Thursday 27th February. 11am Meet online with other Welsh members to chat about anything of mutual interest. Please contact the organiser, Jean Hertzog, by 17th February to be included on the log on details list.
Saturday 1st March. 11am Meet with Jean Hertzog, the Vice-Chairman online to chat. This is an International Zoom offering a chance to join in an informal discussion with members from all Regions and Nations. The topic for March will be ‘As mad as a March Hare’ – What strange things have you done in your life or have seen, that others might consider to be ‘mad’? Contact Jean by 22nd February for her to arrange to send you the log on details. jean.hertzog@aoug.org.uk
Saturday 8th March. 11am Meet in the Sheffield Cathedral 1554 Café, Sheffield Cathedral, Church Street, Sheffield S1 1HA for coffee prior the viewing the Cathedral itself. Enter through the Cathedral porch and turn to the right crossing straight across the Cathedral nave and you will find the 1554 Café opposite. Jean Hertzog will be there to greet you with a copy of OMEGA on the table. After exploring the Cathedral, take a short walk to the Sheffield Millenium Galleries Café for lunch and then a chance to browse the many exhibits. Those using public transport from other towns are advised to alight at Sheffield Meadowhall Train or Bus Station and then take the tram which stops right outside the Cathedral entrance - thus, saving the uphill walk from the main Sheffield stations.
Zoom Book Club Join South West members to discuss the book of the month. Please contact the Local Contact. Liz Ashcroft, before the end of February to be added to the list to receive the log on details. March 11th Resurrection Walk – Michael Connolly
Wednesday 12th March. 11am Meet at the Toby Carvery, Copnor Road Portsmouth, PO3 5HS, for coffee and lunch if you wish. If staying for lunch, please advise the Local Contact, Mike Bechley, by 4th March, so that a suitable table can be reserved.
Thursday 13th March 2025 at 11.00am Meet for coffee in the Espresso Bar (not Ori Café) in John Lewis, 10, Downing Street, Cambridge (CB2 3DS). We will then move onto The Polar Museum, Lensfield Road, Cambridge (CB2 1ER) at noon for those who would like to join us at the Museum. This small museum can include additional temporary exhibitions as well as the permanent exhibits from various Polar trips. This will be followed by a late lunch (2pm) at The Regal, 38-39 St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge (CB2 3AR). Should you want to join us at the Museum or for lunch only please let the organiser know in advance so they can look out for you when they move on from our coffee.
Thursday 20th March. 11am Meet online for a chat with other Yorkshire members. Contact Jean Hertzog by 10th March for adding to the log on details list
Thursday 20th March. 2pm Meet at the gate to Christchurch Meadow, St Aldates, Oxford, OX1 1SS for the now traditional Spring Equinox Walk and cream tea that is also known as The Colin Reed Memorial Walk. The intention is to end up at The Quod on the High Street for a pre-booked (and usually excellent) cream tea. If the weather is bad do meet at Nero’s, Gloucester Green Bus Station, Oxford (OX1 2BU) and we will plan what to do for an hour before the cream tea.
Saturday 22nd March. 11am Meet in the café at the Visitor’s Centre at the Electric Mountain, Llanberis Road (A4086), next to Lake Padarn, Caernarfon LL55 4UR for a coffee before embarking on a tour underground. The organiser, Jean Hertzog, will have a copy of OMEGA on the table. Then following lunch, you can look further at the Visitor’s Centre, or some may wish to go a short distance up the road to take a trip on the Snowdon Mountain Railway.
Saturday 22nd March. 11a.m. Join our Virtual Coffee Morning. The suggested subject for this meeting will be ‘The most useful/useless thing I have in my house’ Please contact the Executive Representative, Briony Dickinson, by March 10th to be added to the list to receive the log on details.
Thursday 27th March. 11am Meet online with other Welsh members to chat about anything of mutual interest. Please contact the organiser, Jean Hertzog, by 17th March to be included on the log on details list.
Saturday 29th March. 11am Meet in the café at the Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EL. This Gallery has one of the most important and renowned painting collections in the UK. The collection includes European Renaissance paintings, masterpieces by Rubens, Rembrandt, Turner and Stubbs, Pre-Raphaelite artworks by Rossetti and Millais, Impressionist works by Monet and Degas. The Walker is close to the entrance to the Queensway Tunnel. There is pay and display parking outside the gallery on William Brown Street and behind World Museum on Hunter Street. The nearest other car park is at Queen Square.