What’s On?

What’s On this week for us all? Something for everyone! All you have to do is join in!

Monday: 2pm Sew Mondays - contact Jill H

Tuesday: 10.30am monthly coffee morning at Lupton House café - just turn up

Wednesday: 2pm Cribbage at the Golf Club - contact Tina.

Thursday: 2pm Colouring at the Golf Club - contact Jill H

Friday: 11 am Sew Mondays’ trip to the Fashion and Textiles Museum in Totnes. - contact Sparks.

Photo of the park in Truro

Book Share report and a request from Jayne

 Last month’s book was Identity by Ben Elton. Enjoyed by most, and voted best book so far by one member. New book is Lullaby by Leila Slimani

Busy and chatty bookshare this afternoon and so many books recommended. Star reader was Anita, who read all the books in Bernard Knight’s John Crowner series, set in Devon. Pat Barker featured twice, in the Trojan War trilogy ( Silence of the Girls, The Women of Troy and Voyage Home) and the WWI trilogy (Regeneration, The Eye in the Door and The Ghost Road). Another series was the Wisting books by John Lier Horst. Other recommendations included The Island of Sea Women (Lisa See), The House on Half Moon Street (Eve Woods) The Vicar of Wakefield (Anthony Trolllope), The Girl You Left Behind (Jojo Moyes), Letter to my Son (Sherre Gillard), the Lost Bookshop (Eve Woods).

There was a wide ranging discussion covering some of the current TV programmes (no spoilers though) ranging from great comedy to quite scary. AI, bots and automated switchboards and their impact led to shared experiences. A convivial afternoon.

This month, 5 sunshine cards have been sent to members encountering some of life’s pressures. If you know of a member who would appreciate a lift, please let me (Jayne) know. Information is kept confidential.

Cribbage afternoon coming up!

Calling cribbage players, new, experienced or beginners.   

Next Wednesday, 2nd October at Churston Golf Club is our next session. 2.00pm til 4.00pm.

Bring a pack of cards if you have one, and a crib board, and come and exercise the little grey cells!

Please tell Tina if you are coming!

(Tina has written this, so you can be sure all details are correct!) 

Craft Afternoon

 Leaf printing at our craft afternoon proved to be a great success! Once we settled down to it, you could almost have heard a pin drop! It was engrossing, very mindful and most enjoyable. Thank you Barbara for organising us all and to everyone who came along for making it such a pleasant afternoon. One person was wise enough to bring blank cards upon which to print her leaves. Lucky folk with birthdays coming up!

Change of plan!

 The Sew Mondays visit to Totnes museum of Fashion and Textiles will not be tomorrow! (Wednesday 25th) We are going on Friday 4th October instead! So, perhaps more of us can go? (Leaving around 11, partaking of lunch as well as the museum visit).

Also, we can join in with the leaf printing craft afternoon at the Rugby Club tomorrow! Win win situation!

What’s On this week?

Sorry! Another error from me! Thursday’s Book Share will be at the Golf Club as usual! Sorry! Muddling up all my sports here!  

Plenty, by the look of it!

Wednesday: 2pm craft afternoon at the Rugby Club. Printing with leaves. Bring leaves, paper and or card to print on, an apron (if you are a messy person!), your usual craft mat and kit….. Barbara said she will bring the paint.

Also on Wednesday some Sew Mondays members are going to visit the Fashion and Textiles museum in Totnes (before it closes for good.). We would have gone on Monday, but it doesn’t open on Mondays.

Thursday: 2pm Book Share at the GOLF Club.

Friday evening: Some of us are going to the theatre - meeting at 7.10pm in the bar.

The recent photos, including today’s, were taken on a walk along the river from Malpas to Truro. This is a beautiful spot called Sunny Corner.

Fun evening, anyone?

 Fiona has found what looks like a fun evening! Saturday 9th November in the Scala Hall. £6, bring food and drink to share. An evening of dance: Hafla and Cultural Dance Event.

Tickets £6 available from Nicola Hall: nicolahall54@gmail.com 

Payment is by BACs. Nicola will message Bank details on contact. 

Bring own food and drink.

They have created a Facebook event where you can see more details

Advance warning! Preparation time!

 Advance warning! Our November Institute meeting is our Margaret Seaward Exhibition! Time for something completely different!

The theme is “Nursery Rhymes”.

Everyone who wishes to join in can do so!

Find something, make something, wear something, photograph something….. to give your representation of a nursery rhyme. A flower arrangement, a drawing, a hand made card, something you have printed, something baked, a scene in a box or on a tray, a poem you have written,

something knitted, crocheted or embroidered, paper maché, salt dough, cardboard, a demonstration or dance, a video you have made…..I‘m sure you can come up with something!

It has to be created by you for this particular competition!

Joining in is the whole point! Let’s make it a bumper exhibition!

Here is an example - if Noddy was in a nursery rhyme, I might enter my egg cup here! (But he isn’t, so I won’t!)

