Literary Day at Moat Brae

Saturday 16 October, Literary Day at Moat Brae, Dumfries, doors open at 11.00.

Speaker: Carol Hogarth, on her love of Ransome’s books in childhood, and her subsequent life in sailing and writing.

Since Signals went to press, some details have inevitably changed, the main one being that there are now no guided tours of Moat Brae, and therefore there is no need to book for them.

HOWEVER, if you are intending to come, please let Winifred Wilson know as soon as possible, and leave an e-mail address or phone number in case of unforeseen circumstances, such as cases of Covid causing closure of the house.

We need to have names and contact details for ‘track and trace’ purposes, so please let Winifred know by Friday 8 October.

In addition, rather than us all crowding into the café, with the social distancing required, we are to meet and have a buffet lunch provided for us in the Garden Room. This has its own entrance door by the disabled parking spaces at the extreme right of the building, as you look at it from the front; is all on a level with its own toilets, including those for the disabled; and access to the garden at the back.

Please enter by this glass door, and not by the main entrance to the house. You will then be given a name sticker, so that staff can easily identify us as part of TARS group, as we have been offered an inclusive price for access to the house and garden, and of course the Library, plus a cold buffet lunch. Please don’t wander round the house or garden without the sticker. There is a lift to all floors of the house.

The cost per person is £10, including lunch, a very good bargain! If you don’t want the lunch for any reason, you can of course go elsewhere in the town, and pay just £5.

The house now opens at 11.00, not 10.00 as in Signals, and closes at 16.00. Lunch will be at 12.30, and the talk from Carol Hogarth at 14.00 in the Garden Room. TARS Library will be open for attendees until 12.30, and after the end of the talk until 16.00.

Winifred’s contact details: e-mail: winwilson2003@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: 01387 252696

Mobile: 07768 806267

Please check the Moat Brae website: www.moatbrae.org or phone 01387 255549 for house visits.

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Hawes Inn: Birthday Lunch and AGM – Saturday 15 January 2022

Further details of this event later.