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QUESTERS VISIT TO ENGLISH WILLOW CENTRE nr TAUNTON 23 SEP 2024

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Monday,  23 September 2024       

Coates English Willow Centre, Stoke St Gregory, Taunton, TA3 6HY  (www.coatesenglishwillow.co. uk)

Questers will be taking a Minibus trip to the Somerset Levels to a family run business which has been growing and weaving willow for over 200 years. We will meet at Wickes around 8.30 am and return about 5.30 pm. The cost will be £16 for minibus; guided tour of the Willow Centre, and admission to the museum. Lunches are available in the Lemon Tree Café. If time and weather permit there are trails to see where the withies grow and a living willow sculpture.

Just 3 places left!  There was a good response when the trip was announced at the meeting on 10th July, so others interested in joining  should contact Chris Coffin at KRISKOFF@GMAIL.COM . He will let you know whether there is a place available or not. The £16 should be paid by bank transfer in the usual way, with WILLOW  and your membership number in the reference.

Chris Coffin

QUESTERS GROUP VISIT TO BOSCOMBE DOWN AIR MUSEUM WEDNESDAY 04/09/24

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VISIT TO BOSCOMBE DOWN AIR MUSEUM WEDNESDAY 04/09/24

This is a final reminder of our planned visit.

If you wish to attend, please ensure that you have paid the £10.00 pp entrance fee for this visit by Monday 29/07/24.  I have been obliged to change this date owing to my holiday commitments.  Payments, as previously requested, by credit transfer direct to the Anton u3a bank account ref Air followed by your membership number.

At present there are some vacancies for this visit, and if you wish to join us please pay as soon as possible and advise me.

As previously stated, it will be a self-drive visit meeting at Wicks for a 10am prompt departure and if lifts are required, please let me know.

Please note that this collection/museum is located at OLD SARUM AIRFIELD, nr SALIBURY, SP4 6DZ.

Norma Bryan

Visit to Swanage : Monday 10 June 2024

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Visit to Swanage : Monday 10 June 2024

       

We/I had certain misgivings about the date I’d chosen for our bucket and spade outing on Monday, 10th June with our annual visit to the seaside, this year to Swanage in Dorset.  The forecast was for storms, then rain but things improved when the weather people knew that Anton u3a were on their way down!  The sun shone at times.

Yes, it was quite cool and a bit cloudy but it brightened up later.  Four of our intrepid band decided that they wanted to either visit Corfe Castle or just to ride on the train back to Swanage so we dropped them off and continued our journey to the seaside.  I hasten to add that swimsuits and budgie smugglers were not in evidence!

Liz and I visited the 2 small museums and for such a small place, they had quite a lot of interesting things to report.  Did you know that there were 12 WW2 bombs dropped on the town?  I didn’t.  We also found a nice pub to have our obligatory fish and chips and a pint before making our way to an ice cream shop for the other staple whilst visiting such places!

All in all, Robert did a sterling job of getting his 13 passengers from A to B and return to A safely and timely.  For that we thank him.

Pete