Category: Outings

  • Winchester Christmas Market 6th December 2025

    This was a well-supported outing demanding 2 coaches. It was quite a damp morning with a threat of rain during the day. Thankfully there were only 2 light showers. The Main Market was held in the Cathedral grounds.  It was a very very busy market with queues to get in. Probably the largest Christmas Market we Read more

  • Outing to the Festive Gift Fair, NEC on 13th November 2025

    37 members boarded our coach on a very pleasant morning. There were short hold-ups on our journey at Stow on the Wold and Moreton in Marsh due to road works ; apart from this we had two smooth journeys. The fun and friendly four-day show where you can do all your Christmas shopping in one Read more

  • Outing to Bournemouth on Thursday 28th August 2025

    It was a pleasant morning for our journey to the coast. However heavy rain and windy conditions were forecast.  Luckily for us we only had 3 sharp showers lasting a few minutes each and most of the party were near to shelter.  Harry Ramsden’s was very popular for a fish and chip lunch with a Pud! as Read more

  • Outing to Buckingham Palace 30th July 2025

    It was an early start for our coach party travelling to Buckingham Palace. We had a comfort stop tailored into our journey as there were not any facilities near to the Palace. We arrived earlier than our check in time. The staff were wonderful and let us go through check-in early.  We were able to pick Read more

  • Outing to Sniffer dogs on 25th June 2025

    We recently visited the Bio Detection Dogs Centre where dogs are trained to detect even the tiniest smells linked to diseases like cancer, Parkinson's ,  epilepsy and bacterial infections. This form of medical screening   is faster, cheaper and less invasive than many current tests.  It can often identify a problem at its earliest stage, thus increasing  Read more

  • U3A Outing to Beaulieu 3 May 2025

    I don’t know how she does it, yet another trip where the weather was great. We set out on time the traffic was good to us, taking just 2 hours and 20 minutes to reach Beaulieu. The BBC World Gardeners Show was very good, well laid out and easy to stroll around. Although the show Read more

  • u3a Visit to Royal Mint and Rhondda Valley Mining Experience

    Well! she did it again, a glorious weather day for the outing. The coach was an Executive version which was lovely and comfortable, and although we left on time, an unannounced closure of Shilton Road meant a rather convoluted route to get to the A40. That was the least of our traffic problems. More roadworks Read more

  • Bath Christmas Market Outing 4th December 2024

    2 coaches arrived at The Beehive early for our day out. It was a dry morning and a reasonable temperature. We were soon loaded and on our way to Bath. The journey was uneventful and fortunately when we arrived at Bath there was a bus lane taking us right into the City.  Parking was quick and Read more

  • Visit to The Immersive Van Gogh Experience 28th October 2024

    "Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience in London is a 360º digital art gallery that invites you to step into the universe of the Dutch genius, Vincent van Gogh. Experience his most famous works, such as The Starry Night and Sunflowers, in a whole new way in this immersive museum.  At the entrance there is a Read more

  • u3a Visit to Hampton Court Castle Sunday 23rd September 2024

    We woke that morning to a dull and very wet day. The weather forecast to say the least was extremely poor with much rain expected to last all day.  We left Carterton on time and our coach driver (Keith) had much rain (very heavy at times) to contend with  en-route. Nevertheless, we arrived a few minutes Read more