Les Draper Eames's regular meeting at The Compass, Green Street, Milton Malsor, NN7 3AT is on Wednesday 4th September at 8pm. A one-room pub so it will be easy to find her.
Join us from 8.00pm on Thursday 5th for our monthly get together at the Vat & Fiddle pub. We're usually on the first table as you enter the Golding's Room to the left of the bar. Just look for the Mensa Magazine on display. Males and females, new and old faces, all welcome. There's free parking in bays outside or round the corner on Traffic Street. Or the pub is a short walk from Broad Marsh bus station.
Then Thursday 5th September at 9pm will see the Northampton people head to The Fox & Hounds, Harborough Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton NN2 8DJ. We will be somewhere in the main bar area - but please don't get it confused with the pub of the same name that we used to meet at in Harlestone."
As ever, we're at the Millstream, Cambridge Road, Hitchin. Good food and good beer both available! Call me on [Phone Number] for more details and encouragement. The pub is about ten minutes' walk from the railway station.
On Saturday 7th September, 7pm, we are going to the Halle orchestra's annual concert in Lincoln cathedral. The programme comprises Dvorak, Vaughan Williams and Elgar's Enigma Variations. Tickets are available online:"Lincolncathedral.com/shop or by visiting the cathedral shop or calling 01522 561644.
National Trust visit to Waddesdon Manor House & Gardens - including Aviary, Woodland Playground, Wine Cellars, Shops and Restaurants. Sat & Sun: Gardens 10am - 5pm House 11am-4pm. Adult: 18.00, Child: £9.00 All National Trust members and Under 5s go free Address is (off High Street A41) Waddesdon Bucks. Sat Nav Postcode: HP18 0JH"
Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire.
The house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. It is publicised as the 'Jewel in the National Trust crown' and is well worth a visit.
Group booking are usually for 15 or more - but if we have less then we can still participate.
I will send out a separate email with the PDFs for info and a map of the gardens
Please! Let me know as soon as possible which date you prefer? Sat or Sun?
We can then agree the date. Arrangements can them be made to collect payments and make online bookings.
We DO need to book in advance!
It's the annual "Steam Up" event at the Leighton Buzzard narrow gauge railway when everything that can be steamed, will be steamed. If you've not been before, it's a fascinating railway and well worth the visit. I'll be there from about 11 am - ring me on [Phone Number] for details and encouragement and where to meet etc. The venue is about two miles from the station (Euston - Milton Keynes line) but I can arrange pick-ups if need be.
The following Thursday 12th we have our "natter & nosh" event which is a good chat over food, or just a drink if you wish, at the Beekeeper pub/restaurant on Meadow Lane in Beeston. Pop along any time from 7.30pm until closing. We book the table just beyond the food order point at the end of the bar and a yellow Mblem will be on display. New faces always welcome.
September is a very busy month for me, so I've arranged just one evening meeting.
We haven't had an Indian meal for a while and the Bombay Palace Restaurant on Crendon Street in High Wycombe has recently been refurbished and enlarged. Join me there at 7:30pm on Friday 13th September. I will need to book a table, so please ring me on"[Phone Number] or e-mail me at [Email] to let me know you are coming.
On Saturday 14th September the last of our scenic walks for the year will be taking place. Meet outside The Tollemache Arms, High Street, Harrington, NN6 9NU at 10.30am for a 4 mile stroll in the north of the county. As always, this will be followed by lunch in the pub - if you can't make the walk you are welcome to join us for the food at about 12.30pm."
At our July meeting there was an interesting division of views on incest, rather more consensus regarding cannibalism. If you'd like to join our discussions, you'd be very welcome at the 'Adam and Eve', on Lindum Hill, Lincoln, Saturday 14th September from 12.05 onwards. This month's topic is 'Tradition - should we learn from it or just preserve it?' Some lunch, others just imbibe; free car park.
Our first get-together this month is T@3 at Dobbie's Garden Centre restaurant on Saturday 14th. Dobbie's is in Fenny Stratford, just south of Milton Keynes. We will probably be in the conservatory out behind the restaurant, so look for the Mblem on a table.
It's the annual Bedfordshire Steam and Country Fayre at Old Warden; I'll be there from 11 am. This is always a good show, with plenty to see and do and you can also visit the Shuttleworth vintage aircraft collection (one of their aircraft usually gives a display as well) and Swiss Garden if you so wish. Ring me on [Phone Number] for details and encouragement and where to meet etc. Nearest stations are Bedford (Thameslink and East Midlands line) and Biggleswade (Kings Cross - Peterborough line) and I can arrange pick-ups if need be.
