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Wednesday 31st March to Tuesday 6th April 
Easter Trip to Eskdale in the Lake District We will be staying in Eskdale, in the south western part of the Lake District, close to Scafell and Wastwater. The Eskdale Centre is a former village school now used as an outdoor centre. It has dormitories for 26, showers, full central heating, well equipped kitchen (including catering oven and freezer), drying room etc. 
The centre is available to us for six nights. It is easily reached from the A595 Barrow to Whitehaven road, via Santon Bridge (see map above). The car park is small, but there is ample additional parking at the top of the centre’s field. If you need to contact us there, the centre payphone number is 019467 23377. The cost will be £8 per night (including food), plus £20 to the petrol fund for those sharing lifts from Chelmsford. Please let me know as soon as possible which nights you want to stay, whether you need or can offer a lift, and if you’re willing to cook a meal. Deposit of £20 to Dave to reserve a bed.Wednesday 7th April O’Connor’s Pub Anyone not still on their way back from the Lake District is invited to join Lorna for a drink at O’Connor’s (Hall Street) Wednesday 14th April Fire Station Visit Lynn has organised a tour of Chelmsford Fire Station. With any luck we’ll meet some of those hunky blokes off the calendar! Wow, get your testosterone fix here! Meet at 8pm promptly outside the fire station (junction of Coval Lane and Waterhouse Lane - park in Coval Lane car park) Note: In the event of a fire, the visit may end suddenly! Afterwards a drink at the Marsham Arms Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th April Saffron Walden Youth Hostel Our "Millennium Challenge" project, to restore the walled garden at Saffron Walden
hostel with a medieval theme in keeping with the building, starts in earnest this weekend. The planned working party
We start at about 12pm on Saturday and then work until the hostel re-opens, and then start again at 10am on Sunday once the hostel closes. Beds are available for Saturday night, please let Jim know, and there is a good pub opposite the hostel. Please let Jim know if you can come, even if it’s only for an hour or two, and bring thick gloves (the brambles looked particularly vicious), and garden tools such as secateurs, spade, loppers, shears etc. Wednesday 21st April Committee Meeting We will be meeting in the Charles Peters lounge at the YMCA. If you have any suggestions for trips, Wednesday evenings or exciting excursions please come along and share them. Saturday 24th April Canyons & Cookies Trudi Second chance to see our American slides and eat some junk food. Venue - Rose Hall, Chapel St., Billericay, 7.45pm. £4.50 in aid of Arthritis Research. Tickets available from Trudi. You saw them first free! Wednesday 28th April Dutch Quiz To get you in the mood for our forthcoming visit and to prove there is more to the Netherlands than bikes, dikes and funny round cheeses. Friday 30th April to Monday 3rd May May Bank Holiday Weekend in Devon Nigel Sample the delights of Beer hostel! A tranquil country house near the quaint fishing village of Beer on the South Devon coast. Sign up for a delightful weekend of walking, drinking and scoffing Devon’s finest cream teas. Nigel promises good weather and sunbathing on the beach. Total cost around £50 (3 nights). Deposit of £30 to book your bed please. N.B. You’ll need to be able to leave Chelmsford promptly at 5pm on Friday. |
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for 27 & 28 March to clear the garden is cancelled as there is a group in the hostel during the day who don't
want us there. We have arranged a new weekend; 17th & 18th April to clear away the brambles, weeds rubble etc.
We also need volunteers to make cups of tea and sandwiches for us!