Leatherhead U3A is organising a six-day trip to the Rhine, travelling by executive coach and staying at the four-star Bellevue Rheinhotel in Boppard. The holiday starts on Sunday 20 August and there are still a few places available, which the organiser has offered to Dorking U3A members. Click here to view or download more details and an application […]
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Help wanted
Days Out organisers After six years of organising excellent days out for members Jean Williams and her team are resigning in the spring. If the days out are to continue, we need three or four volunteers to take on the role of organisers. You will be given all the help, advice and support you need by Jean […]
A little more conversation
The new French Conversation group is up and running with afternoon meetings on the second and fourth Fridays of the month. There is space for more members, so if you, or a friend, or a friend of a friend, would like to join, please get in touch with Geoff, geoff.m.saunders@gmail.com. The group’s members describe themselves as ‘not beginners’.
Scribblers’ Christmas
The new Creative Writing group – now called Scribblers – met on Tuesday 13 December. Inspired by the festive season they brought their own writing and agreed to put it on the website for us all to enjoy… Sheila started us off with her amusings: As Christmas approaches I am fascinated by TV adverts. John Lewis seem […]
Steaming Sri Lanka
Paul Whittle warmed December’s monthly meeting with his tales of a memorable journey travelling the railways of Sri Lanka on the Viceroy Special, writes Pat Smith Named after Viceroy Lord Mountbatten, the historic steam engine pulled air-conditioned carriages which were fitted with Pullman-style seats and tables, enabling travellers to journey in cool luxury through the […]