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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

We’re a friendly bunch with varying skills covering the full spectrum of painting and drawing, using acrylics, oils, watercolours, pastels, pencils and ink. We draw up acalendar of monthly themes if people want to take part, using this as an opportunity to share any particular skill or interest we have. May joint project: On identical… Read more

The first session of a new music group, called "Music Top Tens", was held at the beginning of June. This is a music listening and discussion group where members present their personal "Top Ten" music tracks in whatever category they choose. This might be tracks from their favourite albums, favourite singles of all time, favourite… Read more

Once again the temperature has beaten us. There will be no Zumba Gold session on Monday 6th July. Our last session before the summer holidays will be 13th - lets hope the weather is kind for one last fling !! Read more

The Cribbage group have been running a singles knockout competition all this year and the eventual winner was Alan Watts, a long serving member of the group. The special cribbage board was donated by Nigel Hunt another long serving member, the  board had two commemorative plaques attached. The competition had been well received by all the members. For… Read more

Please ignore yesterday’s post. This is to confirm that Zumba Gold will now take place on Monday 29 June, as originally planned. (Politicians are allowed U-turns, so we think we are as well!) Read more

Our group was due to meet next on Monday 29 June – we were hopeful that, by then, the temperature would have dropped enough to allow us to meet. We have checked the Met Office prediction for Trowbridge at 2 pm on Monday and it’s 30C, so we need to be sensible yet again and… Read more

The group is due to meet next on Monday 22 June. However, the weather forecast is for extremely high temperatures, so we have decided that the sensible thing to do is to cancel and meet again on Monday 29 June when, hopefully, it’ll be a bit cooler. In the meantime, please ensure you stay cool… Read more