Wednesday 18th June. 11am Meet at the Toby Carvery, Copnor Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5HS, for coffee and chat. Lunch afterwards if desired. Please advise the Local Representative by 15th June if you intend to stay, so that a table may be reserved.
Thursday 19th June. 11am Meet in the café of the National Holocaust Centre, Acre Edge Road, Laxton, Newark, NG22 0PA, before visiting the Centre and the rose garden. If there is sufficient interest, it is possible to book a guide and perhaps even hear from a survivor of this awful time. So please let the Executive Representative know if you are interested. Admission is £10.00 per adult or £9.00 for concessions. The centre lies just outside the village of Laxton, which is itself of historic interest as it is the only place in Europe where the Medieval Strip Farming system can be seen. There is a visitors’ centre and a pub for lunch for those who wish to know more.
Thursday 19th June. 11am Meet online with other Welsh members to chat about anything of mutual interest. Please contact the organiser, Jean Hertzog, by 16th June to be included on the log on details list. Thursday 24th July. 11am Meet online with other Welsh members to chat about anything of mutual interest. Please contact the organiser, Jean Hertzog, by 21st July to be included on the log on details list.
Thursday 19th June. 12noon Meet at Nero’s at Gloucester Green Bus Station, Oxford, OX1 2BU. At 12.30 we will walk to Oxford Castle. Did you know that the city of Oxford is built on a series of islands? This walk is an opportunity to explore an intricate network of waterways that are often overlooked by visitors to the city. The walk is five miles and ends up at the ‘King’s Arms’ Pub at Sandiford. There is the choice to walk back or take a taxi or bus back.
Saturday 21st June. We will meet in one of the local coffee shops before the parade but await details of the timings of the Alban Pilgrimage As details of this event have not been released before the diary was required for OMEGA, please contact Cambridge Local Contact for more information if you wish to attend. St Albans celebrates Britain’s first saint with a city centre procession to the Abbey and various city centre events and pilgrimage worship.
Thursday 26th June. 12noon Meet at The White Hart, Unit 4, Exchange Street, Aylesbury, HP20 1UR for coffee and/or lunch. Members and friends/family from all Regions are welcome to join us. If you are not one of our regular attendees, please let the Aylesbury Lunch Contact know in advance so the Local Contact can look out for you.
Tuesday 8th July 8pm Zoom Book Club – Join South West members to discuss the book of the month. July 8th Sharpes Command by Bernard Cornwall Please contact the Local Contact, Liz Ashcroft, before the end of June to be added to the list to receive the log on details.
Tuesday 8th July. 11am Meet at London Bridge City Pier for the boat to Greenwich to explore historic building and the National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, Greenwich, SE10 9NF. Entry is free to the Museum. The ferries run twice an hour and take around just under half an hour.
Thursday 10th July 2025 at 11am Meet for coffee at River Café, 5, High Street, Bedford MK40 1RN before first visiting The Higgins Museum, Castle Lane, Bedford, MK40 3XD at 12.30pm. This free museum was established by Cecil Higgins who was a philanthropic brewer and houses his art collection which is mainly ceramics and glass. If we have time, we shall follow this with a visit to the John Bunyan Museum which is a short distance away (Mill Street, Bedford, MK40 3EU). The museum celebrates the life of the author of The Pilgrim’s Progress and is again a free museum.
Saturday 12th July. 11am Meet in the downstairs café at the Treasurer’s House, Minster Yard, York YO1 7JL. The house, which is partially hidden behind York Minister, shows the life if Frank Green who purchased it in 1897 then transformed it into an extravagant town house in 1900 ready for a visit from Edward VII. There is free entry to all National Trust members or £11 for adults and £5.50 for children. The nearest parking is at Lord Mayor’s Walk but there are several Park and Ride carparks outside the city with frequent buses into the centre. Treasurer’s House is situated half a mile from the railway station.
Thursday 17th July. 11am Meet in the Stables Café of Lamport Hall, Lamport, Northants, NN6 9EZ, before exploring the Hall and gardens. Admission for house and gardens is £16.00 and for gardens only £11.00. The Hall was developed from a Tudor manor house and the extensive gardens are famous for the rock garden as featured on ‘Monte Don’s British Gardens’, supposedly the birthplace of the garden gnome.
Thursday 17th July. 12noon Meet at Nero’s at Gloucester Green Bus Station, Oxford, OX1 2BU. This is for the Spy Mission at Christchurch Meadows. Your assignment, if you choose to accept, is to follow the clues that will save Christchurch Meadow. Then a debriefing and late lunch at Wetherspoons, Castle Street at 15:00 hrs. Just in case you are of a nervous nature, do not worry as we will be working as a group on this mission so it will be a team effort. This event will be taking place whatever the weather.