Family friendly event where we'll start with tea and delicious home baking then progress to something stronger as the evening progresses. Feel free to bring a cake of your own, or a favourite tipple. Contact Rowena on mensa@rowenamlove.co.uk or 01438 715793 for details.
On Monday 16th we continue our Third Monday of the Month quiz meetings at The Barge at Woolstone. We meet from 8.30pm in time for the quiz at 9pm - cost is £1 per person. As I write this we are fresh from our very first victory last night! See www.vintageinn.co.uk/thebargewoolstone/ for location and, if possible, let me know beforehand if you're coming so we can reserve a big enough table.
Find us at the Standing Order on Irongate in the city centre from 7.30pm to around 10.30pm on Wednesday 18th. Look for yellow Mblem on a long table in the low ceiling area at the rear of the pub. You are welcome to come along for a meal or just a drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Everything is reasonably priced as it's a Wetherspoon venue and if you have a Cathedral Quarter card there's also 20% discount on food. New faces always welcome.
The Roadshow meeting is on Thursday 19th September at 8pm and the Towcester area gets our patronage. Meet us at The George Inn, 21 High Street North, Tiffield, NN12 8AD to catch up on all the gossip about what people did during the summer."
At 8.00pm on Monday 23rd the Rocky Horror Show finally returns to the Theatre Royal. Some of us have front row seats in the upper circle costing £29. Please get in touch if you'd like to do the Time Warp with us!
Pub meeting King's Head, Bridge Road, Hunton Bridge WD4 8RE We usually meet upstairs in the 'gallery' area furthest from the bar.
The pub is easy to find from the dual carriageway (A41 Watford Road)
From Watford turn right at the traffic lights, over the small bridge and then on the right.
Look for the magazine or ask at the bar.
New members are warmly welcomed.
It's also my Birthday!
On Tuesday 24th we celebrate the 5th anniversary of our "eating meetings". Yes, we've been working our way around the restaurants of the East Midlands since September 2008. Don't even think about all the calories consumed! Indian cuisine always seems popular so we're going to Mahmaan on Smalley Road in Oakwood which has excellent food, service and prices. Their Tuesday night deal is a four course meal - papadoms and pickles, choice of starter, choice of curry with rice or nan bread, ice cream or coffee - for only £10.95. Or choose from their normal menu. Book your place with me by 20th and I'll reserve a table for 7.30pm. Other restaurant suggestions around Derbyshire are most welcome."
For our midweek evening eating meeting this month, we're returning to the Ocean Cantonese restaurant Cantonese restaurant in North Hykeham on Tuesday 24th September at 7pm. All welcome but it would help if you would please book with me by 17th, thanks."
Our regular meeting is at The Old Mill, London Rd Berkhamsted. Just have a drink and a chat or eat with us. Pub does good meals. New members, partners etc. always welcome. Free Car Parking
Just the one meeting this month due to holiday commitments, so why not come along to see if I brought back presents for everyone? Usual time and place; look around for the magazine or mBlem or give me a call on [Phone Number] to find me!
As ever, we'll be at the Cowper Arms, Digswell, Herts (by Welwyn North station). Call me on [Phone Number] for more details and encouragement. The pub is next to the railway station, which is served by stopping trains from Kings Cross to Cambridge and Peterborough.
The St Albans beer festival is on this weekend at the Alban Arena in the city centre. As ever, an opportunity to sample lots of weird and wonderful concoctions to suit all tastes! I plan to be there from about 12-3. Ring me on [Phone Number] for details and encouragement and where to meet etc. In particular, if you've not been to a beer festival before and want to know a bit more about what does and does not happen, please get in touch.
Tea and cakes at my house near Alford on Sunday 29 September 3-5pm while we chat whatever interests us about Sartre and his thinking. We're nearing the end of our philosophy A-Z and considering what to do next. Possibly we will turn to geography in the New Year and teach ourselves about countries we feel we'd like to know more about. If you would like to join us and have any suggestions, do get in touch.
Sunday breakfast will be at 10.30 am on Sunday 25th at Wetherspoon's on Midsummer Sunday breakfast will be at 10.30 am on Sunday 29th at Wetherspoons on Midsummer Boulevard West, next to Chiquito's and not far up from the railway station (NOT the other Lloyds/Wetherspoons nearer the shopping centre and next to Jury's Inn). Come for a full breakfast, a snack, or just a drink - look for the Mblem on a table.