Social & Educational Group for Market Rasen & Surrounding Area

West Wolds
University of the 3rd Age

No longer working full time and live in the Mkt Rasen Area?
Want to learn or be creative? Want to stay active & meet new people?
40+ interest groups, visits, low subscription fees.
Monthly meeting with speaker at Mkt Rasen Festival Hall
2nd Thursday of the month doors open 9.30 – Everyone Welcome

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  • South Ormsby Estate Open Weekend

    As part of the Lincolnshire Wolds Outdoor Festival, some of our groups will be showcasing and performing at the South Ormsby Estate this Saturday 20th May as shown below, see their website here.

    WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WOLDS
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    Meteorological summer will soon be with us and we’re busier than ever in the heart of the Lincolnshire Wolds. We’ve been working hard on all sorts of good stuff, from planting 12,600 grape vines to installing 516 solar panels, laying hundreds more metres of hedgerow and drilling home-grown oat and pea feed for our turkeys and chickens.

    Time has whizzed by and we’re just one week away from the Estate Open Weekend (20th & 21st May). The Lincolnshire Wolds AONB has just marked its 50th anniversary and it’s well worth celebrating.

    We’ve been bowled over by the number of knowledgeable, skilled and passionate Wolds people keen to share their talents with our lovely visitors. The Estate Open Weekend will feature laser-clay shooting, art lessons, stream-dipping, fly-casting, bike-riding, bird rambles, butterfly safaris, photography, storytelling, tall-tree tales, Turkish dancing, history talks and more.

    Don’t shilly-shally – peruse our programme HERE, get your entry ticket HERE, book your lunch HERE and jump in! Don’t forget, as a Friend of South Ormsby Estate you can attend all our events FREE OF CHARGE using code Friends5.

    We’ll see you out there.
     
    YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
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    11th April 2023 50 Years of the Lincolnshire Wolds AONB READ MORE
     
    21st April 2023 Buffs Foraging & Busman’s Holiday READ MORE
     
    28th April 2023 Tall-Tree Tales & Team Gardening READ MORE
     
    4th May 2023 12,000 Vines & 220 Kilowatts
    READ MORE

     
    TOUR NEWS
    –Throughout the Estate Open Weekend, there’ll be entertainment, food & drink and loads of activities. Here are just a few of the latest additions to the programme:- Discover fly-tying with the Lincoln Featherbenders & Fly-fishers
    – Take a short bike ride with Low Carbon Louth
    – Bring your wellies for stream-dipping with Ruth
    – Learn how to find and name butterflies with experts
    – Enjoy history talks with Jean
    – Explore a world of learning with the West Wolds 3A
    – Walk and listen with the Lincolnshire Bird Club
    – Try Turkish dancing with the West Wolds U3A
    – Keep Fit Demonstration with the West Wolds u3a

    Head to our tours page post-haste, secure your Estate Open Weekend entry ticket then start planning and booking your activities. New activities are being added as we write so keep an eye on our social media for updates. As if that weren’t enough, we’ll be running THREE NEW ESTATE TOURS between 20th May and 11th June:
    – The Three-Mile Walk.
    – Rare Breeds Walk.
    – The ‘Trying Times for Sebastian Scattergood’ Literary Walk.

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  • May Newsletter

    The May newsletter is here…

    You can access the newsletter from this post or from the email the majority of our members will receive by the 9th May 2023

    If you haven’t told us your email address or if it has changed… to avoid missing out send your updated email details to membership@westwoldsu3a.org.

    If you would like to make comment on this newsletter or submit an article for the next issue then please send details to newsletter@westwoldsu3a.org by Friday 26th May 2023.

    We would really like to hear from you about any events your groups are involved in. The Newsletter is only as good as the articles submitted by members. We relish any feedback.

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  • Spanish Group Newsletter

    Click here to see the May 2023 newsletter for our Spanish groups. As we approach Spring, why not grab a warm cuppa and settle down to a good read. There’s plenty to enjoy even if you’re not a Spanish speaker. 

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  • Lincolnshire Wolds Outdoor Festival

    The Lincolnshire Wolds Outdoor Festival runs from 20th May to 11th June, it is an ideal way to explore and appreciate all that the Wolds has to offer. Designated as an AONB in 1973, this year they are celebrating 50 years since the official recognition of this beautiful and cherished landscape.

    On 2oth May various West Wolds u3a groups will be showcasing their groups activities, see the attached flyer for further details.

