Date

Activity

Organiser

16

Sept

Wed

Harvest Supper at The United Reform Church, Homewood Road. You bring the protein; Rory and Maire provide the vegetables from their allotment. Offers of help and scrummy puds would be appreciated. Ring to book in by the night before. Cost £2

Rory and Maire

20

Sept

Sun

Open House London. Visits to sites in East London linked with industrial archaeology. Free entrance but stamina and a packed lunch required.

Maggy

23

Sept

Wed

Theatre visit to see The Odd Couple, (the female version), a comedy by Neil Simon. Starting at 8pm at the Abbey Theatre, Westminster Lodge, St Albans AL1 2DL. Tickets £8.50 if booked after 21 August.

Maggy

Box Office

27

Sept

Sun

Walk from Bramfield village green (Grid TL 295 155) at 2pm for a two hour walk.

Neil St

30

Sept

Wed

St Albans Beer Festival. Meet 8pm onwards at the Alban Arena.  Admission £2.50.  Up to three hundred real British ales and thirty ciders and perries to try as well as bottled beers from around the world including France, Germany, Poland, Austria and Sri Lanka.

Book in for trip to France.

Neil Sh

4

Oct

Sun

Cycle ride from Walkern. Meet at 11am at the church. Park in the high street. Liaise with Christine re lunch.

Book in for Supper Stagger.

Christine

7

Oct

Wed

Supper Stagger. Everybody brings a supper dish (main course or dessert), enough to share with 2-3 people. Ian provides the cutlery, plates etc and a baked potato if you’re lucky. Stagger on to Neil’s nearby for pud.

Ring Ian by 4 October to say whether you’re bringing a main course or dessert, and for directions.

Ian / Neil Sh

11

Oct

Sun

Walk with Wendy from The Plume of Feathers, Markyate High Street AL3 8JP starting at 10.30am. Surprisingly lovely countryside, so close to St Albans. Finish by lunchtime.

Wendy

14

Oct

Wed

Slides of a walking holiday in Europe. Not quite sure where at the time of going to press.

Advise Lynley if you want to go bowling.

Jon

17

Oct

Sat

Mountain biking around Holmbury St Mary, near Dorking, Surrey. Ring organiser to discuss transport.

Jon

21

Oct

Wed

Bowling at Hollywood Bowl, Woodside Leisure Park, North Orbital Road, Garston Watford WD25 7JZ. £8.90 for two games each. Be there for 7.40pm to get ready and pay up. Tea, coffee and biscuits afterwards at Lynley’s. Let her know you want to play by Wed, 14 October.

Lynley

23-25

Oct

Fri-Sun

Weekend in the Peak District-staying at Castleton youth hostel. Cost £32.90 for two bed nights. Ring Neil to see if any spaces left.

Neil Sh

28

Oct

Wed

Astronomy Talk inside the Hall, about the night sky and what we might see. Then we step outside and view the heavens with a telescope. If the night is not clear, our speaker has a planetarium and projector to show what should be seen.

Carol

1

Nov

Sun

Walk from Walkern. Meet at 2pm at the church. Park in the High Street. Walk of 2-3 hours. Bring a torch in case it gets dark early.

Christine

4

Nov

Wed

Moonlit walk from car park of The Crooked Chimney (AL8 7XD) in Lemsford on the B653 WGC to Wheathampstead road starting at 8pm. 4miles

Rory

8

Nov

Sun

Walk, probably in the area of Tring or Aston Clinton. Details to follow.

Latha and Brian

11

Nov

Wed

Our Annual General meeting. Time for a shake-up plus slides from our outings this year.

The Committee

15

Nov

Sun

Hertfordshire Way: leg 2 starting at Wallington (Grid 293338). It’ll be the usual 11-12 miles. Start 10.30am. Bring your own lunch. Lifts from St Albans. Ring if taking a car. Let us know you’ll be there.

Maggy

18

Nov

Wed

Planning Evening at The King William lV pub, 185 Sandridge Rd, St Albans, AL1 4AH, from 8pm. With the benefit of good lighting and your ideas we will hopefully come up with a programme for January-March.

Ian

22

Nov

Sun

Walk - details to follow

Neil St

25

Nov

Wed

Annual Dinner at a venue in the St Albans area. Fixed price menu. All welcome. Details to follow.

Christine

27-29

Nov

Fri-Sun

Visit to the Independent Wine Producers Festival in Paris. People can arrange their own transport and Ian is willing to sort out a hotel. Add on a few days if you want. Let Ian know by 30 September.

Ian

2

Dec

Wed

Full moon walk from The Brocket Arms, Ayot St Lawrence AL6 9BT starting at 8pm. Please ring to make sure this is going ahead.

Peter

6

Dec

Sun

Walk - details to follow

Neil St

9

Dec

Wed

Cheesecake tasting. Bring along a cheesecake and help decide which is the most delicious, yummy, sweet and finally sickly creation.

Book in for Waddesdon Manor.

Lynley

11-13

Dec

Fri -Sun

Weekend away in Somerset at Cheddar youth hostel to go walking and see the famous flight of the starling. Cost £17-£11 pppn depending on how many people go

Rory

16

Dec

Wed

Pub evening with a difference. If you have camping, walking, climbing, sailing gear to get rid of, bring it along or tell us about it and perhaps somebody will want to give it a good home. The Plough at Tyttenhanger AL4 0RW from 8pm.

Rory

20

Dec

Sun

Christmas Fairyland at Waddesdon Manor. £12 for House and Gardens. Free to NT members. Meet at 12.00. Tell Lynley that you want to go by Sunday, 9 December and arrange where to meet.

Lynley

And that’s it for 2009