Leader:  Roger Frost      

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Wednesday 17^th April 2024:  Battersea Power Station and Lift 109.  All tickets sold.

Wednesday 15^th May 2024:  Ickworth House and Estate NT, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. 

An Italianate Palace in the heart of Suffolk with over 1800 acres of parkland and gardens, Ickworth is the perfect place to get back to nature.  Discover formal gardens, pleasure grounds, rolling Suffolk landscapes and woodlands, all of which invite gentle strolls or long walks.  Head into the Rotunda and see Ickworth's array of treasures.

Tickets £15.00.  Free entry for NT Members.  Non-NT Members fee: £12.35 on the day

Please note pick-up point. 

Depart 9.15am Stanborough Centre,  St Albans Road, Garston.  Return approx. 6.00pm

COACH TRIPS 2

Leaders: Lorraine Law and Gill Dobson (see Study Groups for contact details)

Our trip to Chartwell on TUESDAY 30^th April is now sold out. 

National Trust members, please bring your N.T. cards with you.

People who are not members of the National Trust will need to pay £18.00 admission.  Please bring this in cash as we will be collecting this on the coach before we go in. 

The pick up is 9am from Stanborough and we hope to arrive back at about 5.30/6.00pm.

Anyone interested in going to the Brick Lane Music Hall please come and see us at Coach Trips 2 table.             

Tickets for our trip to Whitstable on Thursday 30^th May priced £19, are on sale at April's General Meeting.

We will be leaving Stanborough at 9am.

 We are hoping to run a trip to the Brick Lane Music Hall again this year.  Unfortunately the price has increased to £60.00 which includes entertainment of a whistle-stop musical tour around the world plus afternoon tea.  This price does not include the cost of the coach. The date for this would be early October.  If you are interested in this please come and see us at the Coach Trips 2 table.

SAVE THE DATE!     

The Garden Group has organised a trip to RHS Hyde Hall on Tuesday 2^nd  July.     

Total cost, inclusive of garden entry, is £18.50.  Tickets will be available in May. 

Coach leaves Stanborough Centre at 09.30, returns  5.30/6.00pm.

These gentle walks are open to all members. Pre-booking is not usually required unless the walk includes admission to a Museum or Gallery. Otherwise just turn up at the agreed starting point. Full details are available from Mike

The TFA team has arranged a new holiday for September 2024.  We will visit the 1066 Country in Kent and Sussex. 

Full details and  booking form will be available at the monthly meeting or from  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Duration:  4 nights/ 5 days on a half-board basis from Monday 2^nd  –  Friday 6^th September. The holiday is arranged by Simply Groups.  We will travel by executive coach from Garston and stay at the 3* Flackley Ash Country House Hotel, Peasmarsh, Rye.  This has a Health Club with swimming pool & spa facilities.

Price £805 - 2 sharing  Single supplement £99:   Deposit £200 with booking form.              Optional travel insurance - £45 pp  (No upper age limit). 

Highlights will include:

1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey & Battlefield;  Chapel Down winery    for a wine tasting;  Leeds Castle;  Bateman’s where Rudyard Kipling lived;  Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway;  Herstmonceux  Castle grounds and gardens and the Observatory Science Centre;  Bodiam Castle;  Kent and East Sussex Railway.      

Reminder—Riviera Travel Partnership scheme with the Third Age Trust.

Members who take holidays with Riviera Travel can earn commission for our u3a.  In 2022, we received £675 from    Riviera for holidays booked by our members.  Claiming the commission is easy.  When booking a holiday, members should say they are SWH u3a members and ask for commission to be paid.  Riviera Travel will pay the commission to the TAT who then notify our Treasurer and transfer it into our SWH Bank Account   

As Sergei would say — “Simples”