A trip to Hampton Court Palace organised by our Area Activities Officer fell on a beautifully sunny day. 14 people from around the Anglia & South East Area attended and spent the day wandering around this very unusual and interesting building and grounds – also getting the opportunity to watch some short “re-enactments” and meet some characters of the period, including Henry the Eighth!
We saw working kitchens, with meat being roasted on the spit, had a wander around the cellars, saw the newer rooms which replaced previously Tudor parts of the building, and had a chance to read about the history from construction, to “re-modelling” and the opening of the building to the pubic by Queen Victoria.
Some tried to get each other lost in the maze, we headed for the pub via the beautiful gardens, only to find the ferry that used to operate between Hampton Court gardens on one side of the river, to the pub on the other was no longer running, and ended up walking miles back in the opposite direction!
All in all, I think everyone had a fun day out, and to do it in all in good weather was a bonus! We took photos too!!
Another great weekend in the Plus calendar ,down near Weston Super Mare in Somerset. Three evenings of entertainment, a disco and two bands, daytime activities including a quiz, karaoke, Tai Chi, a film showing (Kung Fu Panda for the “kids” amongst us!!), plus in amongst that lot also time to chill and relax, and for some a quick visit to the Cider Barn to stock up on liquid refreshments and a good variety of cheeses.
The weather was perfect – although the beach proved to be rather breezy – the bands were excellent as always – a bit of an odd weekend for Kings Lynn group in that only three of our members were able to make the event for various reasons – not to be deterred though, those three members had the best time ever despite missing the others!
This event is the second biggest next to WASH and being so early on in the Plus calendar really kicks off the year of events and holidays in style. Of course also a good opportunity for a little publicity for our own events too!
Photos on the photos page (where else!!)
Christine.
An excellent turn-out for the Italian Buffet night at the Bluebell, Whaplode St Catherine.
This is the same pub we used for camping/meals at the Scalextric weekend and is always popular due to the quality and variety of food on offer. Every Friday is a buffet night, with a varying theme – this time Italian. We were spoilt for choice, and not a pizza in sight!
Those who made the mistake of ordering a starter before their main meal were struggling to eat their full quota on the buffet, but I think some others made up for that! Dessert?….no….couldn’t eat another thing….erm….well…….oh go on then!! How can we resist?
On top of all the food of course we had the local (brewery in the car park!) beer to sup, and all in all a very enjoyable night was had by all, even though we initially had to share the bar with a wedding reception (and its only a small bar!)
I’m sure we’ll be back there soon!
Flyer now added for the Summer Party – see link in Events (which now works!).
Look forward to seeing you all there.
Why a Midsummer Christmas Party?………Seemed like a good idea at the time….
Fancy dress optional…..how many of you have Santa suits leftover from the various Santa runs last year?
The elections have been held, and a new committee elected to take the club through the coming year – a few changes, some “old” faces standing down, some new ones coming in. Thanks to everyone who worked last year to keep the club up and running, and welcome to the newer members who have not stood on the group committee before.
For a list of the new committee, see the contact page.
The new Programme has now been added on the Programme page – this includes the date for our mid-summer party, now confirmed as 17th/18th July – the theme for this year is a Christmas Party. Why? Because it seemed a good idea at the time…….!!
Christine T
This is the new improved Kings Lynn Plus website, just gone officially live – hope you like it!
There are bound to be a few glitches, the formating needs a bit of work in places, and I know the photos page is slow in loading – those things we are working on. If there is anything else you notice to be a problem, please do let us know.
Christine T
Its official – Kings Lynn Plus has the best website of the Area! We received the award at the East Anglia Area Conference (or Anglia and South East Area as we are now re-named). Although the site is under re-development we were still picked to win the annual award- watch this space for completion of the new-look site, in the meantime we will carry on keeping you up to date with events past and present attended or run by Kings Lynn Plus.
Christine T
As always the club planned to have Christmas meal for all the members and their families, this year we gave into persuasion from the landlord and thought we should use our current venue, who had this year gained a new chef.
The first sign that things weren’t going to plan was the difficulty we were having getting a set menu for a set price, but once this was agreed things were looking up…..until the chef left!! Poor Paul had about two weeks notice that we were not likely to be getting our Christmas meal after all and wisely made contingency plans at what had become his local for saturday night relaxation. All was not lost!
As it turned out, we had an excellent meal, a carvery (I had the veggie option, Glamorgan sausages – yum!) and a very entertaining evening out – phew! It was another opportunity to get most of the members of the club all together in one place to socialise, something that only happens a few times a year.
Our New Year’s party was held again this year at Paul & Dawn’s house, with a great buffet put on for us by Dawn C, with some rather tasty Baileys profiteroles provided by Dawn P (not that some people actually got to see them……well they were very good!!)
Some playstation games, some Singstar (no I didn’t!!), a touch of casino……and of course the obligatory countdown to the New Year followed by everyone rushing for the mobile phones to send and receive New Years greetings…..messages from the kitchen to people in the dining room in some cases – not quite sure why…
And so a new year in King’s Lynn plus has started – plans are afoot for the summer do, date set for WASH 2009 and elections for both the group and WASH to be held very soon. I wonder what this year will bring……
Well, the biggest Plus event of the year has been and gone, and I can’t help thinking how quickly it went after all the time we spent on the planning of it!
The idea for this year was to hold a 25th birthday celebration, with a reunion feel about it, inviting any ex-members we were still in contact with, and it was great to see so many people that haven’t been to WASH for a while having a wonderful time – just see what you’ve been missing?!!
For the organising committee it was an extremely hectic weekend, but as always worth the effort – with masquerade ball, casino afternoon, bands, party games, birthday cakes and much more. Presentations were made to Keith and Wendy, both from the rest of the WASH committee and also from Searles, as a thank you for the years of work that have been put into the event since its beginning.
There were also a couple of member’s birthdays to celebrate too, so a complete party atmosphere all weekend! After the bands and disco in the evening, the usual caravan parties were held, with members of the disco and sound crews also attending! A little alcohol was flowing…..as usual!
And thats it, all over again for another year. Amaxing how quickly it arrives and goes every year – but the effects of lack of sleep last on for a while….!!
Christine T
