James Martin – Chef
Due to illness a ticket has become available for James Martin at the Philharmonic tomorrow night, 6th November.
The ticket price is £48.00 but a reasonable offer will be considered.
Please contact Pat Kelly on 0151 427 1726.
Next meet Nov 13th – ‘people at work’. All welcome
Hello all
Airedale tours (change of hotel for this Art lovers trip March 2024).
We are now booked at a nearby Premier Inn, Hayle Cornwall, a short drive from St Ives, at £30 00 extra pax., with b/b and a two course evening meal deal.. As you may be aware the Premier Inn breakfasts are famously substantial, don’t think we will require a lunch.
Please confirm you still want to attend this trip asap, to be sure of this price.
The cost is very reasonable for Cornwall . Itinerary stays the same,
23rd March a.m Tate St Ives……….. then free afternoon in St Ives
24th March a.m Barbara Hepworth Museum then Trengwainton Gardens (Nat Trust) free if a member.
Well all 46 of us are back. What a week. We had everything. Nice comfortable hotel, good food, lovely staff, excellent company and the weather! What can we say about the weather? You could take your pick from sunshine, blue skies, warm and then we went downhill slightly. Fantastic sky formations of black and even blacker, squally showers and amazing seascapes of crashing rolling waves. We did a whole lot better than some parts of the country though. Did it deter us? No! Our excursions were good. Cardiff is a beautiful City with the Castle right in the City Centre, we partied at night and a good time was had by all. We even braved Friday’s M6!
10 very intrepid ramblers relocated todays ramble from Dolphinholme near Lancaster to a local walk due to concerns about flooding. We decided to walk from Waterloo to Formby, which, although not up to our usual level of difficulty, would give us a decent length walk where the area would hopefully be dry. However storm Ciaran had different ideas! Having travelled by train to Waterloo we walked along the edge of the Marine Lake where the waves were being whipped up by the wind, but at least it was only a light drizzle if a little breezy. Turning the corner onto the promenade we were met with a severe onward wind which increased in intensity as we walked. The sand was whipped up as we walked giving everyone a good sand blasting on the face! The light drizzle then changed into a downpour and it wasn’t long before everyone was soaked in spite of good walking gear. Part of the walk had to be on the beach as the pathways have now been overtaken by the dunes and walking there is impossible. Reaching Crosby area we decided to leave the promenade and take to the footpath in the hope of getting a little shelter from the wind and driving rain. However by the time we reached Blundellsands the weather was even worse so we sensibly decided to abandon the ramble and head for the nearest station to return home. This is the first time we have been foiled by the weather but the safety of walkers is paramount and we all agreed this was the right decision. Thanks to everyone who turned out today and I hope you all dried out quickly!
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St.Helens Glass Museum have now sent their itinerary, for our visit, which commences at 10.30am. We can therefore depart at the later time of 9.45am.
Sixteen Stramblers took the train to Aigburth for one of our regular walks through South Liverpool’s Parks. Light rain soon faded away and although the sunshine stayed behind grey skies, it was dry with no wind. We made our way down Mersey Road to Otterspool Drive. A plaque on the pavement marks the original Continue reading
All members have paid
The lunch will be Leek and Potato soup followed by one of the following sandwiches
Ham , Cheese , Chicken , Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese , Egg Mayonnaise and Tuna Mayonnaise
Each member has to notified George of there choice of sandwich choice , a copy of there choice will be handed to each member on the coach
Any problems call George on 07826 048379
Topics for November will be:
Nov 08 – The Abbeystead disaster
Nov 22 – Christmas chemistry
No meetings in December. Have a good break.
We resume on January 10th.
We have had a good response to ‘the future topics’ request so we will be looking at Mars rover, pain, plate techtonics, canal systems, home security, chemical disasters and slide rules. Dates TBA