Indian Cooking Group
The Indian Cooking Group has been very busy learning new skills and it looks like they had a sumptuous celebration at the table afterwards!
Short Mat Bowls Group
This year’s Bowls Group has been really well received with everyone having fun learning new skills or helping newbies if they’ve played before. The group has had some lovely feedback and it’s a really sociable group. There has been a great improvement in everybody’s skills already.
LACOCK ABBEY & FOX TALBOT MUSEUM VISIT
Friday 26th September 2025
Our first visit of the autumn term is to Lacock Abbey and the Fox Talbot Photo Archive in Wiltshire. After a slightly nippy start, the sun came out, and we enjoyed wandering around this lovely village with its quaint shops and film locations.
Lacock Abbey is a house with over 800 years of history. Founded as a nunnery in 1232, it has been a home to many different characters, each of whom has put their own unique stamp on the building. The house was a maze of rooms with some unusual objects. Lacock has the largest collection of artefacts within the National Trust homes. These are swapped around each month, ensuring there is always something new to see.
William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of the photographic negative was once the owner of the Abbey and the Fox Talbot Museum charted the development of photography from its origins to the present day.
In addition, the small village has been the setting for a number of films and TV series. Cranford and the Harry Potter franchise are among the many.
A great day out.
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3 MILE WALKERS
Our second 3 mile walk of the year was around Ferndown Common.
Richard Buxton led us round the common stopping for the occasional interesting fact. – Pigs and acorns were the under great discussion!! Mushroom and ponds were also a focus.
The weather held out and we even saw some sun. A perfect walk.
What Happened Where You Live
Our ‘What Happened Where You Live’ group has recently been out and about walking around and viewing sites of local historical interest. One visit took them to West Moors where they viewed the site of the railway once which connected the village to the national network. Another revealed the location of the one time Ferndown Zoo. Their meetings conclude with a hearty pub or café lunch.