The Grand Quiz Night 2013 was generally agreed to be a good evening’s entertainment, but slightly harder than last year, and more favourable to those who specialise in crosswords, crozzles and anagrams. The night started with an easy Quiz of Twisted British Towns and continued into European Flags, which proved that most of us still … Read more

When we first announced this trip in December, we called it a Mystery Boat trip. Well, that is what we got. Thick mist for the majority of the day – odd boats drifted into sight and then disappeared again, Ferrys came and went, we couldn’t see either coast. We could have been drifting across the … Read more

This trip was an undoubted success. – Chiswick House was a fascinating rare example of a house built to show off collections of paintings and artifacts gathered on European travels. One of two guides was really excellent, as were the gardens and the caféfor lunch. The contents of the Brentford music museum were brought to … Read more

We enjoyed a hilarious time at the comedy Yes, Prime Minister on Valentine’s Day.  The play followed in the true traditions of the TV series, with the clash between the Prime Minister, Jim Hacker being his usual blundering, vain, self-serving and self-publicising personality. Versus Sir Humphry, being incredibly intelligent, efficient, purposeful and effortlessly managing the … Read more

The weather was cold but no snow in the centre of London, so it did not detract from a great day, with something to suit everyone. Those who went to the Household cavalry, were treated to a very good guide who described the 350 years of the fascinating history of the Cavalry  – we saw … Read more