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West Cheshire Rural U3A Bulletin /08/2020 Welcome to bulletin number 21. Please email anniebayliss@hotmail.com with any news or information that you would like to share with members in the next one, or topics that you would like us to cover. Poetry Group Poetry Group met last Monday on zoom, here is a list of what was read. The Gates of Damascus– James Elroy Flecker The Secret – Ralph Spaulding Cushman Provision Simon Armitage Blackberrying - Sylvia Plath From a Full Heart – A A Milne Our next scheduled session is on the Bank Holiday, so we have decided to move it back to September 7th. Jill took a screen shot of us all online this week – she did admit it’s not her best, but here we are on a sunny Monday morning
West Cheshire Rural U3A Bulletin /08/2020
Walking Group
We have 3 mini walking groups up and running now. We can set up more mini
walking groups of up to 6, for those that are interested. Please contact Jill Hughes.
She can share your contact details with others who are interested, so that you can
get together and plan venues and dates to suit yourselves.
The descriptions of the walks are included for other groups or individuals to follow.
Please note the layby used as the starting point for the Saighton walk I provided
details of a couple of week ago is not accessible at present.
Walk around Tattenhall – Jill Hughes
Carolyn led our walk, and we were joined as usual by Sheila, David, Marjorie and Viv
on our walk of around 5 miles on a beautiful sunny day.
I’ll describe the walk in the opposite direction to the one we took, as I think that the
paths are easier to find that way.
We met at the Park School in Tattenhall and walked away
from the village on Chester road past Rookery Drive to the
footpath on the right. Through the kissing gate, across
about 8 fields going behind Brook Hall to Manor Farm
following the signposts. Coming out onto Newton Lane turn
left and cross the bridge over the old railway line just
beyond which is a metal field gate that you can walk round.
Go down a narrow, rather overgrown path to a huge field. Keeping the hedge on
your right initially, walk straight on, crossing the field to the old bridge at the far end.
Just before the bridge, go right following the edge of the field till you can access the
track to your left. Turning right, that track takes you over the railway to Golden Nook.
At the canal go right till you meet Tattenhall Road. Turn right again and walk back to
the village on the newly (almost) constructed footpath. You could make the walk
longer by taking the path behind The Ice-cream Farm back to the village. Lovely
walk, thanks to Carolyn for leading for us.
Walk around Peckforton – Jill Hughes
This walk was in Peckforton, led by Marjorie, with
Carolyn, Viv, Sheila, David and Jill.
We met at the carpark next to the Cheshire Workshop
and walked up Hill Lane via Rocky Lane off to the left. We
continued along Hill Lane, under the haunted bridge,
straight through to Stonehouse Lane where the first three
pictures were taken.
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Turning right at the Lane, we continued quite a long way down till we met Mill lane on
the left. Opposite, we took a path through the woods to Peckforton Gap where we
joined Fowler’s Bench Lane, turned right and returned along the lane to our starting
point. Another lovely sunny morning, thanks to Marjorie for leading the walk.
Walk around Farndon – Pauline Bell
Pauline sent me these
pictures from their walk
around Farndon. Pauline has
recently joined a mini walking
group. She said they had a
great time and ended the
walk at Lewis’s coffee shop in
Farndon for refreshments
......great coffee there! Its
good to see these places
opening up and welcoming us
back for a well deserved
refreshments at the end of a
walk.
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Due to various holidays/commitments
this groups next walk is brought
forward to Thursday 27th August
which Lynda will lead and then they
will revert to fortnightly walks from
there.
Sue Mort and three others did the walk from Aldi through Caldy Valley this week.
This is a walk done previously by Jill, Hughes group but with the help of the route
and a map from Jill has now been done on three separate occasions. This group
plan to walk from the Candle Factory this Thursday.
Ukulele Group
We have revised our Ukulele frequency back to our baseline of every two weeks.
The next Ukulele session will be on the 2nd September. The contribution this week is
from Donna Eaton our only left-handed ukulele player.
A view from the Ukulele group – Donna Eaton’s contribution
Our latest Zoom ukulele session was on Wednesday, 19th August. We had hoped
to meet outdoors in small groups linked to Zoom but unfortunately the weather
forecast was against us. We enjoyed a jolly hour, playing everything through twice, it
is always easier and sounds better second time around.
West Cheshire Rural U3A Bulletin /08/2020 I am the only leftie in the group. I started looking for a left-handed Ukulele when Ken suggested starting the group. Such an instrument does not exist, however, thanks to the help from Intuneative in Chester I chose an ukulele and they restrung it for me – the opposite to everyone else!! My music sheets are also different to the rest, I play the same chords but in the opposite direction. Wherever I see ukuleles being played I always check to see how many players are left-handed, not very many to date. However, seeing the left-handed players in action gave me the inspiration to persevere. World Ukulele Day in Liverpool in February is always a good place to visit. Various bands play throughout Liverpool One with an enormous finale outside John Lewis. Another favourite of mine is The Great Ukulele Summer Strum which has been held in Hoylake in July, a real carnival atmosphere but sadly not this year. Well, enough from me, we would love for you to join us, left or right-handed. Our next session will be Wednesday, 2nd September. We look forward to the day we are able to welcome back those who we have not seen due to Covid restrictions, we have not forgotten you. Historical Association Online Lectures. The historical association is running some online lecture. Find more on their website at: https://technology-trust-news.org/5NT-6XZ0F- DF2AE810A9015299291HXC00FED045A08B956/cr.aspx More Online talk resources I came across this website last week. Some of the talks are chargeable but there are some that are free. https://mirthy.co.uk/ There is a free talk each Thursday at 5pm during August so please visit their website to see what is coming in the following weeks. The next free talk is: “Sentenced to 'Beyond the Seas’” Thursday 27 August.
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Monthly Meeting Goes Online
We are unable to hold our normal monthly meetings in the Barbour Institute. The
building is due to open again in September but will require some consideration
before we start our face to face monthly meetings. We are planning to go ahead with
the first talk on 17th September.
The session will be open to current WCRU3A members only. It will not be possible to
enable visitors to join us for the session. We will ask you to respond to the invitation,
when you receive it, to confirm if you plan to attend and we would ask you not to
share the details of the zoom meeting outside of our membership. Information and
details of how to join will be sent by email the day before. If in the meantime you
need help to get set up zoom so that you can access the meeting please let me
know via email. We would advise that you do this in advance of the meeting to make
sure you can access a zoom session and any issues you may have can be sorted,
West Cheshire Rural
Come and join us for
an Online Presentation
“Anyone for tea?
A brief history of tea in Britain”
By Jean Hancox
on Thursday 17th September
at 2.30pm
West Cheshire Rural U3A Bulletin /08/2020 Latest guidance from National Office on restarting groups The latest guidance from National Office for interest groups considering restarting can be found in the information page of WCRU3A website. There is also an online Q&A session which can be accessed using the link below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL5MPEB3gYI&feature=youtube Free guided online tours of the Houses of Parliament This looks an interesting experience. I have booked for the tour of the building. There appear to be plenty of availability in a number of time slots. https://ukparliament.seetickets.com/content/ticket-options
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