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17th June

Coffee & Chat

10:30 to 11:00 hrs, Stevenage Garden Centre, off Gravelly Road

For members and their partners, and will be hosted by Janet Peach. Please let Janet know by the previous Sunday whether you will be attending.

19th July

Self-drive trip to Roman Baths, Welwyn

Meet at 10:45 hrs at the Roman Baths (AL6 9FG). Guided tour starts at 11:00hrs.

Ticket entry to Baths – £6 per person

Following the tour we will drive to The Red Lion, Digswell Hill, Welwyn Garden City AL6 9AJ for lunch together before returning home. We will have to pre-order food and a menu will be distributed nearer the time.

Note that the tour will not be exclusive –members of the general public will be amongst our group for the guided tour. Car parking is available for 15+ cars so sharing may be advisable.

Please contact Tony Hall, if you would like to participate.

8th September

Richmond’s Trip – Bure Valley Railway & Norfolk Broads Paddle Boat

Departs from Stevenage at 08:05hrs and from Baldock at 08:25hrs. Returns: Baldock – 19:50hrs, Stevenage – 20:10hrs

Tickets – £50 per person

Enjoy a one way trip from Aylsham to Wroxham onboard the Bure Valley Railway Steam Train, have time at leisure for lunch in Wroxham before enjoying an afternoon Norfolk Broads cruise on board the Mississippi Paddle Boat.

Experience a nostalgic trip by steam on Norfolk’s longest narrow gauge railway which runs between the historic market town of Aylsham and bustling town of Wroxham, at the heart of the Norfolk Broads. The 9 mile one-way trip runs through the pretty Bure Valley countryside following the meandering River Bure through meadowland and ancient pasture. Along the line are wayside halts serving the picturesque Broadland villages of Brampton, Buxton and Coltishall.

The Southern Comfort is a double-deck paddle boat purpose built for the Broads. The boat is a luxury river cruiser which runs from the beautiful village of Horning, along the River Bure through the village and out to Ranworth Broad and back, passing lovely old thatched houses, windmills and Norfolk reed beds. Throughout the trip there is an excellent commentary and continual pointing out of all the water birds around at the time. There is the ever present bustle of river traffic with cruisers,
yachts and the occasional wherry.

Please contact Tony Hall, if you would like to participate.

16th September

Self-drive trip to Scott Polar Museum & Kings College Chapel, Cambridge

Self–drive to Trumpington Park & Ride, then meet at Fitzwilliam Museum Café at around 10:00hrs for coffee, before taking a short walk to the Scott Polar Museum for a guided tour starting at 11:00hrs.

Following a finely balanced show of hands at our June
Club Meeting it has been decided to offer two options: Option a) – £42 per person, following lunch (venue undecided but could be Fitzwilliam Museum Café) we will walk to Kings College Chapel for another guided tour lasting about 60 mins (tour price and entry). Option b) – £15 per person, Members can walk to the Botanic Gardens or do anything else they wish (at their cost) before returning to the Park & Ride and making their way home.

Please contact Simon & Georgette Harrison, if you would like to participate.

21st October

Chairman’s Lunch

12:00 for 12:30hrs, Broadway Hotel, Letchworth

£36 for 2 Courses, £45 for 3 Courses – 35 places available

Please contact Tony Machell, if you would like to attend.

27th November

Richmond’s Trip – Thursford Christmas Spectacular Matinee Performance

Departs from Stevenage at 08:00hrs and from Baldock at 08:50hrs. Returns: Baldock – 20:20hrs, Stevenage – 21:00hrs

Tickets – £96 per person, includes lunch at Fakenham Racecourse

The Thursford Christmas Spectacular is the biggest and most exciting Christmas show of all time in Britain. Come and experience the popular blend of Christmas entertainment, with dazzling dancers, beautiful costumes, Christmas songs, carols, including outstanding music and singing from a cast of over one hundred. Each show is a pageant of spectacle and colour – the music a seamless transition from an up-beat dance routine to a choral rendition of a Christmas carol, a show which would not be out of place in any of London’s West End theatres.

Please contact Tony Hall, if you would like to take part.

9th December

Club Christmas Lunch

To be held at the Farmhouse at Redcoats

Menu and prices TBA

Please contact Barry Monk, if you would like to attend.