Walks this week

 On Monday the walkers went to Cockington

And on Tuesday they walked from the Man and Boy statue to the Berry Head Hotel for a coffee in the warm and cosy lounge!

Sew Mondays Team!

Today we decided that we would like to start working on a collaborative project. We have already made some quilts which we donated; so! What can we make? Suggestions so far are trauma teddies and twiddle blankets. Any more ideas?

What’s On?

 What is happening this week for our Brixham WI members?

Monday: Catch the no 12 bus at 9.30 to go to Cockington for a walk.

2pm Sew Mondays at Jill Haslam’s. Please let her know you will be there.

Tuesday: 10 am walk in Brixham. Meet at the Man and Boy statue.

Thursday: Mindful Colouring 2pm at the Golf Club. Is anyone having lunch first? Please let Jayne know.

Friday: 10.30 coffee at the Berry Head Hotel

Friday coffee!

 Coffee this morning at Berry Head Hotel Brixham was very sociable! Lots of friendly chat, and three of us (well, ‘them’!) had been for a swim before! Warm and cosy surroundings with an amazing view!

Chair Yoga

 Fiona’s session today was a great success with the 11 members who went along today! They would like to say a huge thank you to Fiona, and hope very much that she is willing to do more….. 

March

 …..is fast approaching, and it is the last month of our WI year! Are you happy with WI, enjoying all of the different opportunities? Perhaps you have some great ideas on how things could be improved? Can you see a way to make some changes for the better?

The quickest and easiest way to do it is join the committee, and your last chance to be on next year’s committee is to put your name forward in March! It is your WI, and it is what you make it - so, if you are looking for something different, now is your moment to step up and do it!

Craft Afternoon

 Craft afternoon was very industrious and sociable! Thank you all for your company! Our March Craft session will be another Dabble Day! There are lots of lovely items for you to choose from!

Skittles!

 Congratulations to Jane Morris who is the proud winner of our Virtual Sports Trophy! A huge thank you to Jacqui and Annette for organising the skittles so efficiently. What a great afternoon!

What’s On?

 There are plenty of options for Brixham WI members this week!

Monday: Walkers meet to catch the 9.30 No 12 bus from Brixham to Clennon leisure centre. Walking round the lakes, then to Goodrington sea front and over into Paignton.

2pm Skittles - Jane Powell please bring the Virtual Sports Trophy!

Wednesday: 2pm craft. We are ‘Showing the Love’ making green hearts. Bring appropriate kit to craft what you would like to make! Read your WI Life or look at this page for more information: https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/show-the-love

Thursday: 10 am Chair Yoga

Friday: 10.30 coffee at the Berry Head Hotel

Here are some photos of how we have ’Shown the Love’ in previous years.

Show the Love

 WIs across the country are ‘Showing the Love’ - here are a just a small selection of their photos. Join the Unofficial Women’s Institute facebook page - UWI - for lots more information (about the WI and life in general!)and a very friendly online community.

For those who don’t know about any WI matters, this is the place to find out!

Show the Love campaign

 Show the Love - https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/show-the-love

People across the country and all around the world are feeling the impacts of climate change and spiralling costs of living, but are united in wanting to see a safer, greener future.

The solutions are there. We need to support the people hardest hit across the world by the impacts of climate change. We need to protect and restore nature. And we need support to stop our homes wasting energy and to quickly move towards cheaper and cleaner renewables that bring down household bills and give us reliable, secure energy the nation can be proud of.

This February, people from all walks of life will use the power of green hearts to show decision makers that we want to see urgent action to tackle climate change, protect nature and bring down bills.

These problems can feel huge, but together we can create real and meaningful change. Start small - take action and #ShowTheLove for our planet.

February Institute meeting

 We welcomed four guests and our speaker, John Ashford who very kindly stepped in at the last minute to talk to us about ‘One Man’s Lifeboat’. It was very entertaining and interesting. Lots of us will be looking for the Monkey on Channel 5!

Many events were mentioned, those from DFWI have been emailed to all by Mary Hall. There is interest in line dancing and a mosaic workshop, so we will organise those. There is another Dabble Day full of delightful items to craft on Wednesday 22nd March and a silver pendant and ear rings workshop on Tuesday 28th March. Lynn described the Group meeting on the afternoon of Wednesday 29th March: a Treasure Hunt ending with an afternoon tea. Volunteers are needed to make and serve the afternoon tea, to marshall the treasure hunters and we will need two teams of four to take part in the treasure hunt! Please contact Lynn Asher if you would like to join in! #BrixhamWIontour  Lynn also listed some of the theatre events she has been asked to organise: an Agatha Christie type spoof play and  Simon and Garfunkel tribute. 

