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Photography – Annual Competition
On Tuesday, 16th December, the Group held the annual competition.Our external judge was Brian Ridgley of Amersham Photographic Society.The event was well attended and excellent catering was provided by Sue, Sue and Carole.The judge commended the group on the high...
Walking – December 2025
Long Walk December 3rd led by Libby & Ger James 15 walkers met at the Greyhound pub in Wigginton. We started off in chilly low cloud which luckily was burnt off by a kind sun in a blue sky. The walk meandered around the woods above Tring, to occasionally cross a...
Walking – November 2025
Long Walk November 5th led by Peter West We met in the car park of the Dashwood Roadhouse in Piddington to begin our 6½ mile walk. Thankfully, the weather was fine after earlier predictions of rain on the day and mild for the time of year. Passing through the...
Books and Book Reading – The Sea by John Banville
Seven of us met to discuss The Sea by John Banville. We thought that the book was well crafted and that some of the language was quite beautiful. This said, we felt that the author’s decision to pepper the book with words that none of us were familiar resulted in it...
General Meeting – Christmas party
The Christmas party is on Tuesday 9th December in St Mary's Church at 2.30 pm. The special attraction this year will be Elvis Presley - well as near to the real thing as we could get Please get your free ticket by contacting Maggie Forbes at...
Photography Monthly Meeting
Our November Meeting - Peter Dixon gave a very good presentation on Portrait Photography. We then put into practice, members took photos of each other and some brought hats, scarfs along.Everyone really enjoyed it - the results will be viewed in the New Year for...
Books and Book Reading – Dear Mrs Bird by A J Pearce
The book tells the story of a young woman wanting to become a war correspondent and mistakenly taking a job working on a woman's magazine. There she end up responding to agony aunt letters the editor thinks are unsuitable and eventually being found out. Our feelings...
Punch and Judy – That’s the way to do it!
Cries of ‘Oh no he didn’t’, ‘ Oh yes he did!’ and ‘Crocodile’ reverberated through the church as we were treated to a talk on the history of Punch and Judy and then given a short show. Peter Barrett was our guide as Prof. Diamond, all Punch and Judy men (and a few...
Walking – October 2025
Long Walk October 1st led by Chris Mansfield 12 walkers met at KOC for a local walk up and over to Cadsden then on and still climbing to reach Little Hampden. The weather was rather grey and drizzley at times but we didn’t get too wet. From Little Hampden we walked...
PHOTOSHOOT – AUTUMN COLOURS
On the morning of our October Photoshoot, it was sunny, then raining, then cloudy. A decision had to be made... I decided it would be good to go.What a lovely morning we all had, maybe not the best weather for brilliant photos, but we managed to take a few good...
Visit to Kew Gardens October 20th
It was a damp, grey morning when 43 intrepid souls set out for Kew Gardens, and, as someone said ‘There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing’. However, the weather was kind to us, apart from a few sharp showers, it was bright and mild. We hoped to see...
Books and Book Reading – September and October
Double feature September and October The September meeting didn’t take place due to flooding at the Library so 9 of us discussed both books at the October meeting. We started with Saville by David Storey a Booker prize winning book about Colin, the son of a coal...
Walking – September 2025
Long Walk September 3rd led by Sharon Clark Long walk of 7.5 miles from Stokenchurch to Radnage and back A very scenic walk that takes in rolling chalk hills, sweeping views and beech woodland. After torrential rain all night and into the early morning, 11...
Who is the greatest of out post-war Prime Ministers?
Andrew Baker MA gave us a fascinating canter through the 18 Prime Ministers who’ve served since the end of World War 2. These covered 12 Conservative and 6 Labour governments lead by 15 men and three women. Starting with Clement Attlee Andrew gave us a brief summary...
Walking – August 2025
Long Walk August 6th led by Corinne Symonds 13 walkers met in the Tring Natural History Museum car park on a very bright and sunny August morning. We walked up through Tring Park stopping to look at Nell Gwynne's obelisk and the pavilion along the way. We enjoyed...
Photoshoot at West Wycombe
Starting at West Wycombe Hill, we took photos of St Lawrence's Church and the Mausoleum. We then went to West Wycombe Village for further photos. As the weather was cloudy, of the six photos for our September critique, three of your choice will be in Black and White....
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