The first term of the web design group has finished and the next term starting in September will focus on social media. If you signed up to the interest group and would still like to explore social media please complete the form on the interest group page click here… There is only room for 6 people therefore it will be on a first come, first served basis.
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West Wolds Patchwork Morning Group
Starting a quilt
Working on a quilt
Some working, some chatting?
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Greenwich
A few photos from our trip to London earlier this month. An energetic trip expertly organised by Margaret.
We started at the top of Greenwich Hill in the rain!
At the bottom of the hill we waited patiently for the famous red ball to fall at 1pm
The Chapel at the Royal Naval College where I spent many Sunday mornings, a long time ago!
An unusual view of the Cutty Sark.
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Henry V at Tolethorpe Sat 11 July
Some of the group who went to Tolethorpe. 
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London Trip
Hampton Court Flower Show.
Foxtail Lillies 
Pitcher Plants 
Cutty Sark 
- No, we had not drunk all of these. It’s Ken having a joke!!
Figure Head 
Skyline with the Shard 
- Giant Waterlillies
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German Group’s Trip to the Czech Republic.
This is a beautiful building in Prague 
canopy of same building 
Jo and Ken waiting for me to take photos. Some photos from Czech Republic. Fourteen of us travelled by various trains to the Czech Republic at the beginning of June. We stayed in Prague for a couple of days, then travelled to Nou Jicin staying three days. While there we went up to the mountains by bus one day and to Bartosovice another day. Here are some photos of the trip.
Czech Glass -
Novy Jicin Czech Republic
Hotel in Nouy Jicin 
Reflection. 
Nouy Jicin Square 
Nouy Jicin Square 
original chandelier in old Hotel 
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Bartosovice.
All the group with Maria, who now lives in the house in the village of Bartosovice, where Joe Willisch was born and grew up. -
Don’t get cross at bridge …
When the digi. photo group was out and about in Market Rasen recently, a quick peep was taken through the open door (it was a sunny afternoon, for once!) of the Cricket Clubhouse where the Bridge Group under the firm control of Bryan Storey meets to play … Some of the players noticed us watching from beyond. Here’s what we saw. -
Items for New Age Matters ( NAM)
In order for me to send some useful items of interest to a contribution to NAM, could I request group coordinators send me snippets of what your groups have recently been up to. I propose to edit a piece for the magazine for information to other readers, but also to raise our profile nationally. Please forward via our webpage or to my personal e-mail.
David
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Digital photography group out and about in Market Rasen.
We met on a Monday in the Market Square, to see if we could look at our normal surroundings from a different angle. Whilst some of the group members delight in manipulating their images on the pc when they get back home, others of us try to see the subject in a different light. Our differing viewpoints are what makes photography so interesting, and we are all learning from each other as time goes on. Some of my images are here – as taken! The car was in monochrome, then cropped to highlight the screen etc; the two ladies are keen members of the group, taken in ordinary Programme; the Church Mill buildings were taken in Elegant Colour mode. Brian Ward.
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Lincoln Cathedral Medieval and Wren Libraries
Whilst not strictly related to WW U3A, I thought that as I am a steward in the cathedral libraries, you might be interested in some new arrivals and loans in the library. I know from our discussions that many of West Wolds U3A members are interested in history, both local and national, so I am sure many of you would enjoy a visit to see the “Great Lincolnshire Exhibition” currently on until the end of September. In the cathedral libraries the old and new Testament volumes of the Lincoln Chapter Bible have been re-united for the first time in over 300 years.
The Lincoln Chapter Bible is one of the earliest examples of an English illustrated Romanesque bible. The bible was in two volumes; the Old Testament remained in Lincoln, however, the New Testament was “loaned” to Trinity College Cambridge and never returned, although described as the “Lincoln Chapter Bible”! Now the New Testament has been loaned back to Lincoln for the duration of the exhibition – but will we give it back?
If you would like more information on the exhibition or the libraries in general do please contact me.
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Burnby Hall & Breezy Knees Gardens June 2015
Having left the clouds in Market Rasen behind us we found the weather changed in Yorkshire (Gods own country) the lovely weather promised was here. On arrival, there was the customary initial race to the cafe for refreshment.Burnby Hall Gardens were well set out with a wonderful central lake around which paths led you into a variety of small gardens.The lake was particularly active as the large carp seemed to be in orgy mood, splashing around in the shallows competing for females. Our only criticism of this garden would be that the plants had no labels should you not know a specific tree or shrub. Volunteers were workimg to clear the tulips which are replaced every year, apparently a few weeks ago their display was exceptional. This years bulbs were going to local schools and anyone who wanted them… Finished the morning with a stroll around the museum which gave the history of the Stewart Family who created the gardens followed by lunch with homemade cakes which did not disappoint before we moved on to Breezy Knees.
A much larger but less mature gardens created from 1999 It covered some 15 acres so quite a walk around it traversing a field or two before you reached the first display garden.the plus point was the plants all had labels so we avidly made notes of the plants we would buy. Each garden was named even featuring a Rogues gallery garden of spreading plants, there was also a shade loving garden as well as ornamental with fountains. The nursery at the end was comprehensive but sadly did not have the two plants we had set our minds on. Drowned our sorrows in the cafe just as the weather was calling it a day. Good trip back to Market Rasen. Many thanks to Brian for another very interesting trip. Looking forward to our next. -
Jazz at Caistor Church – this year’s event has been cancelled by the Church due to low ticket sales, possibly because a change of date meant it fell on the Bank Holiday weekend.
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Bradford Industrial Museum & Saltaire Village. May 2015.
This day out took us firstly to the little known Bradford Industrial Museum, created in redundant textile mills. You get the impression that the Council, having cut back by removing the working horses and their attendant costs, runs the Museum on a shoestring. However, the content does show a range of Jowett cars and vans, Bradford’s motor manufacturing industry; a whole floor devoted to 
its origins, the textile trade; printing presses; a power hall full of a wide ranging display of steam engines which once turned the machinery of Yorkshire industry. For some, the hour and a half was not sufficient, but we moved on the short distance to Saltaire in time to make for somewhere to lunch. A small group of us enjoyed the riverside pub, from where we watched the rain come down! In no time it was sunny and everyone did their own thing – some strolled through the David Hockney Gallery or the book floor of the Mill itself; others covered a lot or a little, as the mood took 
them, of the fascinating village created by Titus Salt in the 18th century, to give his employees better conditions than they could have imagined possible, moving from the Bradford slums to virgin countryside. A model village, with Church and Institute, but no public house!
Brian Ward.
