Calendar

Jan
27
Sat
TARS Birthday Party @ Weaverham Scout Hall
Jan 27 all-day

Hi All

Happy New Year! It’s that time when we think about events for 2024 starting with a Birthday Party in Weaverham Scout Hall.  The Scout Hall, Church Street, Weaverham, CW8 3NJ on Sat 27th January, 2024. Theme – The Big Six. Detecting, Lurking, clues and mystery games. Bring and Share Lunch. We are hoping that members in the south of the region will find this an opportunity to came and meet up.

Do let me know if you’d like to attend but need help to find it

All the Best and TARS for Ever

Helen Lewis

TARS NR sec

Feb
10
Sat
SW Zoom talk by Alan Kennedy entitled ‘Chasing the Blue Bird’
Feb 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm

We are delighted that Alan Kennedy has agreed to give us another talk. Below is a synopsis to whet your appetite, and also the link to join us.

‘It is obvious that Arthur Ransome’s novels are filled with echoes of his own turbulent life. Were these parallels intended or were they simply a case of an author’s preoccupations leaking into his text? Do we risk reading too much into things and finding allusions where none were meant? These perennial questions have divided readers but an examination of the contacts Ransome made while working in Paris in the early years of the century suggests at least one radical answer. I claim Ransome’s fictional technique grew out of his deep interest in symbolist experiments in literature and his work can be read as very much part of that tradition.’

Topic: Alan Kennedy Zoom Meeting
Time: Feb 10, 2024 06:45 PM London

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82841162735?pwd=K0lHY0FJMEpzZ2F6TU91QzBjaFU0UT09

Meeting ID: 828 4116 2735
Passcode: 893329

Mar
23
Sat
SW TARS mini trek @ Near Castle Cary, Somerset
Mar 23 all-day

If the weather is reasonable we will meet at Cockhill Cottage at 10.45 am to do an easy walk, calling in at a small wetland nature reserve. Wellingtons will probably be advisable and bring a packed lunch.

May
11
Sat
SW visit to Morwellham Quay @ Morwellham Quay
May 11 all-day

This is a very interesting place by the River Tamar.

Please book your tickets via the Morwellham Quay website or ring 01822 832766 – you can either get a Village Explorer ticket (which includes guided activities like chocolate making and dressing up) or a Mine Train Adventure ticket (which doesn’t), both of which cost £15.95 for adults, £14.95 for concessions and children 3 – 17 £13.95. If you want to get a combined ticket and do both it costs £22.95 for adults, £21.95 for concessions and £18.95 for children. With just a Mine Train ticket you can wander around the buildings without a guide, which is what some of us are going to do, before going on the 12.30 – 1.30 pm train ride.
We’ll meet at 10.45 am at the entrance and have a look round and possibly lunch before going on the train ride.

We hope to see you.

 

Jun
15
Sat
SW walk and canal boat trip at Bradford on Avon
Jun 15 all-day

We’ll meet at 11 am for a walk and after lunch go on the 2 – 4.30 pm trip on the canal boat Barbara Mclellan to Avoncliffe and back. Please book your places for the boat trip via the website – katrust.org.uk.

I will post more details on where to park and where to meet when Diana has done a recce.

If you don’t want to do the walk you can just join us for the boat trip and vice versa.

Jul
13
Sat
SW Zoom Sparkinson Interviews
Jul 13 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

We will again be asking for volunteers from any region to read the parts of ‘Sparkinson’, Colonel Jolys, Molly Blackett and Maria Turner (the GA).

Here is the link:

SW TARS are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Sparkinsons Zoom Meeting
Time: Jul 13, 2024 04:15 PM London

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88393884616?pwd=KzVtaUh5bnF3WmxzdmVTcFZna1pmZz09

Meeting ID: 883 9388 4616
Passcode: 688395