    For further details of the outdoor Festival and what’s happening on other dates go to www.woldsoutdoorfestival.com.

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  • Thank You Nadia

    You may notice that the Speaker Review is missing this month. That is because our excellent reviewer Nadia Dawson is taking a well-deserved break, after writing them for many years.

    Nadia may be persuaded to resume next year, but in the meantime any keen writers out there who would like to write a short ‘guest’ review from time to time, please get in touch – we would be very grateful.

    Sharon, Secretary.

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  • April Newsletter

    The April newsletter is here…

    You can access the newsletter from this post or from the email the majority of our members will receive by the 5th April 2023

    If you haven’t told us your email address or if it has changed… to avoid missing out send your updated email details to membership@westwoldsu3a.org.

    If you would like to make comment on this newsletter or submit an article for the next issue then please send details to newsletter@westwoldsu3a.org by Friday 26th April 2023.

    We would really like to hear from you about any events your groups are involved in. The Newsletter is only as good as the articles submitted by members. We relish any feedback.

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  • The Digital Photography Group – Best Photos of the Month

    Here are the photos of the month chosen from our March themes of ‘Beginning with a T’ and ‘Dappled Light’ plus a monthly favourite as voted on by the group.

    For further photos taken by our group through the months go to our challenge page https://westwoldsu3a.org/?page_id=8458

    Beginning with a T

    Terrible Towers

    Taken by

    Brian Ward

    Dappled Light

    Woodland Bridge

    Taken by

    Steve McCarthy

    Best of the month

    Cloud Shadows

    Taken by

    Suzanne Barker

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  • Share your family memories of WW2

    You are invited to take part in ‘Their Finest Hour’, a Heritage Lottery-funded nationwide campaign organised by the University of Oxford to collect and preserve the everyday stories and objects of the Second World War.


    As these personal stories are fast fading from living memory, it is vital to preserve them and the wartime objects that often accompany them. As well as artefacts from the front, there are the experiences of those at home, including women and children.


    How can you help?
    • Subscribe to a national email group where u3a members can share views, air your Q&As with ‘Their Finest Hour’, and generally keep in the loop at https://forms.office.com/e/ctt2eu6v2c
    • Attend the u3a Online Learning Event, date tbc.
    • Share this message in your u3a, on Facebook, and in your newsletters.
    • Go to a ‘Digital Collection Day’ to bring your stories or volunteer at it.
    • Run a collection in your activity group over several meetings.
    • Go online and upload your war-related stories and materials at https://theirfinesthour.english.ox.ac.uk/


    ‘Digital Collection Days’ are being run at a host of museums, libraries, services charities, and schools across the country, from Belfast, Cumbria, and Edinburgh down to Essex, London, Oxfordshire, and South Wales. u3a members volunteered at one of the first ‘Days’ in Oxford:
    “It’s like ‘Flog It!’ or ‘Antiques Roadshow’ without the valuation! There’s so much you can do, from meet-and-greet to what I enjoyed the most, showing someone their husband’s war record online – he flew Lancasters – helping them understand more about their family story.”


    Ally Edwards, u3a Evesham and District, 10 March


    There are connections between ‘Their Finest Hour’ and u3a groups, for example, genealogy, local history, creative writing, photography, storytelling, getting our members confident in using technology, and combating loneliness. Find out more on https://theirfinesthour.english.ox.ac.uk/

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  • Spanish Group Newsletter

    Click here to see the April 2023 newsletter for our Spanish groups. As we approach Spring, why not grab a warm cuppa and settle down to a good read. There’s plenty to enjoy even if you’re not a Spanish speaker. 

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  • Solo Group First meeting

    The first Solo group gathering met on Friday 17th March at the New Life Church, everyone mixed well and lots of suggestions and ideas were made for future meetings, the next is Friday 21st April at 2.00 p.m. and we are still hoping for more new members.

    Contact Ginny Beard ginnyb644@sky.com

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  • Long Covid Survey

    ‘Every-One’ would be very grateful if you could share this survey across any friends, family, colleagues and your community who live in Lincolnshire and may be affected by Long Covid.

    You can access the survey here – https://forms.office.com/e/M8wmyj5teQ

    Every-One is a Lincolnshire based enterprise and registered charity, that aims to work inclusively with everyone, to ensure that every one individual, is at the centre of their own wellbeing.  We do that by developing and delivering a range of person-centred services and projects that work towards ‘making wellbeing personal’.

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