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, 10^th 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

Guided Tour of Haynes Motor Museum Thurs 21^st March 2024.

This will be a “guided tour” of Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford, near Yeovil, with time to explore individually too. The museum contains a collection of over 400 cars and motorcycles along with a collection of automobilia. (https://www.haynesmuseum.org/)

This trip will be via a minibus in which we are able to take 16 people and the driver (total 17) so allocation of spaces on the minibus will be on a first come first served basis. If more than 16 people wish to go and are willing to self-drive they will be able to meet us at the museum in Sparkford and join in the tour.

The proposed timetable is the following:

• Leave Wickes 09:00
• Arrive at Haynes approx. 10:15
• Time available when we arrive for comfort break and orientate and make ourselves known to guide
• Tour to start at 10:45, which will last up to 1 ½ hours
• Lunch 12:30 – 13:30. The museum has a café that selection of
  • Sandwiches
  • Soup
  • Pasties
  • Sauage rolls
  • cakes
• 13:30 -14:45 free time to look around
• 14:45 leave for Home

The cost for the trip is £20.00

If you wish to come on this trip, please advise me as soon as possible. As the trip is restricted to 16 persons it will be on a first come, first served basis for the minibus. No money should be paid just now but I will send the successful applicants’ details of how to pay by BACS. If we have more than 16 and if people are willing to self-drive their cost will be adjusted accordingly.

If you have any questions on this trip, please contact Kevin Barter at kevin.barter2@ntlworld.com or 07974 111551