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Tue 10 Sep at 10:30am Coffee Morning - Town Hall

Speaker: Nick Wedgwood will be talking about how he plans to open a Community Shed in Hungerford in 2025.

The men's shed is a national charity aimed at giving members of the community who need a place to meet and chat while engaging in an activity under the watch of someonewith knowledge of that activity.

Are you technically minded? Can you handle data and computers?

If so, your U3A needs you!

In common with the majority of U3As we use a specially developed app to keep track of our membership and our finances. We are also planning to move our website to a platform that is common to many other U3As.

This will give us a large resource to call upon if we need technical help but we do need someone to act as our coordinator. You don’t need to be an expert, but rather need to be comfortable dealing with computers and happy to help others to input the necessary data.

Currently this all falls to one person and we desperately need to find someone to help.
If you would like to find out more, please use this link to contact Brian Davis.

26 SEPTEMBER - SPECIAL Walk Buscot Park

Not just a walk - but an outing!

A trip to Buscot Park, Family home of Lord Faringdon, who continues to care for the property as well as the family art collection, the Faringdon Collection, which is displayed in the house.

More details on the Walks page.

All welcome

Thu 31 Oct at 2:30pm A Game Called Malice Oxford Playhouse
A splendid dinner party in an Edinburgh stately home concludes with a murder mystery game created by the hostess. A murder needs to be solved. But the guests have secrets of their own, threatened by the very game they are playing. And among them is Inspector John Rebus. True crime is his calling. Is he playing an alternative game, one to which only he knows the rules? There are suspects, clues and danger with every twist and turn - and a shocking discovery will send this game called Malice hurtling towards a gasp-inducing conclusion.
Expected price is £46.
Contact John Reading to reserve your seat.

Thu 5 Dec at 11:00am Winter Outing Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market

Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market is recognised as one of the best in Europe.

The Christmas market is renowned for its bustling atmosphere, stunning location and hand picked high quality exhibitors, which attracts visitors from around the world who come to shop at the pretty wooden chalets situated within the historic grounds.

The wooden chalets are inspired by traditional German Christmas Markets and combined with the festive lighting, the sound of Christmas carols and the aroma of mulled wine and cinnamon drifting in the air, visitors will be transported into a festive setting to purchase their Christmas gifts and take in the atmosphere.

Departing Hungerford Town Hall at 11.00am (aldbourne 10.30 and Chilton Foliat 10.45). Expected price £17 - Leaving Winchester at 5.00pm

Contact Carol Shanahan to reserve your seat.

Next scheduled walk

SHORT WALK: 26 Sep 2024 Start: 10:15 Distance: 4 miles

Leader: Jo Bowles Contact: joannabowles@yahoo.co.uk 07799898511

SPECIAL SEPTEMBER WALK AND OUTING TO BUSCOT
 
SHORT WALK           Thursday 26 September 2024 
Start: 10.15am              Distance 4 miles 
 
Meet at 10.15am in the National Trust Visitors Car Park at Buscot Village, Faringdon, SN7 8DA for a 4 mile circular walk through fields, along the Thames Path and back to Buscot Wharf.  The walk is flat and there are no stiles.  There are historical features on route and lots of wildlife to see.
 
Car share if possible.  NT members can park for free.  £4.00 car parking charge for non-members.  The journey by car takes approximately 45 minutes.
 
Refreshments/lunch are available at the Buscot Tea rooms.
 
There is also the opportunity in the afternoon to visit Coleshill Estate that has a rural craft centre, a bookshop and tearooms.  Approximately 2 miles away.
 
Other suggestions would be to visit to Buscot House and Park to enjoy the gardens and see the Faringdon Collection.    Or visit Kelmscott Manor a former home of William Morris and now owned and managed by The Society of Antiquaries of London. 
 
Afternoon visits to be arranged by members themselves.
 
Please contact Joanna if you are planning to join us for the walk.

Link to walks page
Link to all past walks!

Singing?

Some members have expressed an interest in starting a singing for pleasure group. If you would be interested to join - and even better if you have any experience of guiding such a group - please contact Katherine Daking (Chair) via the contact page here.

Many members receive the hard copy U3A Magaazine but you may not be aware that there is also an 'online' National Newsletter which can be viewed directly via the u3q.org.uk website , and can also be received by signing up to receive directly by email. Well worth a look (there is even a mention of another U3A's introduction of Pickleball!).

New members can now include the provision of the "Third Age Matters" magazine as an option when they join or renew for a full year.

There are many FREE U3A national learning events - click to find out more.

Don't forget ...

We are members of the Thames Valley U3A network and they organise various events including online 'study days'. You can visit their website at

http://u3atvnetwork.org.uk/

Groups

Pickleball group We have 20 different groups from Art to Geology, French to Walking and more. Please visit the Groups page to see the latest information.

Check the Groups page for more info.

More Information

Our monthly coffee mornings are a great opportunity for us all connect together and share ideas. You are sure of a friendly welcome. Use the menu item Diary for the latest information.

You can also use the contact form if you'd like to get in touch.