Sue E’s grandson Bilbo…

…is raising money by walking, swimming and cycling the number of miles from Land’s End to Jon o Groats. His last mile is on 9th November and he invites you/us to join him in walking it. All for a donation to his chosen charity: Young Lives versus Cancer.

The walk will be on Sat 9th Nov, more details to follow here’s Sue’s daughter’s post about Bilbo’s journey https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2u-wPrtsSV/...

September Institute meeting

 September’s Institute meeting was a stunner! Our speaker, Tom Crump from

YesBrixham Edge was very engaging and told us so much about the work of this very special Brixham charity!

We held a collection for Yes! Brixham in addition to the fee Ann will pay them. We also gave him a badge! (see the photo below!) Please take a look at the photos to see a couple of events they have coming up, as well as a useful session for IT help, which may be of use to some of us!

Sue E told us about her grandson’s amazing challenge and invited us all to join in the last mile with him on 9th November. (Look out for a few more details from Sue)

PS. On checking my email at home, I find that the archivist at the Box in Plymouth is not only moving offices, but also changing her job! So, she can no longer offer the Behind the Scenes guided tour!

I shall keep an eye on their Website to see whether anything similar will be on offer later in the year.

For you from the WI Learning Hub

 Grown tired of using the same recipes? Is your weekly menu lacking in inspiration? Do you love trying new cooking ideas? This could be your solution!

This is copied from an Instagram post. You can find out more by looking here: https://learninghub.thewi.org.uk/

What’s on for our Brixham WI members this week?

 What’s on this week?

Wednesday: 2pm our monthly Institute meeting. The speaker is Tom Crump (and possibly Christine Guy as well), who will tell us all about the Youth Enquiry Service at The Edge in Brixham. They have a charity shop in Fore Street and a former chapel in Bolton Street. Come along to find out much, much more.

They have spoken to us several years ago, and it ranks amongst the best meetings we have held - don’t miss this one!

Thursday evening: a few of us are going to see the National Theatre Live screening of Jody Comer‘s play Prima Facie. Buy your tickets on line, at the library or at the theatre box office.

In preparation for our meeting on Wednesday have a look at what is on offer at Yes@TheEdge!

 

Book Worms report from Rebecca

 Hello everyone!

Bookworms met this Wednesday at the golf club to discuss ‘the reading list’ by Sara Nisha Adams. Most of us really enjoyed it although some really didn’t. It centres around a list of books to read and some of us would now like to read what we haven’t already read from the list. I’ll put the list below in case you fancy it, too!

Other life topics covered:

Traffic!

Breakdown cover (anyone know who’s best for one of our members?!)

School holidays and kids during it

And sea swimming!

We had a really great time. There’s one space left if you would like join us.

A kind offer from Tina

For Insomniacs

Hops are supposed to aid sleepiness, so I recently made a double layered bag with hops from the garden, for myself and a friend. Both of us think it has aided better sleep.

I now have some hops in the garden, and if you would like some, to make yourself a little hop bag, please let Tina know and she will

try to get some to you.

Widecombe Fair

Our Grand Day Out to Widecombe Fair was excellent! Loads of interesting stalls, great morris dancers, lots of lovely woolly sheep - photo below of the prize winners! Tally Ho coaches did a perfect job! Thank you to Lynn for organising it all!

I‘m looking forward to the Goose Fair in Tavistock next month! Are you coming?

What’s On?

We may be dodging a few raindrops this week! Undaunted, we have lots going on! Brixham WI On Tour!

Tuesday: Jan Stewer, Harri Hawke and Petra Davy are going to Widecombe Fair. Possiby not on a grey mare!

Wednesday: Book Worms meet at 11 am. Contact Rebecca if you would like to join in!

Thursday: Committee meeting, preceded by lunch (looking after the inner woman)

Mislaid your programme?

The programme is listed on the right side of the blog. If you can’t find this on your mobile, scroll down the page and click on ‘view web version’ as shown in the photo below. Then you will be able to find it by scrolling down the page and looking on the right hand  side.

Card Games at the Golf Club!

 

The cribbage afternoon was most enlightening and enjoyable! It turns out that some are more competitive than others! Mentioning no names! Thank you to Tina for organising and helping us all, and to the players for their excellent company! Same time, same place next month, Wednesday 2nd October.

Message from Jayne!

 Attention members coming to colouring and lunch on Thursday! 

Venue is Caroline’s kitchen. Lunch available. Table booked

Coffee morning

 Our monthly coffee this morning at the Coach House Café, Lupton House, was excellent! Plenty of laughs, plenty of catching up and plenty of plans for fun activities for us all!

What’s On?

The final week of August was a relaxing and restful one for our intrepid Brixham WI members! Now, take a look at the first week of September!

Tuesday: 10.30 meet at Lupton House café for a sociable catch up over a very good cup of coffee.

Wednesday: 2pm cribbage at Churston Golf Club (if you would like lunch before, please contact Tina)

Thursday: 2pm mindful colouring at Churston Golf Club. (If you would like lunch before, please contact Jayne S)