A smaller group than usual (due to our meeting clashing with other group’s activities) enjoyed an early Coronation Celebration Singalong, a quiz on Charles’s life and Celebration Cake at St. Peters & St Paul’s Church Hall.
Keeeep Singing!
Singalong
Fun with Languages
The meeting in April saw us a little down on numbers as it was still Easter week and some were on holiday. A few are still ill, and we hope you are well again soon to join us.
We welcomed two new members which was lovely and we continued in French to recap on some basics and to further thoughts on food and eating out, which we reinforced with group role plays. Well done all!
We recapped a tad on numbers and next meeting on Thursday 11th may at 10.30 am in the JGC Byron Suite, John and Sue are kindly going to organise French bingo. We shall also watch a video clip on wine tasting.
à bientôt, Ann and Liz x
Long Walk
Our April walk was at Oxton and 8.81 miles in length. It was a beautiful sunny Spring morning and we had a really memorable walk through woodland and along country trails, I personally enjoyed it very much.
We went from Oxton over fields and into Foxcovert Plantation, where we were able to view the memorial which was put up to three Polish airmen, who died when their Fairey Battle aircraft crashed. We went on down Gravelly Hollow and into Calverton and then back over the fields, on the way stopping for a coffee break and a lunch break. Everyone enjoyed the walk and we finished off with a well earned pint in Ye Olde Bridge Inn.
I look forward to seeing you all on the May walk.
Reminder of next Mah Jong
Just a reminder that the next Mah Jong is on Friday 14th April 2023, NOT 7th April which is both Good Friday and the first Friday of April.
Grumpy Old Men
For their March visit, the Grumpy Old Men set off for North Nottinghamshire, to the Holocaust Visitor Centre at Laxton.
This was a thought-provoking visit – we started off with a video presentation and after a coffee break, went on to the main exhibition, which is set out in the form of a long underground tunnel. We then heard the testimony of a holocaust survivor, who was born in Holland in 1943. In keeping with the times, this was via Zoom on a large screen. There were several large groups of schoolchildren visiting who were also listening, and they were joined remotely by a school in Torquay.
There was a lot to take in, and more than one visit is really needed to do justice to the centre. We were told that funding is available to enhance the museum further in the near future; although the start of the exhibition is accessed by stairs down, a full disabled access lift is available to visitors.
John Tedstone