Forthcoming Events
Please see individual Group Web Pages for more details.
| Dates for your Diary | ||
|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | ||
| Tue Apr 23rd | Walking | Medium Walk Beacon Park about 6 miles Leader: Ken Byrom |
| Tue Apr 23rd | Walking | Short Repeat Walk Lathom country walk 4 miles Leader: Kate Williams |
| Mon Apr 29th | Walking | Strenuous Walk Troutbeck circumnavigation - 8 miles, 1.400 ft ascent, rough paths Leader: David & Wendy Tilston |
| May 2024 | ||
| Thu May 2nd | Philharmonic: Live Music | Faure Requiem Halle Orchestra & Choir at the Bridgewater Hall A well known and lovely piece of choral music. As this is a 6pm short concert, we are wondering if people would either like to go in early to visit the shops, a gallery or just have an afternoon tea or to have a meal after the concert before returning home. You can vote when booking the trip and we will see what people want to do. Cost £30 (incl coach & tip) Coach Pick-Up Times: Mawdesley 2:00pm Parbold 2:10pm |
| Tue May 7th | Social Group | A visit to LLangollen and a 2 hour sail along the beautiful LLangollen canal ending at the amazing Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. A light lunch is included and there is a bar on board Cost £41 Rufford 8.15 Croston 8.30 Mawdesley 8.45 Parbold 9.00 Now booking at the Social Table |
| Wed May 8th | Walking | Long Walk Delemere Forest 8.5 miles Leader: Kevin McGlone |
| Wed May 8th | Speakers Corner | Susan Douglass A House through Time - 5 Winckley Square - a family home |
| Mon May 13th | Walking | Strenous Walk Hutton Roof Crags about 10 miles Leader: Phil Atty |
| Tue May 14th | Art Trips | Towneley Hall Art Trip |
| Wed May 15th | Gardening | Wednesday 15th May outside Mawdesley village Hall 10 - 11.30am Annual Plant sale |
| Tue May 21st | Art Trips | International Watercolour Exhibition -Shrewsbury |
| Sat May 25th | Philharmonic: Live Music | Fly Me to the Moon The music and songs of Tony Bennett including many of his favourites -I left my Heart in San Francisco, For once in my Life, Cheek to Cheek and many more... Featuring the Halle Orchestra with Lance Ellington & Louise Dearman Cost £40 (incl coach & tip) Collections: Rufford 5:05 pm, Mawdesley 5:15pm, Parbold 5.25 pm |
| Tue May 28th | Walking | Medium Walk St Helens Clock Face about 6 miles Leader: Ken Byrom |
| June 2024 | ||
| Thu Jun 6th | Gardening | No meeting at Charity farm but: Visit to Yorkshire Sculpture Park Wakefield on 6th June with u3a Art group. Visit Val's table (the Art group) for details and to register interest. |
| Thu Jun 6th | Art Trips | Barbara Hepworth Gallery/Yorkshire Sculpture Park |
| Sat Jun 8th | Weekenders Sat/Sun | Williamson Tunnels Tour Cost - £25 |
| Tue Jun 11th | Walking | Long Walk King Charles III English Coastal Path Tarleton - Hesketh Out Marsh Leader: Hazel Taylor |
| Mon Jun 17th | Walking | Medium Walk Location Ribchester Leader: Stephen Doyle |
| Mon Jun 17th | Walking | Strenuous Walk The Grassmere Fells about 9 miles Leader: Phil Atty |
| Thu Jun 20th | Theatre | Dracula - The Bloody Truth (this is a comedy!) Octagon Theatre, Bolton 2.00pm £36 ticket including coach and driver's tip |
| Thu Jun 20th | Social Group | Biddulph Grange Gardens The Garden is laid out to take you from one Garden room to the other in an adventure of Horticultural discovery. Each Garden Room is separated by hedges and banks with paths steps and tunnels leading from one area to the other. Its a truly lovely National Trust Garden. Cost is only £15 if you are a NT member and £26 for non NT Rufford 9.15am Croston 9.30am Mawdesley 9.45am Parbold 10.00am Now Booking at the Social Table |
| Sat Jun 29th | Gardening | Visit to Arley Hall Garden festival. Go to Val's art group table to register interest. |
| Sat Jun 29th | Art Trips | Arley Hall and garden festival |
| July 2024 | ||
| Mon Jul 1st | Walking | Medium Walk Garstang Leaders: Christine Garrity and Catherine Blezard |
| Mon Jul 8th | Gardening | Annual visit to an RHS garden - Bridgewater. Free entry, cost for coach only. Await further details on the website, newsletter or a wednesday coffee am. |
| Wed Jul 24th | Theatre | An Officer and a Gentleman - the musical Liverpool Empire Matinee 2.30pm Cost £40 (including ticket, coach and driver's tip) |
| August 2024 | ||
| Mon Aug 12th | Gardening | Visit to Southlands, 12 Sandy lane, Stretford. A private garden usually opened in NGS. Owned by Maureen Sawyer. Coach booked limited to 25 people. Await further details at wednesday coffee am, on the Newsletter and website. |
| September 2024 | ||
| Sun Sep 8th | Social Group | 2024 HOLIDAY COST £699pp (TWO SHARING) = Supplement for Single room |
| Wed Sep 11th | Speakers Corner | Peter Cordall Recollections of Antarctica |
| October 2024 | ||
| Wed Oct 9th | Speakers Corner | Dr Chris Babbs Music and Medicine |
| November 2024 | ||
| Wed Nov 13th | Speakers Corner | Dr Madeline Moulden Life and Times of a Prison Governor |