Publicity Officer Pat Smith, 67, has returned from an epic 6,000-mile solo cycle journey around the British Isles. During the seven months she cycled to the Dingle Peninsula of southern Ireland, then the Hermaness Nature Reserve in Shetland, the island of St Agnes on Scilly and Lowestoftness in East Anglia: the furthest points west, north, […]
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Pet symmetry
The Photography group took Symmetry as the theme for their latest meeting and members showed their usual inventiveness in responding to the task. Among the entries was this surreal vision by Robert Edmondson, reminiscent of a Rorschach inkblot test made flesh. Others showed brilliant moments of action or well observed ‘found’ images, but we have to include the symmetrical […]
Walks on the wild side
The Walking group, which meets twice a month, has published details of its planned outings for the final quarter of 2016. Please note: there has been a change to the 14 October walk since initial publication. The walks include visits to Abinger Common, Albury, Headley Heath and Ockley and are usually between four and five miles long. […]
Windsor visit cancelled
We have been informed that our proposed visit to Windsor Castle on 14 October has been cancelled as the Semi State Rooms, of which the Queen’s Dresses Exhibition forms one, are closed for an undisclosed reason. We will, of course, be returning members’ payments to them. The Days Out team regret that we will not […]
Write your way to a prize
As part of Mole Valley’s Arts Alive festival, Bartons Bookshop in Leatherhead is offering a £100 prize (£50 in book vouchers, £50 in cash) for the best piece of writing with the title ‘A chapter from my life’ – and you must be 65 or over to enter. The deadline is Monday 24 October so there’s not much time […]