DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Participation in any event listed here is open to the whole SWHerts u3a membership, although places may be limited on some trips.

Please contact the relevant organiser to check availability.

May

Mon 12 General Meeting at Stanborough Centre:: Speaker: Martin Orkin: “Simon and Garfunkel”

Wed 21 Coach Trips 1: Weald & Downland Museum, Chichester (Tickets available)

Thu 22 Coach Trips 2: Polesden Lacey (Tickets available)

June

Mon 2—Fri 6 TFA Holiday in the Peak District

Mon 9 AGM at Stanborough Centre: Speaker: Colin Smith: “Coffee from Tree to Cup”

Wed 18 Coach Trips 1: Lunch Cruise, River Trent, Nottingham (Tickets available)

Fri 27 Coach Trips 2: Suffolk Punch Trust, Woodbridge, Suffolk (Tickets on Sale Today)

July

Tue 1 Gardening Group: Wisley Coach Trip

Mon 14 General Meeting at Stanborough Centre: Speaker: Andy Strange: “Women at War: the Story of Womens’ roles on “the Home Front” and in the Armed Forces during WW2.”

Wed 16 Coach Trips 1: Whitstable, Kent (Tickets on sale June)

Thu 24 Coach Trips 2: TBA August Mon 11 General Meeting at Stanborough Centre: Speaker: John Whiting: “A History of Tax”

Thu 14 Coach Trips 2: Eastbourne Air Show (Tickets on Sale in July)

Wed 20 Coach Trips 1: Stourhead NT. Mere, Wilts. (Tickets on Sale July)

SWHerts u3a holds regular Monthly General Meetings on the second Monday of each month, from 10.00 am to 12:00 noon, at The Stanborough Centre, 609 St Albans Rd, Watford WD25 9JL.

Doors open for members at 9.15am. Please do not enter before then.

Next month’s meeting will be on Monday 9th June 2025 

COACH TRIPS 1

Coach Trips 1:  Leader:  Roger Frost (01923 465739)

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A few tickets still available for : Wednesday 21st May 2025: Weald & Downland Living Museum, Chichester, Sussex. The Museum holds excellent collections relating to rural life bringing to life, homes, farmsteads and rural industries. Tickets and entry is £28.00. Depart at 9.15 am Stanborough Centre, St Albans Road, Garston. Return approx. 6.00pm

Wednesday 18th June 2025: River Trent Lunch Cruise. (Tickets are still available). We have arranged a 3-hour lunch cruise on the Nottingham Princess starting from their base at Colwick, near Nottingham. The cruise will include a buffet style lunch to suit most tastes. Please let us know if you have any special dietary requirements. Tickets including cruise and food are £45.00. Depart at 9.15 am from Stanborough Centre, St Albans Road, Garston. Return approx. 6.30 pm.  

COACH TRIPS 2

Coach Trips 2: Contacts: Lorraine Law (07906 500974)
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 Our coach trip this month is to Polesden Lacey on 22nd May.

The coach will be leaving Stanborough at 9.45am. Non-National Trust members please remember to bring your entrance fee of £16.50 in cash to be collected on the coach. Please remember to bring your NT membership card with you.

The trip to Suffolk Punch Trust will be on FRIDAY June 13th.

We will be having a group tour and a horse demonstration. Please note there is only a small cafe on site which will be unable to cater for a large group such as ours so please bring your own lunch. Drinks will be available. The cost of this trip will be £36.50 for coach and entrance. 

Explore London Walks and Explore London Places:

 These gentle walks are open to all members. Pre-booking is not usually required unless the walk includes admission to a Museum or Gallery.

Otherwise just turn up at the agreed starting point. Full details are available from Mike

 TRIPS FURTHER AFIELD 

  Leader:   Mike Findley (01727 845122)

Our summertime trip to The Peak District

A coach trip from 2nd to 6th June staying 4 nights in Buxton with excursions every day. We have sold out of all the rooms allocated to us but further double/twin rooms may be available upon application.

If interested please contact Yvonne MacLeod.

In the foothills of the Pyrenees: History, Scenery and Wine Full details of a one-week holiday by air to Northern Spain commencing 11th September 2025 with Tailored Travel have been finalised and the holiday is ON SALE. There has been a good take up but a few spaces are still available.

If interested contact Mike Findley without delay. The holiday will take in such places as Zaragoza with its wonderful architecture, Olite Palace, Pamplona, Logroño for wine tasting, Santander, Picos de Europa and Bilbao (Guggenheim Museum). A fully guided, exciting holiday with lots of variety. Price £1589 pp for a Double/Twin room plus £199 for Single Room supplement. 4* hotels throughout.

Shropshire coach holiday with Bushey u3a Bushey u3a together with Success Tours have organised a 4-night coach holiday to Shropshire commencing 9th October. Half board at a 4* hotel plus an exciting package of excursions is included. They have vacancies for Double/Twin rooms. If interested contact Roger Frost. In Planning are a short break at a Warners and a Christmas markets trip to Prague in early December. Details will be made available as soon as things are finalised.