HTML Website MakerWednesday 28 October (NOTE this is the 4th Wednesday) - Outing – Petworth House – 8.30am departure from Husseywell Crescent - Cost £20 per head for National Trust members (remember your card) and £40 per head for non members (which includes a reduced Group rate) - If you wish to go on this Outing please contact Organiser Michael McGuire on 020 8466 9006, or sign up at the October meeting.
On the way to Petworth, there will be a comfort stop; probably at The Barn on the A24 which we know well. Petworth House is a National Trust property set in a 700 acre deer park. The magnificent 17th. century house displays the finest art collection held in the care of the National Trust. The gardens were laid out in the 18th. century by the renowned landscape gardener Capability Brown and include Serpentine paths, a woodland walk, an Ionic Rotunda and a Doric Temple.
There is a cafe on site which serves hot and cold lunches between 12.00 and 2.30. Unfortunately, there isn't a Wetherspoons! Just outside the main gates to the house is the picturesque town of Petworth which has a couple of interesting looking eateries.
Lifetime members of the NT can of course take a guest each in for free and Michael therefore urges as many lifetime members to attend the outing in order to reduce costs for non members.
Wednesday 21 October (NOTE this is the 3rd Wednesday) – Walk – Please keep this date free as we are very grateful to Bill Hudson who is planning a walk from Eynsford along part of the Darent Valley Path to Shoreham in Kent. 4 to 5 miles in total with a stop for the usual pub lunch. Further details, including suggested train times from Bromley South, will emailed round and on the website nearer the time..
Wednesday 18 November – Outing – the Berkshire Aviation Museum and Reading.– 8.30am departure from Husseywell Crescent - Cost £25 per person (coach and entry to the Aviation Museum) - If you wish to go on this Outing please contact David Smith now on 07762 708549, or sign up at the October or November meetings:
First stop will be The Museum of Berkshire Aviation which is a small aviation museum on the edge of what was the former Woodley Aerodrome and many of its exhibits relate to the Phillips & Powis company, later renamed Miles Aircraft, which was based there from 1932 to 1947. Reviews say: Interesting museum, focusing on aircraft built by companies local to Berkshire.
Afterwards we will travel to Reading town centre where you will have free time to eat or explore the town. Inevitably, there is a Wetherspoons, the Hope Tap at 105 Friar Street. 5 minutes walk away there is The Reading Museum in Blagrave Street, (free but a suggested £5 donation) close to the main railway station. It has various galleries, with one containing Britain's famous full-size Victorian version of the Bayeux Tapestry in its magnificent entirety. This faithful replica is 70-metres long. It was made by 35 skilled Victorian women embroiderers in 1885 and depicts the events leading up to, and including, the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Another gallery is dedicated to Huntley & Palmers who pioneered the mass production of biscuits and why Reading became known as the 'Biscuit Town'. The plan is to leave Reading to return to Hayes at 16:00 hrs..
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