Monthly Archives: March 2024

Wine Tour to Conwy 23rd September 2024

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Detail for trip now confirmed.  Cost is £729 with a £99 single supplement (Flyer and booking form now available with £75 deposit)

We will stay at the Celtic Royal Hotel in Caernarfon for 3 nights/4days on a half board basis (breakfast and evening meal)

We will visit 3 vineyards for a tour and tasting at each , Pant Du , Gwinllan and Vale vineyards

Included will be the following visits to Plas Newydd house and gardens (NT , non members will pay £11.40 entrance fee) , Llanfair PG (the station with the longest name in UK) , return train trip to the top of Snowden , Portmeirion Village , Conwy and Caernarfon , Bethesda , Betws Coed and Capel Curig

Please visit the Wine Tasting desk to obtain a “flyer” and a “booking form”

Bowls for Fun – New Group starting 2nd April

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A new Bowls for Fun Group starts on 2nd April at Oakhill Bowling Green, Lydiate.

The season runs from April to September.

The group is currently open for members of all standards, including complete beginners.  We currently have 20 members already registered.

If you are interested, please contact Chris Chua-Short on 07780 765235 or email chriscs2201@gmail.com for more details including costs.

If any U3A members have any old or unused bowls to donate to the group please let Chris know.

 

Theatre Group

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A Night at the Opera at St George’s Hall on Sunday 2nd June at 5.00 pm. Tickets £26.00. A night of popular Arias from Puccini, Rossini, Verdi and Mozart.
We have only been given a very short time to advertise this and would be grateful if you could come to the theatre desk tomorrow 12th March to book your seat.

DAY TRIPS NEW TRIP

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We will start our day with a visit to Holker Hall, Cark in Cartmel, which is a beautiful, comfortable family home, owned by the Cavendish Family. You can touch, sit and generally explore, even play the piano if you are so inclined. When you have finished admiring the House, there is the Food Hall which prides itself on selling local produce, the Cafe & Courtyard, Gift Shop etc. Then into 25 acres of splendid, landscaped gardens, a Deer Herd, sunken garden etc. and one of the top 50 British trees. A 17thC Great Holker Lime with a girth of 7′ 6″. This is a good month for their Rhododendron display. Plenty of time to explore and admire. THEN we are off to the family owned Bay View Garden Centre set on the shores of Morecambe Bay. Just the right time to be looking at buying your plants for the season. Plenty to see including their Cafe which overlooks the splendid views across Morecambe Bay to the Lake District.

WHEN? Wed.15th May 2024.  Dep.9am  Ret.6pm. Price:  £25 Inc.Holker Hall/Gardens. Seats will be on sale at our table on Tuesday 12th March 2024.

Weekend at the Hay Festival and Malvern

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Still a couple of rooms available for this weekend on 28th to 30th November visiting the Hay Festival and either Hereford or Cheltenham and staying at The Abbey Hotel in Malvern.
The Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye has many different sessions ranging from authors, politicians, comedians and other interesting personalities. Hay is also an interesting town with independent shops, coffee shops and restaurants and will be decorated for Christmas.

For more information call at the Theatre Desk at U3A on Tuesday

Family History – 7th March

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Back to Basics

Just a reminder that our meeting is this Thursday 2pm at Lydiate Village Centre.

As we had some new members we decided to change the topic, and bring ‘ Back to Basics’ forward to this month.

I hope it will be useful to new members, but also give us all a reminder of keeping documents and records of our findings up to date.

Never too late to learn, bring your thinking caps to help us all.