The UK u3a family is currently more than 400K members and a current project is underway to help increase this to 500K plus. Across the country fantastic things are happening and to supplement ‘u3a matters’ a monthly newsletter was recently introduced to ensure members and friends were completely up to speed with news from across…

Our September trip took us to Hidcote Gardens near Chipping Campden. The outward journey was affected by road works and road closures, and resulted in an impromptu tour of the Cotswolds. The gardens were a delight with pools, gazebos, colourful borders, winding paths and hidden garden rooms. The journey home was much quicker even with…

It was another hot June day when we left Trowbridge for the first part of the trip to Swanage. We took the steam train from Nordon, passing Corfe Castle to Swanage. On arrival ,there was a change to the itinerary – it was back on the coach for a drive across the Purbeck peninsula to…

In May we visited Exbury Gardens, it was a relatively short drive to Exbury near Southampton. The gardens were beautiful, with many different plants and trees. There are two Camelia walks which were ablaze of vibrant colours, together with the Azaleas and Rhododendrons filling the gardens with colour at every turn. Most of us had…