The Easy Walkers will be walking in the area of Rimrose Country Park this month. This will be a 5 mile walk starting at Waterloo Station. Catch 133 bus from Maghull square at 10:23 or Sefton Lane at 10:26. Appropriate footwear required. For more details see Judith Jones at the coffee morning, or ring 07443 334222.
Ramblers will go out on 14th March . Details to follow.
There was much discussion about whether it was the 27th Feb. or the 27th July. The weather was wonderful for our first Day Trip of 2019. 57 boarded the coach and h
eaded for the Bellis Bros. Garden Centre in Wrexham. Time to wander through a wide range of goods and very reasonably priced Primulas, Wild Primroses etc. A visit to the Coffee Shop and a chat. Some sat on the terrace outside in this glorious weather with some lovely Welsh views. Time passed quickly and we re boarded our coach and travelled the short distance to the 18thC Carden Arms Inn Tilston Nr.Malpas, Cheshire. Continue reading
LATITUDE & LONGITUDE 
We will be going round in circles exploring the history, the problems, the inventions and the solutions that we now take for granted when we travel far afield.
Last month we had a hilarious time looking at maths in the house and dealing with wallpaper, tiles, curtains, carpets and kitchen units.
We always have a good laugh so why not join us? Calculators welcome.
Kensington House, 2.30-4.30 Entrance £1 More info from Wanda Leach 284 8454 or wleach099@gmail.com
Having travelled to St Helens on our February meet up (photos below), this month we will be staying a bit closer to home. On 22nd March will be visiting the Ship Inn and Kings Arms in Haskayne and then the Scotch Piper, Weld Blundell and finally finishing in Maghull Cask. We will catch the 300 bus which passes the Alt around 12 noon. I will be catching the 1207 by High Pastures and we will alight in Haskayne and walk the short distance to the Ship Inn where we can have lunch. We will aim to arrive at Maghull Cask for opening time at 4pm
FUNDRAISING UPDATE
Members of our U3A have now generously donated £616 to sponsor Maria Mullin, who will be running in the London Marathon in April to raise funds for Dementia Revolution, a joint campaign between Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research to fund new medical research. This is the main charity of the London Marathon this year.
She will be running in memory of her grandad George Krzysztanowski who was an active member of our U3A for many years before he developed Alzheimers disease and died.
So far, members’ support for this very worthy cause has been fantastic, and Maria is now well on her way to reaching her pledged target of raising £2,000.
If you would like to support Dementia Revolution by sponsoring Maria, you can donate online here.
For offline donations, please see Wanda & Brian Leach at Tuesday coffee mornings.
Here is a scam I’ve not come across before –
I had a message on my voice mail today that said
Hello, you called my phone earlier and I’m just wondering who you are. Please call me back.
I nearly did, until I remembered that I hadn’t made any outgoing calls today. I googled the number and, guess what, it was a listed scam.
Please be aware and be careful.
A visit to Biddulph Grange Garden NT Staffordshire has been arranged for Wednesday 10th April 2019. This amazing Victorian garden was created by James `Bateman for his collection of plants around the world. A visit takes you on a global journey from Italy to the pyramids of Egypt, a Victorian vision of China and a re-creation of Himalayan glen. The garden features a collection of rhododendrons and the oldest surviving golden larch in Britain from China in the 1850’s. There is a tearoom selling wonderful made on site food and a gift shop.
Our first stop is a visit to High Legh garden centre in Knutsford maybe for a tea/coffee and a look around and then onto Biddulph Grange garden.
Cost of trip N/T members £12 – Non N/T £18
Depart Maghull Square. 9.15am
Return Maghull Square. 6pm approx
Garden visit to the BBC Gardeners World Live 2019 has been arranged for Friday, 14th June. . It’s the ultimate day out for garden lovers, this is fantastic show with plenty to see and wonderful ideas for your garden. Inspiring show gardens, floral marquees, plant growers and the nation’s favourite garden experts live including Monty Don, Carol Klein plus Alan Titchmarsh and many more.
Also, we will have entrance to the BBC Good Food Show and sample the delicious food and drink. Food experts Mary Berry, Tom Kerridge and lots more will be at the show. One ticket gets you into two great shows this is a wonderful day out.
Cost. – £30 including coach
Depart Maghull Square. – 8am prompt
Return Maghull Square – 6 – 630pm approx
We started our Feb meeting – our first of 2019, by 
sharing what had done particularly well in our gardens over the winter months, with one member having Marigolds in flower right through the winter and another sharing that his Camelia Donation (right) was already blooming and was beautiful., Pinks, daphne, white currants, camellias, snowdrops, crocus, daffodils and other bulbs were in flower already and doing well in many members gardens (chicken wire can be used to keep birds off bulbs if needed). One member had brought a very effective flower arrangement made up from her garden with witch hazel, rhododendron, heather, red cornus stems, Japanese anemone heads and winter flowering jasmine to further demonstrate the range garden flowers and colour available already. Continue reading