This month's get together at the Vat & Fiddle pub (NG2 1NB) features hilarious sheep racing! We have private use of the Goldings Room. Buy a wad of sheepy money for £2.50 then watch six battery operated sheep in racing silks stagger and bleat their way to the finish line! All money going to charity and prize for the winner. Further info from Maxine on [Phone Number] or [Email] or just turn up on the night.
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 on [Phone Number] for more details and encouragement.
Our regular Second Saturday meeting. Join us in the alcove of the Adam and Eve, 25 Lindum Road (opposite Pottergate Arch) for a discussion around "What is the future of town centres?" Parking, pub food, all welcome. Contact Jacquie on [Phone Number] or [Email] for more details.
Join us for a visit to the National Brewery Centre (DE14 1NG). Ticket price £11.95/£9.95 concession includes a guided tour, free car parking and three beer tasting vouchers (equivalent to one pint) per adult. Meet near the reception at 1.30pm and we'll aim for the 2pm tour. Contact Susan on [Phone Number] or [Email] for encouragement and so we can look out for you.
Follow on from the Brewery Centre trip or join us separately at The Lord Burton (Wetherspoons) at 154 High Street, DE14 1JE, for a chat and perhaps something to eat. Look for a yellow Mblem on a table. Contact Susan on [Phone Number] or [Email] for encouragement and so I can look out for you.
A visit to Wollaton Hall and Park (NG8 2AE). Optional tour of the Hall at noon lasting 45 minutes and costing £5 per person. Followed by a stroll around the lake then picnic. Also option to visit the natural history museum. Ideal for families. Parking £3 per car for 3 hours. See Empress for further details or contact Maxine on [Phone Number] or [Email]
Our usual breakfast/brunch meeting is at 10:30 at the Rendezvous Coffee Shop, Market Walk in Northampton Town Centre. After the quiz (make it a bit easier, Pete - please!) we'll converse very quietly to test Ian's new hearing aid. Contact Marianne on email: [Email] or [Phone Number] for encouragement.
Our '2nd Thursday' get together at the Cadland, High Road, Chilwell, for food and/or drink plus varied conversation. Menu at www.emberinns.co.uk. Look for yellow Mblem on a large table to far side of bar. New faces welcome. Directions/encouragement to come along from Maxine on [Phone Number] or [Email]
Join us for a light lunch at the café in the Caistor Arts & Heritage Centre, 28 Plough Hill. After lunch, weather permitting, we plan to explore the town using the official Walkabout Caistor leaflet. Meet outside the Centre - we'll be holding a Magazine. Please let us know you're coming, so we can look out for you. Email [Email] or phone [Phone Number].
Join me at Church House, Hughenden, HP14 4LA for one of their famous afternoon teas. A good variety of home made cakes & local ice cream! Meet me there at 3pm. Please ring me on [Phone Number] or e-mail me at [Email] for further information or encouragement.
I will be hosting the meeting this month at the Cradock Arms, 201 Knighton Road, Leicester LE2 3TT. You will find me in the lower area of the pub at a table with the yellow Mblem. I look forward to seeing you there but if you need directions or want to meet me at the door before the meeting, then please get in touch on [Phone Number]/e-mail me at [Email]
Our monthly quiz outing to The Barge at Woolstone. Meet from 8.15 for a 8.30pm start - cost is £1 per person. Please let me know if you are coming so I know if we will be one team or two. Contact Jo at [Email], or [Phone Number] / [Phone Number] for directions/encouragement.
Join our growing group for food/drink/chat at our new venue of The Prince Rupert pub on Stodman Street in Newark (NG24 1AW). Look for a yellow Mblem on the table or contact Pete beforehand on [Phone Number] or [Email] for directions/encouragement. New faces always welcome!
Join Dave and Alison at their home in Flackwell Heath, near High Wycombe, for a relaxed evening of indoor board games. All members and friends welcome. Space is limited, so please contact Dave for directions and to discuss what games you would like to play on [Phone Number] or by e-mail at [Email]
Third Wednesday brings our regular get-together at the Standing Order pub on Iron Gate (Wetherspoons). Join us to eat or just for a drink and a chat from 7.30pm, cheap prices. Look for the yellow Mblem on a long table in the rear section. Contact Susan on [Phone Number] or [Email] for directions and/or encouragement. New faces especially welcome.
Join us at Dobbie's Garden Centre in Fenny Stratford for tea, coffee and cakes in the restaurant. We will probably be in the conservatory area at the back. Contact Jo at [Email], or [Phone Number] / [Phone Number] for directions/encouragement.
Join us for an excellent eat-as-much-as-you-like Chinese buffet at Lotus Lounge, Central Road, Alfreton, DE55 7BH. Cost £14.90 per person. Menu at www.lotus-chinese.co.uk. Reserve your place with Maxine on [Phone Number] or [Email] by 21st please.
As ever, we are at 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 on [Phone Number] for more details and encouragement.
We are going to the Red Lion Tea Room, HP14 4HF, which is on the main road between High Wycombe and Saunderton at the Bradenham Village turn. Join me there for breakfast, or just coffee or tea. Free car park. No need to book, but if you want to let me know you are coming phone [Phone Number] or e-mail me at [Email]
We will be in the Skittle Alley at the Blue Bell Inn, 36 Main Street, Hoby LE14 3DT. The evening will consist of playing skittles in 2 teams and a hot buffet meal will be provided. Booking is essential before September 13th and you will need to pay me £7.95 per person and tell me your menu choice. Please get in touch with me on 01949 861356 or [Email]
Join us for a session at St Andrews Hospital, Billing Road, NN1 5DG at 2 p.m. at a cost of £10 (could be less if lots of us turn up). After some coaching there will be an informal competition. Plenty of parking and loos inside the hospital, but bring your own refreshments. This game is overtly genteel but covertly ruthless! Contact Marianne for reassurance on email and phone as above.
Join us at Carluccio's in the Centre:MK from 10am for a full breakfast, a snack, or just a drink. Look out for the Mblem, probably in one of the red booths outside. Contact Jo at [Email], or [Phone Number] / [Phone Number] for directions/encouragement.