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

POSTS

  • Day Visit to Amsterdam or Rotterdam 15 May 2017

    sandemans-new-amsterdamAttached is my ‘flyer’ for a day trip by P&O Ferries from Hull next May.  Their system for Group reservations is such that I cannot yet confirm we have places, or for how many people, so I am making the idea public now as my request has been logged into their Reservations system, and I am awaiting confirmation that it has been successful, and if so, for how many places.

    If you are interested in the idea, please mail me your cheque, which will not be cashed until I have been advised that the trip is confirmed.  Not as certain at this stage as I would like, but it’s the best I can offer for the moment.  Whether or not I will be able to add more names later is not clear!

    Click here for more information…

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  • Calendar of Colour – Monthly Speaker

    2016-10-13-09-49-58Before this month’s meeting the Ukulele Group entertained us to a brief recital. The Festival Hall doesn’t lend itself to this kind of event but they did really well and a number of people were standing around listening as the group went through their repertoire.

     

    Janette MerilionThe talk by Janette Merilion was called a Calendar of Colours and she talked us through the months with a flower, shrubs and a tree. She started by explaining the structure of her talk so that we all understood the journey she was taking us on. Her approach was professional and confident. Throughout her extremely well presented talk she introduced amusing anecdotes, history of some of the plants and details of where to grow the plants she was introducing us to. A complete list of the plants will be posted to the website in due course…

    If West Wolds U3A had a prize for “speaker of the year” Janette would certainly come into the top three.

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  • National Summer Schools 2017

    Image result for u3a summer schools ukFollowing an increase in the number of volunteer tutors and reports of some potential applicants facing disappointment in previous years, the Trust has tentative bookings in 2017 for THREE summer schools.
    17th – 20th July TELFORD
    14th – 17th August CIRENCESTER
    11th – 14th September CIRENCESTER
    We are assessing the viability of the third summer school in SEPTEMBER. Please complete the short questionnaire by clicking here…

    Many thanks!

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  • Free Courses

    community-learningThe following courses are available from Lincolnshire County Council and many are free. Details of how to book are at the bottom of the post

    How to Find the History on Your Doorstep
    Wednesday 28 September, 10am-2pm. FREE
    Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle

    Discover Willow Weaving
    Tuesdays 14, 21, 28 October 2:00-5:30pm. £25
    Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle

    Understanding Historic Buildings’ Construction
    Wednesday 19 October, 9:30am-4:30pm. FREE to new learners
    Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle

    Social Media Demystified for Heritage Groups
    Wednesday 9 November, 12-4pm. FREE
    The Old School, Heckington

    Conserving Historic Stonework
    Wednesday 16 November, 10am-4pm. FREE to new learners
    The Old School, Heckington

    The Story of Brick & Tile in Lincolnshire
    Tuesday 29 November, 1-5pm. FREE
    Horncastle Community Centre

    Book Binding Taster Course
    Wednesday 18 January, 12-4pm. FREE
    Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle

    Medieval Landscapes
    Wednesdays 1, 8, 15 & 22 February, 6:30-9:00pm. £25
    Horncastle Community Centre

    Discover Spinning & Dyeing Wool
    Fridays 10, 17 & 24 February, 2:00-5:30pm. £25
    Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle

    Photographing Historic Buildings
    Thursday 23 March, 10am-3pm. FREE
    Fydell House, Boston

    Introduction to Roman Pottery
    Thursdays 23 & 30 March, 1:30-4:30pm. FREE to new learners
    The Old School, Heckington

    Creative Tapestry Weaving
    Wednesday 12 April, 9:30am-4:30pm. FREE to new learners
    Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle

    Fault Finding: basic condition & maintenance surveys
    for historic buildings
    Thursday 27 April, 10am-4:00pm. FREE
    Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle

    Understanding the Significance of Historic Buildings
    Monday 15 May, 9:30am-4:30pm. FREE to new learners
    Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle

    Roman Britain: history & archaeology
    Thursdays 8 & 15 June, 5:30-8:30pm. FREE to new learners.
    Fydell House, Boston

    Our lifelong learning courses are part of the Grow programme organised by Lincolnshire County Council’s Community Learning Service. We aim to attract new learners and courses are open to all aged 19 and over on 31 August 2016. BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL.Call us on 01529 461499 or email htladmin@heritagelincolnshire.org

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  • Our Magazine

    Scan_20150912Our quarterly magazine only exists thanks to the hard work of its editor. Without your articles the publication will look a bit thin and uninteresting. From now on if you have something – comment, photo, article that you would like to see in the magazine please email it to: magazine@westwoldsu3a.org.

    Thank you in anticipation of lots of “stuff” pouring into the editorial mail box.

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  • In The Picture

    camera-lenseThe editor of the U3A Sources Magazine would like to invite U3A photographic groups to contribute pictures for use in the magazine.
    She is looking for shots that will illustrate the various topics covered in forthcoming editions. These are:

    • February 2017: archaeology and local history
    • June 2017: Food and drink appreciation and antiques
    • September 2017: Creative writing – running a group

    Phyllis is particularly keen to find excellent pictures for the front cover. So get your photographers snapping and see how creative they can be. Further information is available on the national U3A website.

    Send all images to: sources@u3a.org.uk

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  • A Super-September Lincoln Edge Walk

    dscn2218The Viking Way is forty years old this year. Much of its route offers superb walking country with beautiful views from the Lincolnshire Wolds and the Lincoln Edge.
    This week, on 6th September the Country Walkers Group followed a circular walk, which covered not only some of the best of the Viking Way but also the track marched by the Romans along Ermine Street.

