like between 6.00pm and 10.30pm. Find us downstairs where there is a bar, café, tote bet kiosks and screens to watch the racing if you don't want to stand trackside. Friends, family and work colleagues more than welcome and accompanied under 18s are admitted free! Why not give it a try if you've never been before?
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 for more details.
Following the success of last year's Halloween Party I'm organising another from 8.00pm until midnight on Saturday 29th. Venue is Heanor Conservative Club. Tickets cost £7.50 (or £5.00 for under 18s) and include a two course buffet and disco. There will be an optional raffle and witches' cauldron lucky dips with all proceeds going to Cancer Research UK. Spooky fancy dress is encouraged but not compulsory. Please contact me to purchase tickets.