Dates for your Diary

Participation in any event listed here is open to the whole SWHerts u3a membership, although places may be limited on some trips.

Please contact the relevant organiser to check availability.

April
Mon 13 General meeting at Stanborough Centre: Speaker: Andrew Sheldon: “Digital Forensic Casebook”
Wed 15 Coach Trips 1: Sutton Hoo NT Woodbridge, Suffolk (Tickets on sale Today)
Thu 16 Easter Parade, at Stanborough Centre (Tickets on sale Today)
Thu 30 Coach Trips 2: Biscester Avenue Garden Centre, Bicester (Sold out)

May
Mon 11 General meeting at Stanborough Centre: Speaker: Tony Tutton: “That’ll be the day—the life, music and influence of Buddy Holly”
Mon 11—15 TFA: 4-night break in Torquay

Wed 20 Coach Trips 1: Museum of Natural History, Oxford (Tickets on sale today)
TBA Coach Trips 2: No trip this month

June
Thu 4 Coach Trips 2: Cockney Afternoon on Tereza Joanne (Tickets on sale today)
Mon 8 Annual General Meeting at Stanborough Centre. No speaker
Wed 17 Coach Trips 1: Brighton (Tickets on sale May)

July
Mon 13 General meeting at Stanborough Centre: Speaker: Paul Isherwood: “Child Gambler wins life back”
Wed 15 Coach Trips 1: Watercress Railway Line, Hampshire (Tickets on sale June)
Thur 30 Coach Trips 2: Hythe (Tickets on sale in June)

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Easter Parade 2026
Thursday 16th April, 2.30—4.30 at Stanborough Centre, St Albans Road, Garston.
An afternoon soiree focusing on light, elegant, and social entertainment, with gentle music and seated delicious refreshments.
A Best Dressed Ladies Competition, and the Most Elegantly Dressed Gentlemen Award, although Easter attire is optional. Also a Photo Booth to capture the afternoon and a sing-a-long to music from the movies.
Tickets are £12.00 and will be on sale at March and April General Meetings.

COACH TRIPS 1

Coach Trips 1: Leader: Roger Frost (01923 465739)

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Wednesday 20th May: City of Oxford and the Natural History Museum
Oxford University Museum of Natural History holds an internationally significant collection of natural history specimens and archives in a stunning example of neo-Gothic architecture. It is home to a lively programme of research, teaching and events focused on the sciences of the natural environment. Highlights in the collections include the world's first scientifically-described dinosaur, Megalosaurus bucklandii, and the world-famous Oxford Dodo, the only soft tissue remains of the extinct dodo.
Depart at 9.15 am Stanborough Centre, St Albans Road,
Garston. Return approx. 6 pm. Tickets: Coach: £18.00

COACH TRIPS 2

Contacts: Lorraine Law (07906 500974)
and Gill Dobson (07769 963532; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Our visit to Bicester Avenue Garden Centre on Thursday 30th April is now sold out.

There is no trip in May, as we have an outing to the Tereza Joanne boat on June 4th for a Cockney
Afternoon with pie and mash. Tickets are on sale today. Cost: £66.00 all-inclusive.

On Thursday 30th July we are planning a visit to the Kentish seaside town of Hythe. It is a small town with lots of
eating and drinking places to choose from. You can enjoy a walk along the Royal Military Canal as well as the beach, and there are plenty of shops in the town to browse round.

Come and see us at the CT2 desk if either of these days out are of interest to you.

LONDON WALKS

These gentle walks are open to all members. Pre-booking is not usually required unless the walk includes admission to a Museum or Gallery.

TRIPS FURTHER AFIELD

Trips Further Afield: Leader: Mike Findley (07804 651 620)

Last call for the 4-night break in Torquay by coach with a full package of excursions starting 11th May 2026. An
exciting, fully-featured break including a murder-mystery dinner. There may be some double/twin rooms available
but all single rooms are taken. Contact Peter Trotman if interested.

Albania, 3rd October 2026. Our fully-featured one week Albanian holiday is still on sale. Take-up has been good
and the holiday will definitely go ahead. Included is a full tour of this
enigmatic country accompanied throughout by a guide, almost all meals,
4* hotels, UK transfers, and many sites of historical and scenic interest.
Price from £1,469. There is a single room supplement of £199. A unique
opportunity to see somewhere different. Contact Yvonne MacLeod.

Details of the 4-night Christmas Markets trip to Nuremberg starting 30th November have been finalised. This is a
“no frills” break including flights and hotel only, using lastminute.com. Apart from the Christmas Market and the
quaint city, there are an enormous number of historical sites, both ancient and more modern, to visit. Current
costs: £287 per person for a shared room, £392 for a single, plus luggage, transfers, meals, local transport,
entrance fees, etc. Contact Tina Glendinning.

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”