We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, mostly for field trips. Most of our visits are all-day events. Watch this space for details of destinations, meeting places and times. This group arose out of the Geology group with a remit to expand and include geology, local industrial archaeology and heritage. There are a wealth of places to ...
Meets on the 3rd Friday of each month in a member’s home with many field trips. Our walks/wanders are gentle and cover varying habitats, moorland, cliff, marsh, meadows etc., so that members can find a great variety of wild flowers in different seasons. We learn how to look and not walk past the tiniest flower and how to set about ...
We meet at 10:00 am every Monday at the Bude & North Cornwall Golf Club. Mahjong is an interesting game of strategy & skill played on many levels. It is like Rummy. You do need a set of tiles – preferably 148 in the set with 4 racks. The idea is to collect formations of the tiles, so we have ...
We meet on alternate Mondays from 10:30 am to 12:20 pm at the Parkhouse Centre, Bude. When we are not rehearsing or compiling a play to perform, we mostly do improvisation and much laughter is often the norm. We don’t take our ‘craft’ over seriously, to enjoy is the order of the day and, if we can manage it, our ...
Learn to ‘speak’ your own language another way, signing is becoming an increasingly popular way for hearing people to communicate with those who have difficulties We meet on the 2nd and 3rd Monday of the month.
LINE DANCING - FOR FUN This is a group that enjoys the fun of line dancing without worrying about telling their left from their right. It is run by an experienced teacher every week. Feel free to come along as often as you wish. There is a charge per session.
We are a small, friendly and patient group, full of enthusiasm but until recently short of a space to play. However, we have continued to enjoy steady success in attracting new members, and happily, we have now secured the use of an Area in the Restaurant at The Brendon Arms, for our meetings. We start at 2.30 and play for ...
We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 2:30pm in a member's home. We have a schedule for each of the monthly meetings from September to July (taking a break in August to allow members time to indulge in holiday pursuits). A small ‘steering committee’ composes the yearly schedule, including the many requests from members that have been ...
Meets on 2nd Wednesday each month, at 10.30am in Falcon Hotel, Bude. The aim of this group is to choose a period of history and then look at several different aspects of life at the time. Topics for discussion might include literature, the arts, social customs, education, transport, science, fashion, food, sport, economics, politics, and so on.
Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 2.30 pm in a member’s home. This group is always free-choice. Members bring along any poem that they think others will enjoy.
We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 2:30pm in a member's home in the Holsworthy area. We source our books from Bude Library’s Book Group Collection, reading one of their recommendations each month. We are a relaxed, friendly group who share responsibility for leading each meeting by researching the author etc. and we learn from each other, ...
PLEASE check whether this group has restarted after covid. We meet on the second Thursday of the month at 10.00 am in the Coachman's Bar in the Falcon Hotel, Bude. Why not come and join us for coffee and a chat at the Falcon, a welcoming warm beautiful old coaching inn, no more than 600 metres from the Parkhouse Centre, ...
Meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 10.00am in the Parkhouse, Bude. Photos produced around the monthly theme are discussed in a relaxed and supportive manner. As well as helping each other with photographic queries we also hold occasional outings often in conjunction with Photography Group 1.
Meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 2.00 pm at Bude Croquet Club. We aim to get people playing Golf Croquet games within 15 mins of starting their first session. No equipment is required other than flat-soled shoes (such as trainers, tennis shoes or similar) – mallets, balls, hoops etc. all provided by Bude Croquet Club. ...
Meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 2.00pm in a member’s home in Bude. What do we do? We write short stories and sometimes do little exercises that help with inspiration, plots and layouts. And, we chat a lot! The stories, written at home, vary in length, usually from 500 to 1000 words. They are fairly short because ...
We will hold a coffee morning at the Kerenza Hotel, Bude, on Friday 16th February 2024 Friday 15th March 2024 Friday 19th April 2024 from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon. All members and those interested in joining us are very welcome. You can meet available members of the Committee and other members who are more than happy to answer any ...
PLEASE check whether this group has restarted after covid. We meet on the first and third Friday of each month at 2:00pm at a member's home. The fascination of words and the fun of board games make this a very popular group.