We have a very busy programme of events throughout the year. As well as our weekly scottish country dance classes, Burns night and St Andrew's ceilidh we offer:
Social evenings
Social evenings take place several times a year. These include our "socials" which often comprise a talk or entertainment on a Scottish theme and we also hold events in members homes such as cheese and wine evenings. A recent social evening in May portrayed the life and work of the poet Lady Nairne in narrative, song and dance. Our autumn social in October included a balloon debate between six historical or contemporary characters each with an Ayrshire connection. Our next social evening will be on Sat 15th May in Kenton.
Rambles and walks
We hold two rambles of approximately 5 miles in length during spring and autumn. We also have a gentler walk on Boxing Day, this year starting at Aldenham, Herts. Our autumn ramble this year was at Littleworth Common, Bucks. The spring ramble will be a 4 mile walk on Saturday 10th April - starting from The Full Moon pub at Cholesbury, near Chesham.
Book club
Our book club meets on a monthly basis to discuss works by Scottish authors (or with a
Scottish connection). See here for past and future reading list.
Outings
Outings to local places of interest take place monthly. Once a year we have a
weekend away, eg to attend a performance of the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra. Thirty
members visited Edinburgh for this in June. We also visited the Wigtown Book Festival
in October.
Other activities include gardening group, scrabble, theatre outings,
new year lunch, river trip, summer picnic etc.
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