Market Harborough & District U3A

 

Countryside and Environment









 

Group Leaders: Alistair & Chris  

2012 Programme

All Market Harborough U3A members are welcome

Friday 2.30pm

20 January

Talk

Amala, a School in India

John Bush, local Lions Club member, who has been a driving force in supporting the education of lower caste children in southern India

Friday 2.30pm

17 February

Talk

Yellowstone Past and Present

Tony Osborn, U3A member

A look at the landscape and features of the USA’s first national park

Wed 11.00am

21 March

Visit by car

(or bus)

Leicester Hebrew Congregation

Guided visit to their synagogue in Highfields (off London Road)

Booking required – see overleaf*

Cost: £2.50

Friday 2.30pm

20 April

Talk

Leicestershire Landscapes – the Artists’ view of the County

Alexandra Davy, Exhibitions Development Officer

An introduction to Leicestershire County Council’s landscape paintings

Friday 2.00pm

18 May

Visit by car

Kirby Hall (near Deene, Corby)

Self-guided visit to English Heritage’s fine Elizabethan and 17th century house, part in ruins

Booking required – see overleaf*          Cost: free (U3A an education provider)

Tuesday 2.00pm

12 June

Visit by car

The National Gas Museum (Aylestone Road, Leicester)

A guided visit led by the Curator, Maurice Martin

Booking required – see overleaf*

Cost: £2.00

Friday 2.00pm

20 July

Visit by car

 

The Langton Brewery (Thorpe Langton)

An outline of the brewing process, brewery tour and tasting

Booking required – see overleaf*

Cost: £3.50

Friday 11.00am 21 September

Visit by car

(or bus)

78 Derngate (Northampton)

Guided tour of the town house re-modelled by Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Booking required – see below*                              (Good café on site)

Cost: £6.00

Friday 1.30pm 19 October

Visit by car

Beaumanor Hall (Woodhouse, Charnwood Forest, Leics)

Two-hour guided tour of this Victorian (Elizabethan style) house, run by the County Council as a conference/education centre and famous as a signals unit in World War 2

Booking required – see below*

Cost: £5.00 (includes tea and biscuits)

 Meetings are monthly, mainly 3rd Fridays, but Wednesday in March, Tuesday in June, to fit in with venues’ opening times. There are no meetings in August, November and December.

 Talks are held in the Baptist Church Hall, Manor Walk (above the New Horizons Coffee Shop) at 2.30pm. There is a charge of £1.50 to cover room hire and speaker expenses. All MHU3A members are welcome: just turn up on the day. Refreshments may be purchased in the Coffee Shop before or after meetings. 

*Visits

All visits must be booked in advance, and paid for at the time of booking

This can be done for a block of visits or for one at a time. Please note that there are maximum numbers for all visits, with places allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

 To save on costs this year we are not printing booking forms about each visit.

To book places on visits what you need to do is:

1)   Send or give us the full cost, preferably by cheque, payable to ‘MHU3A Countryside

2)   Along with a piece of paper stating:

a)   The name and date of the visit(s) you are interested in

b)   Your name(s) and address(es)

c)   Your telephone number and, if possible, e-mail address

d)   If you can provide lift(s) to the visit OR  if you need a lift

We will let you know promptly after receiving your booking request if places have been taken and there is a waiting list.

For all visits we will confirm details, and suggest routes, 2-3 weeks before they take place. Giving us your up-to-date e-mail address makes this process easier.

All the times stated are for the start of each visit: please allow ample travel time.

Costs given are for entrance only: if car sharing please contribute to travel expenses.

 

Group Organisers: Alastair and Christine