Short Walks

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On Thursday February 16th on a damp and dull day eight intrepid walkers completed a full circumnavigation of all the lakes in Annesley and Newstead Country. On leaving the park via Annesley Junction we entered Annesley Woods for about half a mile before returning through the village to the car park. The ongoing transformation from pit lagoons to conservation and fishing lakes is worth a look.

March Walk

On Thursday 16th March we are walking some less frequently visited areas from Bestwood Country Park visitor’s car park. (Near the winding house) Park Road Bestwood Village Nottingham NG6 8TQ Meet 9.45 for a 10.00am start. It includes a visit to a viewpoint in the park which is named after one of our current active u3a members

David Rose

February Long Walk

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Following on from our talk at the monthly meeting in January, which I think everyone enjoyed and found very interesting, I decided that we should walk around Newstead and Annesley Country Park and see for ourselves. So with that in mind we walked over the Misk Hills and on to Annesley Forest, around the country park and down the old disused railway line to Linby, back through Dobbs Park and over the Misk Hills to  a welcome pint in the Nabb Inn.  The walk was 9.99 miles and the conditions were good for the time of year.  

We are a friendly group and would welcome new members, we normally walk between 8-9 miles, I would like to dispel the myth that this group is the equivalent to an S.A.S training march, we walk at the same pace as the Mid-Walking group, just a little further. We have a Coffee break and a lunch break we always have a back marker so no one can get left behind, if any one needs a break then that’s fine and if there is anything interesting or someone wants to take a photo that’s fine as well.#

I look forward to seeing you all!

Mark

Reading Group

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Due to several members’ illnesses there was no January Reading Group so we will be reviewing “A Step So Grave” by Catriona McPherson in February; this writer is reminiscent of Agatha Christie and was a Hucknall Library Crime Café choice.

We have planned the Reading Group book choices for 2023 which covered many different genre choices; hopefully the Library will be able to source sufficient copies for us; many thanks to James, librarian, for all his help in locating sufficient copies for us each month.

For January we will be reading Elly Griffiths’ The Stranger Diaries (another Crime Café book).

Message from our Chair

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I trust you have all now fully recovered from your Christmas and New Year’s celebration.
Quite a lot of coughs and bad chests doing the rounds at the moment, please ensure you wrap up warm both indoors and outdoors. The increased energy costs are not helping people’s heath at the moment, what with the many ‘cold snaps’ we are experiencing. Thankfully covid, although still present, seems to be on the wane, helped by both the jabs and natural immunity. As I have said, please try and keep warm.

A few of us went to the Chinese New Year Celebration meal at the Springwater Cantonese Restaurant in Calverton, organised by Terry Hardman of Sutton u3a for the Notts Network. It was a very good evening and the ‘eat as much as you want ‘ menu proved very popular. Ordering five selections from the menu for the table at a time, after a couple of rounds of starters and mains, we soon had to loosen our belts.

We were then entertained by a traditional Chinese dragon/lion dance with music accompaniment which had everyone reaching for their cameras. The evening ended with an outdoor firework display with all the normal oohhs and aahhs.

Well organised Terry, if repeated next year, I would strongly recommend it to you.

Our next monthly meeting will be a week later than normal on the third Wednesday of the month – Wednesday 15th February, 2023.
This later meeting is due to the John Godber Centre holding CAMRA’s Hucknall Beer and Cider Festival on 10th to the 12th of February and having to set up the main hall during the week beforehand. Again, this is a good event, well worth visiting as I am sure our Real Ale Group are aware.

After our successful individuals fund raising for Hucknall’s Food Bank (£320 plus much food) several folks have asked if they can still bring food to the monthly meeting, please do and we will make sure that it is delivered to the food bank.

As always, please book in at the desk on arrival and as importantly for Health and Safety, ensure you sign yourselves out if leaving early. Please try and wear your name badges and turn off or silence your mobiles during the meeting.

I have been asked by a couple of our members to relay a thanks to the organisers of the Singalong Group for a very enjoyable Tuesday meeting in January, well done Phil & Liz.

Look forward as always to meeting you all at February’s meeting.

Melvyn Francis, Chair