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december january Wednesday 1 January
TURKEY BUSTER WALK
Join your guide Bob Tompkins on a wonderful walk to brush off the Christmas ‘blues’ and lose a few calories in the process! Details of the walking route to be confirmed. End the walk with a warming tot of Sloe gin. Meeting Point: To be advised Time: 11.30am – 1pm Price: Free but donations welcome!
Tuesday 17 December
16 NEW STREET BY CANDLELIGHT
Join us this Christmas for an atmospheric tour of 16 New Street by candlelight, where you can look in on the servants and family members as they prepare for the Christmas period. Below stairs the Housekeeper is busy preparing mince pies in the Georgian kitchen, upstairs in the Drawing Room Mr and Mrs Journeaux are planning a Twelfth Night Ball and right at the top of the house the children are settling down to game of Nine Men’s Morris with their grandmother. Meeting Point: 16 New Street Time: 5.30pm & 6.30pm Price: £5 Members; £10 Non-Members Booking essential.
Monday 23rd December
THE HOLLY AND THE IVY
Spend the weekend gathering pine cones then bring them along to La Câtel Fort to make natural Christmas decorations beside the fire. If the weather is fine, bring a picnic lunch to enjoy outside when you’ve finished crafting. Meeting Point: La Câtel Fort. Please park in one of the public car parks at Grève de Lecq and walk up the hill past Grève de Lecq Barracks. This is a long, steep hill so may not be suitable for buggies or reluctant walkers! Time: 11am-1pm (drop-in during this time) Price: Free for Members; £5 NonMembers (accompanying adults free of charge). Booking essential. Suitable for children aged 4-11.
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Saturday 11 January
WASSAILING AT THE ELMS
Wassailing is said to awaken the cider apple trees and scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest! Come along to The Elms., bring ‘noise makers’, join in the procession, watch the trees being ‘toasted;’ and enjoy the singing and dancing with the Helier Morris Men. Meeting Point: The Elms Time: 2pm – 4pm Price: Free but donations welcome.
Wednesday 29 January
ELEGANCE AND DECADENCE IN THE REGENCY ERA
The Regency period lasted a mere nine years, from February 1811 when Prince George became Regent in place of his ‘insane’ father, George III, until 29th January 1820 when he ascended to the throne as George IV. And yet this short period in history was a fascinating era for all sorts of reasons: Jane Austen anonymously published her first novel in 1811… Lord Byron embarked on a wellpublicised affair with a married woman that shook the public in 1812… and George Stephenson invented the steam train in 1814. Join us on the anniversary of King George IV’s accession to the throne for a talk on the Regency period and indulge in a glass of wine and some typical Regency treats afterwards. Meeting Point: 16 New Street Time: 6.30pm–7.45pm Price: £10 Members; £15 Non-Members to include a talk and refreshments.
february march Thursday 20th February
OWL PELLET INVESTIGATION
Come along to the Wetland Centre during half term to investigate owl pellets! Learn about how and why owls produce them and what we can learn from dissecting them. Meeting Point: The Wetland Centre, St Ouen Time: 1pm – 3pm. Price: Free Members; £10 Non-Members (accompanying adults free of charge). Booking essential. Suitable for children aged 4-11.
Thursday 26 March Farm Tour
CLASSIC HERD
The second in the series of farm and producer tours, members are invited to join Julia and Darren Quenault from Classic Herd in the courtyard at Manor Farm – to have a tour of the farm and to view the automated milking process. Members can enjoy meeting some of the farm animals and taking afternoon tea in the Classic Farm Tea Room. Meeting Point: The courtyard at Classic herd, Manor Farm, St Peter Time: 3pm – 4.30pm Price: £12 to include scone with butter, homemade jam and cream, and a pot of breakfast tea, or an Americano coffee and a slice of cake.
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