Weston Turville U3A Newsletter – February 2016
An extreme edition in subjects and quantity – Extreme Zymology, BloKarting, Gliding, Zipwire and Lofting with some raucous birds.
A number of excellent garden visits including ‘Kingsbridge’ at Steeple Claydon and ‘Wind in the Willows’ at Denham (Mr Toad et al not guaranteed).
Trips to Brighton Pavillion and ‘Kill or Cure’ a delightful London tour covering barber surgeons, body snatchers, cholera and cosmetic surgeons. Something for everyone! (This just had to be Mandi’s choice!)
Also detail of the upcoming election of new committee members.
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Science & Technology Group … is flying, but do we know how?
Aviation may be a topic for the future but John Beer’s new group has had its inaugural meeting – primarily looking at CAD (Computer Aided Design) – and established the initial tranche of potential visits: Bletchley Park (Enigma and Colossus), London Museum of Water and Steam, Harwell “Diamond” Synchrotron, Amazon Warehouse Hemel/MK, Glaxo Smith Klyne, NATS Centre Fareham (National Air Traffic System), Arla Dairy and BMW Oxford – a wide range of applied and theoretical science and technology – and talks/discussions as wide ranging as ‘how long is a piece of string’, automation of clinical diagnosis and read more …
Zipline … yes, but Extreme Zipline!
Just like a geriatric bunch of lemmings, members are planning to travel to North Wales and leap off over a 500ft drop over jagged rock of a disused slate mine for a long hurtle down a long zip line (well, the longest in Europe at over 5,000ft) at pretty high speeds (well, actually the fastest in the WORLD, sometimes exceeding 150ft/second) … and paying for it! There’s even the opportunity for friends or relatives to come and watch or, for those of a nervous disposition, see the other features of the old mines.
Surprisingly the queues are forming for this trip! If you want to join in this enterprise look here for the details.
Weston Turville U3A Newsletter – January 2016
Here we are at the start of a new year and there’s one thing we can be sure of, it won’t be the same as last year! New members, new activities and interesting speakers.
Click here to read this month’s newsletter, and meet many fellow members at the monthly meeting’s on the 28th and … far too late, here’s wishing you all a Happy New Year!
Weston Turville U3A Newsletter – November 2015
Here’s the last WTU3A newsletter for 2015. There’s no time for nostalgic reflection about the passing year as there are so many up and coming activities and adventures listed (and in the planning stages) to look forward to!
In the meantime keep an eye on the web site www.WYU3A.org.uk for late changes and new events or even new groups!
Click here to read this newsletter and here’s wishing you all a Happy Christmas!
Mandi
Where has the Information Gone?
Booking outings, meal venues and Extreme locations are requiring longer and longer lead times to ensure the best dates and, more often now, the greatest capacity. But at the same time we open the booking lists early as well.
This is not necessarily a problem but if you want to come back here some months later you may not find the details you found here before – we only show the most recent 10 postings on the Home Page after which they disappear … well not really, they are just not on view.
There are two options 1) At the bottom of the Home Page you’ll find « older entries that will take you back to 10 earlier entries or 2) Look at the top right corner of many pages for Search WTU3A pages and type full or part word(s) that you think was in the pages you want to retrieve in the search box and, like Google, it’ll display those posts and pages that have matching (part) contents or titles.
Weston Turville U3A Newsletter – October 2015
Mandi has published the WTU3A newsletter for October. It’s packed with good advice, accounts of our past activities and ones fast approaching.
Read this month’s copy here
To look back to old copies, use the search at the top right of many pages using month name and year or words from the full set of newsletters produced.
U3A – Legal Help Line
The Third Age Trust – the national representative body for U3As in the UK – has subscribed to a 24 hour legal helpline for the benefit of U3A members. The help line is operated by:
Arc Legal Assistance in partnership with Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
Telephone number 0344 770 1040
Please Quote – U3A Legal Helpline
Weston Turville U3A Newsletter – September 2015
As we come out of a non-descript summer Mandi’s Newsletter shows that there’s just SO much going on now and planned for future months. It’s far too voluminous to summaries so click here to see the full Newsletter.
Weston Turville U3A Newsletter – August 2015
Weston Turville U3A Newsletter – August 2015
A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN: I would like to thank everyone who helps at the general meeting. I believe you make a major contribution to the warmth and hospitality experienced by our members. If you, as a member, wish to help, please talk to one of the committee.
Susan Connolly runs a Poetry Writing Group (see our website for details). Group leaders could
you please keep me informed of any major changes to your group.
Glynn White will be collecting names and payment read more …
