National Trust 2024

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The National Trust group start their monthly 2024 visits in April and as usual will conclude with the October visit. The programme is as follows.

Monday 15th of April visit to Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire,

Tuesday 23rd of April visit to Snowshill in the Cotswolds.

Wednesday 22nd of May visit to the Gunby Estate and Gardens in Lincolnshire,

Thursday 20th of June visit to Tatton Park in the North West.

Monday 22nd of July visit to Belton House in Lincolnshire.

Monday 19th of August visit to Speke Hall on Merseyside.

Wednesday 25th of September visit to Erdigg near Wrexham.

Thursday 24th of October visit to Nunnington Hall near York.

Further details concerning each trip will be sent by email nearer the date. For the small number of NT group members who do not have email we will also be sending out a text message.

Sadly, for the group I have been informed by June, the owner of J B Tours, that she is retiring at the end  of August and selling off the coaches so I am presently in the process of finding another local coach company to take over. I know that regulars will also miss our driver Paul who is very well liked by the members. 

Finally, a big thank you to Anne and Steve Lawrence who have helped Sue and myself select the venues and have also done the bookings for the last four visits, something that really helps with the workload for the trips.                                                           

Barrie and Sue

New Reading Group

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We are in the process of trying to set up a new Reading Group. This will probably need to be quite a small group.

As a new group, you would need to appoint a Group Leader but this can be a shared responsibility. If anyone is interested, I can help you set it up, but it would be for the group to decide on how they wish to run it.

If you are interested, please let me know, either by email or at the u3a Meeting.

You will find my contact details on the Newsletter.

Sue Tedstone (Groups’ Coordinator)

Singalong

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 The group  continues to be popular. Over the past few months we’ve enjoyed various themes from the 1950s onwards. It’s difficult to find songs from the 21st century which we can actually sing along to as a group, but we keep  searching!

For any new members who may be interested in joining us, we sing as a group to music and words projected onto a screen, no solos!

New members welcome anytime!

Ukulele group

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We have had a slight change of format which seems to be working well. Members are now able to access our Song Books online, meaning most of us bring our devices to our meetings (an excellent way of saving paper!)

Regardless of ability, new members are always welcome, surprisingly the men outnumber the women! Feel free to come along and see if it’s for you!

Medium Walks Group

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The start of the new year found 24 of us taking part in our latest City walk photo quiz, looking for a total of 28 building and architectural features scattered across the City Centre area. Some of the features were quite difficult to find, and the winning team was decided on a tie-break question.

As we have found on our previous events, there is a wealth of features to be seen around Nottingham, but generally they are only noticed when looking upwards or walking slowly! 

We concluded with the judging and eating taking place at the Three Crowns pub on Upper Parliament Street, where the buffet proved to be very welcome, and slightly too much for even our seasoned eaters! 

We are planning another in our series of City walks, probably in March, which will take in areas towards the east and south of the City Centre. In the meantime, our next walk will be on Monday, 19th February.

If you enjoy walks of around 6 – 7 miles and are not currently a member of the group, just use the contact form below – new members are always welcome.

John Tedstone

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