u3a

Hunstanton & District

Travel Group

You don’t have to be a member of the Travel Group to join us – any holiday we organise is open to any member of our u3a Branch.

Status:Active, open to new members
Leader:
When: Several Holidays a year.
Venue: Various Locations

Report on our Copenhagen trip

On the 26th of September seven of us from the travel group, six ladies and one very brave man “yes that’s you Paul” went to Copenhagen for four days.

The very nice driver picked us up at 4am and after spending ten minutes parked on Barbara Brown’s drive (she was down for the Dublin trip not Copenhagen - sorry Barbara) off we went to the airport.

Flights were good, the driver taking us to the hotel was very helpful, telling us what we should see while there.

It is very easy to sightsee as you can just get on the tour busses and boats, they take you to all the sights and you can just get on and off where you want. They run every 10-20 minutes. We saw a lot while there including the Little Mermaid who has had her head stolen three times, as Paul said “she is a bit like Trigger’s broom (Only Fools and Horses).

Weather was very good and we spent one afternoon in an ice bar, very nice drinks, and then learning from Sandra and Paul how to play Petanque.

The hotel and food were good and the staff very helpful. We found all the people we spoke to so friendly.

The only disappointment was the Tivoli Gardens were closed due to being decorated for Halloween, but that is just the excuse I need to have to go back again.

I hope everyone else enjoyed it, it was so nice to make new friends. Penny Andrew

Memories of a delightful dip into Dublin - 9th - 12th October 2017.

Nine of us set off on a pleasant morning for our flight to Dublin from Stansted courtesy of Ryanair. Having survived the security queues, flight, customs, etc. we arrived at Hardings Hotel in the centre of Dublin with the beautiful Autumn sun shining down on us.

Several of us decided to eat in the hotel on the first night, then the next morning after breakfast we all headed for the Hop ON Hop Off bus to orientate ourselves with the City geography. We had acharming Irish Driver giving the commentary and our first stop off was St. Stephens Green and the Little Museum of Dublin. This was extremely interesting giving a good outline of the City’s history.

After that we split into various groups with several of us heading for Trinity College and the Book of Kells.

That evening we each had various ideas for eating so went our separate ways. Four of us went to avery good vegetarian restaurant. We tended to meet around breakfast time to see what ourcompanions were planning. I think all places were explored from the Castle, the Cathedral, the Gaol, the Cemetery. I don’t think anyone bothered to visit the Guinness Centre.

The last evening six of us went to a French restaurant that had been recommended to us and that was very good. The décor was very baroque and the toilets had enormous gilded mirrors. Worth going for that alone.

Thursday arrived all too quickly, time for some more exploring in the morning before the taxi collected us at 2pm to commence the long trek home. Some of us went to Christchurch Cathedral for their morning service before we left. It was fitting as the Cathedral bells and clock had reminded us regularly that we were right next door. By the third night I had managed to tune out most of the hourly chiming.

Thank you to all my fellow travellers for being such pleasant fun companions and to Jill Davis who had organised this.

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  • Art Appreciation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday all day
    2nd week of the month
  • Arty-facts
    Status: Waiting list
    On Saturday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Meets 4-6 times a year
  • Backgammon
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
  • Bird Watching
    Status: Active
    Monthly
    Various days and times according to season
  • Book Group 1
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Wednesday of the month
  • Book Group 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesdays 3:30 pm
    First Wed in the month
  • Bridge
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
    2 to 4 is the winter timing
  • Card and Board Games
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
    1st Tuesday of the month
  • Chess Group
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Alternate weeks
  • Classical Music Appreciation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 11:00 am-1:00 pm
    2nd Monday of the month
  • Country Music
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm
    4th week of the month
  • Creative Prose Writing
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-1:00 pm
  • Crime Book group
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 11:00 am-1:00 pm
    3rd week
  • Cryptic Crosswords
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
    1st and 3rd Tuesday in the month
  • Environment
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Third Monday in the month
  • Family History
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd week
  • Flower Arranging
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Second Thursday of every month
  • French Conversation
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesdays 10:00 am-11:00 am
    2nd and 4th week
  • French Film Studies
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons
    3rd week
  • Guitar Play-A-Long Group
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Jigsaw Puzzle Swap
    Status: Active
    Monthly afternoons 2:00 pm
    Once a month on various days according to member availability
  • Knit Natter and Crochet
    Status: Waiting list
    On Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st and 3rd weeks
  • Line Dancing Intermediate
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Saturday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    except the first week
  • Local History Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons
    Last Tuesday in the month
  • Mah Jong 1
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Friday afternoons
  • Mah Jong 2
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons
  • Mah Jong 6
    Status: Waiting list
    On Monday afternoons
    weekly except 3rd week
  • Mah Jong 7
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings
    10 to 12 in Fountains Bar.
  • Mah Jong 8
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
  • Mah Jong 9
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
  • Military Matters
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings
    at 10:30 am
  • Outings and Afternoon Tea
    Status: Active
    Various times and locations.
  • Petanque(Boules)2
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm
  • Petanque(Boules)3
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons
    meeting 2 to 4pm
  • Pitch & Putt
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm
    2nd and 4th week
  • Play Reading 2
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons
    last week
  • Play Reading 3
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Mondays 2:00 pm
    4th Monday of each month
  • Poetry
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons
    1st week
  • Really Useful Group - RUG
    Status: Active
    Meets as and when Requested
  • Recorders
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday mornings
    Meeting at 10.30
  • Rock Music Appreciation
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons
    First week at 2pm
  • Rummikub
    Status: Active
    On Thursday mornings
    Every two weeks. 10.15- 12.15
  • Scrabble
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons
    2nd & 4th weeks 2 to 5pm
  • Singing for pleasure
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings
    on alternate weeks at 10am
  • Spanish Conversation
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursdays 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
  • Spanish Improvers
    Status: Waiting list
    On Mondays
    2nd and 4th Monday 10:15 - 11:45am
  • Strollers
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings
    3rd week
  • Sunday Lunch for MOTO
    Status: Active
    On Sunday mornings 12:30 pm
    on the 1st & 3rd weeks
  • Table Tennis
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons
  • Travel Group
    Status: Active
    Several Holidays a year.
  • Ukulele group
    Status: Waiting list
    Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Yoga - Chair Yoga 1
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Thursday mornings
    11 to 12
  • Yoga - Chair Yoga 2
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons
    12 to 1pm. Every 2 weeks
  • Yoga - Traditional Hatha Yoga 1
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings
    10.30 to 11.30
  • Yoga - Traditional Hatha Yoga 2
    Status: Waiting list
    On Friday mornings
    weekly 10.15 to 11.45