    We parked in Coleby at the Tempest Inn and our team of eight set off to join Ermine Street.

    dscn2241This section of the famous road is now rural track. We marched along the straight track for a couple of miles in the heat of the September sun until we reached the attractive village of Navenby, where we found a very welcome sign for a coffee shop. No-one needed to be asked twice so we put up the sun umbrellas and sat out in the sun drinking coffee.

    From Navenby the character of the walk route changed as we joined the Viking Way. Walking northward  we followed the Lincoln Cliff edge, with its beautiful  views westward across the Trent Valley to the Pennines in the distance.

    mouseAt this time of year the fields are brown and golden as the farmers finish harvesting and begin ploughing.  Much of the scarp slope of the Lincoln Edge is too steep for arable so we saw lots of cows too, as well as the odd little field mouse . We passed the time of day with a few walkers..

    Halfway along the route is the lovely village of Boothby Graffoe where the limestone buildings rival anything to be seen in the Cotswolds.

    dscn2244Eventually we saw the spire of Colby Church. Now we knew it was not far to lunch. The Tempest Arms was prepared for us. They’d cooked our orders and served us on the terrace, under sun umbrellas again. Food and service were superb.
    Add that to good company, fine weather and the glorious Lincolnshire landscape and you’ve got the ideal recipe for a U3A Country Walk. There were no real gradients on this walk, so everyone found it easy, even those who think they can’t do 6 miles.  (Name withheld but she knows who she is!)

    If you enjoy getting out in the countryside, do sign up for a walk at the next monthly meeting.  In the programme there’s a distance to suit everyone.

    Liz Jefferson

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  • Evacuee Memoirs – Monthly Speaker

    lois-fenn-speakerLois Fenn talked about her experiences as a young child living in wartime Hull and her subsequent evacuation to Lincolnshire when the bombing of the city became too dangerous. She had a lot of detail about the number of raids and houses demolished but for me it was difficult to comprehend the numbers and it would have been better if she had slides to show us.

    She had some very amusing stories from her own experiences during the air raids but she didn’t read some newspaper articles because she couldn’t find them which indicated a lack of preparation. Her descriptions painted an evocative picture of a city child suddenly finding themselves in the Lincolnshire countryside. After four years in the country she suddenly found herself back in Hull and looking after her new baby sister. Overall it was a good personal memoir that has led to a writing career with four books to her name. As often is the case with our speakers it ended with a sales pitch for her books.

    This is a personal review and if you have any thoughts of your own please add your comments.

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  • Audit of West Wolds U3A Equipment

    An audit of West Wolds U3A  owned assets will be undertaken prior to the AGM. This will enable the Business Secretary and Treasurer to check and value equipment owned by WW U3A, but held by respective group coordinators. It is requested that a list of equipment (not necessarily electrical) held by groups be provided to the Sec (David Oliver) at the September General Meeting.

    Many Thanks

    David

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  • Congratulations

    Fantastic to see Lyn Henry’s Paper Engineering Group included in TAM. Well done.( Didn’t press the right button for publication when I wrote this, sorry)

    Thanks Mandy   –  I try to send items regularly to Third Age Matters, but this is the first time they have printed either a letter, or an item for Coast to Coast. I want to avoid photos of a group standing somewhere in a line up and to show West Wolds as doing something different.  Have just sent off something new today, so we’ll keep an eye out for it in future editions!!

    Brian.

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  • Industrial Archaeology Visit

    Our visit to Leicestershire started early and we arrived in Glenfield at 10 am where volunteers from Leicester Industrial History Society were waiting to welcome us and walk us part way through the Glenfield tunnel. The tunnel is one of the oldest in the country and at roughly one mile long was one of the longest at the time.

    The tunnel was dark, damp and rough underfoot but we got the feel what it might be like with the volunteers playing a recording made when one of the last steam trains went through the tunnel back in the 1960s.
    After the tunnel walk we stopped for lunch at the Railway Inn where our orders had been left when we first arrived. Unfortunately our lunches were running late (typical railway) and sadly Brian had to chase them up on more than one occasion to get food on our tables.
    Lunch out of the way we were back on the coach and on to Swannington village to walk the incline and see where the engine house used to stand. Another short coach journey to finish our visit at Hough windmill and coal workings around the village. Thank you Brian for organising another fascinating visit.

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  • Louth Hospice Garden Visit

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    Nicky Ingalls hospice manager completing the garden

    On Wednesday a group of 25 from the Garden Group visited the Tatton Park Gold winning garden now installed at Louth Hospice. The weather was beautiful for our first of what will no doubt be many outings.

    The hospice laid on afternoon tea and cakes with the group making generous donations towards the hospice totalling £149.

    Considering the garden has been laid once and then ripped up and rebuilt at Louth the planting has stood up very well. The flowers are past their best but it will regenerate next spring once it has settled down. I think many of the group found inspiration from using wild flowers and grasses in the appropriate environment. For a full list of plants used in the garden click here… Of course you may have a different view in which case please leave a comment.

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  • Tales from a Farmer’s Wife – Monthly Speaker

    farmers-wife(aug16)Jane Barnes of Southfields Farm, Somerby entertained us with a lively and fascinating talk about the life of a dairy farmer’s wife.

    With a herd of Ayrshire cows (they have changed in recent years from Friesian), Jane took us through the trials and tribulations of modern-day farming, from buying new cows to the 365 days a year commitment to managing the herd.  The four bulls had their work cut out servicing the herd and took it in turns to make sure every cow delivered a calf each year.  Each cow, at its peak, produces 30 to 40 litres of milk per day.  This is used solely for the production of Stilton cheese which was available to purchase at the end of her presentation.

    She was an excellent ambassador for british farming in all its activities and she was definitely not shy of promoting their Stilton cheese, her skills at giving talks and the farm visits she hosts by appointment for groups at £10 per head.

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