The next events to book with her are at the English Riviera Literature Festival held at the Palace Theatre in Paignton: Thursday 16th March, morning “Turning to Crime” a talk by the author Stephanie Austin and /or “Mary Shelley’s Lost Torquay Novel” a talk by Emma Seaman starting at 2 on the same day.  Both cost £5 If we fancy doing both, perhaps we might go for lunch somewhere in Paignton? Book Share members have already discussed this!

What’s On this week?

 It is half term week already! How 2023 is whooshing by! Let’s make the most of every day!

Monday's walk is catching the 12 bus from Brixham at 9.30 to Paignton then catching the Gold bus to Totnes and walking to Dartington.

Tuesday: anyone have anything romantic planned?

Wednesday is our meeting, beginning at 2 pm. Ghosts!

Thursday: (I’m not even going to pretend there is anyone swimming this week!)

Friday: 10.30 coffee at the Berry Head Hotel

(Advance notice: Chair yoga 23rd Feb 10 - 11. Check your emails for more information 

and Monday 27th Sew Mondays 2pm at Jill Haslam’s)

Book Worm and Book Share this week

 Lovely time

at Bookworms in the sun on Wednesday. Welcome to Gail who joined us. Lee child - A wanted man was enjoyed by half the group but a bit far fetched on the story! This month's book 'A thousand splendid suns'. We have space if anyone would like to join us. 2nd Wednesday of the month 11am.

Other books enjoyed this month:-

Daughters of war -Dinah Jefferies

Loosing the battle, winning the war - Ben Parkinson

Honjin Murders - Seishi Yokomro

Authors

Anna Jacobs

Janr Fallon (light easy no think reads)

Book Share on Thursday, was very much depleted, so we put on a brave effort and had a rather splendid time!

Plenty of books were discussed and lots more besides! There are plans afoot to attend the Literary Festival at the Palace Theatre in Paignton with perhaps a spot of lunch as well. We are thinking possibly Thursday 17th March. Would any Book Worms or other WI readers care to join us?

https://www.palacetheatrepaignton.co.uk/shows/english-riviera-literature-festival-2023/

What did we think of Hag Seed by Margaret Atwood? Two of us really loved it, two quite enjoyed and two didn‘t like it at all!

Some of us are intruiged to read more in the series of Shakespeare tales retold - see the list in the photo. 

Other titles enjoyed this month:- Lesley Pearce: The House Across the Street

Ben Myers: The Perfect Golden Circle and The Offing

Deborah Moggach: Black Dress

Louise Penny: the Inspector Gamache series

Fern Britton

Coleen Hoover: It Ends With Us

James Patterson and Dolly Parton: Run Rose Run - audio version recommended

Ann Cleeves: The Ring Tide, and more titles in the Vera series

Yes@theEdge, Brixham

 Some of you may be interested to pass on this information to others; it is another great initiative from Yes@theEdge. This session is hosted by Cuttlefish Collective, a continuation of the group which ran the very succesful Fishhawkers project.

Torbay Recycling Centre

 Our tour at the recycling centre this morning was absolutely excellent! Informative, interesting and reassuring to know that we are doing the best we can - provided we really are putting all of the possible recycling into the black boxes and food container! A big thank you to SWISCO and to Tina Hemmings for organising us all.

Monthly coffee morning

Thank you very much to the lovely people who turned up to enjoy a very sociable and fun coffee morning at Lupton House café. Did we cover some topics of conversation today? Oh my! And how! Much praise was given to Fiona’s yoga class last week, with hopes that it will continue.

 

South West Children’s Hospice

Our cushions and cotton bags have all been delivered to The Firs, DFWI HQ in Exeter in readiness for the craft stand at Westpoint.  Great work from Jill Haslem, Aldene Martin, Loz Blower, Tina Hemmings and Sparks Beattie.

What’s On this week?

 This week’s delights include:

Monday walkers meet to catch the 10.30 bus

2pm committee meeting

Tuesday: 10.30 coffee morning at the Lupton House café

Wednesday: 10.30 visit to the recycling centre

11am Book Worm

Thursday: is anyone swimming again?

Book Share at 2, please tell Jayne if you wish to have lunch before.

Friday 10.30 coffee at the Berry Head Hotel.

Last week I omitted the yoga session! Sorry! Everyone enjoyed it very much! Entirely due to operator error! If you see another error, please let me know!

Latest from NFWI

 

The WI (National Federation of Women's Institutes)

Want to send a new kind of green heart to your MP this year?

Turn to pages 42/43 of your February edition of WI Life to find an exclusive WI craft for Show the Love 2023! Or log in to MyWI here: https://mywi.thewi.org.uk/interests/craft/show-the-love/show-the-love-2023

Send your MP the pinhole embroidered heart card to urge them to tackle the joint climate and cost of living crisis. Measures to reduce our energy bills, like investment in renewable energy schemes, a mass programme to insulate British homes and a move away from fossil fuels will also protect our planet and safeguard a cleaner, greener future for the next generation.

Have you sent the card to your MP? Let us know below.