2022
Christmas meal at the Curious Cat.
Christmas meeting with the Useless Pluckers ukulele band.
Christmas made by Pauline and Truda.
Walking Group
November walk there had been so much rain recently and everywhere getting muddy - the walkers repeated the sea front walk from Jojo's to the fish market for coffee. An enjoyable gentle flat walk and the weather stayed dry.
September a lovely autumnal walk this morning in the wood in Denstroud Lane, opposite Brook Farm. It was so quiet and peaceful. Just the rustle of the trees and the birds tweeting.
August lovely walk through Blean Woods on the red route. I believe we done nearly 1000 steps on this walk. Plenty of chatter and coffee at Meadow Grange Nursery afterwards.
Members makes and bakes
2021 -2022
Jackie Richardson's heart badges for Ukraine.
Paula's heart for Ukraine
Beautiful knitting from Paula.
Jan Eldridge has made this stunning table decoration.
Beautiful Christmas wreaths made by Paula.
GARDENING GROUP
October visit to
Bedgebury National Pinetum.
Our June visit was to Norton Court a 10 acre garden with parkland setting. Mature trees, topiary, wide lawns and clipped yew hedges. Orchard with mown paths through wild flowers.
May's garden visit was a Wisteria Walk at the Witch Hazel Nursery, Newington where we met the owners Chris and Diane and were given a very warm welcome. We had a fabulous tour of the Wisteria given by Chris and learned all about them, we were shocked at how many different types there were. This was followed by tea and cakes made by Diane (a choice of 3 yummy cakes) you can tell she is a WI member. A big thank you to them both for their hospitality.
April and we visited Frith Old Farmhouse in Otterden the home of Gill and Peter who welcomed us with a hot drink and information on how they started their garden. A riot of plants growing together as if in the wild, developed over 40 years. We had a lovely walk around the garden guided by our hosts, who were on hand to give us information on any plants and trees. This was followed by tea and cake. Thank you to Gill and Peter for their hospitality.
March and we had a private visit and tour of Copton Ash Faversham. A garden grown out of a love and fascination with plants. Contains very wide collection including many rarities and newly introduced species raised from wild seed. A lovely guided walk round the garden by Tim followed by tea and delicious cake made by Gillian. All with beautiful weather.
February and our first outing a Snowdrop walk in Brockhill Country Park. This was the day before storm Eunice but look at the lovely weather we had. Big thanks to Jo for organising the trip and the weather.
CRAFT GROUP
November - the craft group made these beautiful table decorations.
July and the Craft group made pressed flower pictures and candles.
June Craft group meeting and the ladies got to work on some Paper Folding which look great as decorations on parcels. Catherine decorated a parcel, Jackie R used 2 colours and Vicki finished off her butterfly also below are some other colourful examples of what can be made.
April's craft group was cancelled but the ladies were back in May - and done some beautiful bottle and glass stenciling.
At the March craft group meeting the group made some beautiful Easter wreaths, garlands and table decorations.
February and its card making.
What a lovely start to January our Craft ladies done some Decoupage. With shells, large pebbles, small glass vases, tea tray, boxes, watering can and a wine bottle. I'm sure you will all agree they look amazing.
EATING OUT
It's Easter and we are having our belated Christmas meal at Chestfield Golf club and not a Turkey in sight. Really good attendance and delicious food. Better late than never.
February and a group of ladies had a lunch at the Victoria Hotel in Canterbury.
MEETINGS AND SPEAKERS
March meeting and our speaker was Mike Davies who gave a very interesting talk on the Magic Circle, followed by a Magic Show. Some of our members got to take part and everyone found it very entertaining. Thank you Mike.
KEW GARDENS
May and a coach trip to Kew Gardens. Weather was fine and we all had an amazing time.
QUEEN'S JUBILEE CELEBRATION
KENT COUNTY SHOW
ASCOT 2022
CROQUET AT RAMSGATE
Croquet 2022. Once again we were given a lovely welcome by the ladies of Ramsgate Croquet Club. We had great fun as always and picked up some helpful tips from their patient instructions. We all thoroughly enjoyed it and Congratulations to our new champions Sue Whorlow and Pam Gambrill also to Jackie Richardson for best shot of the night. They all received a lovely pen and keyring set. We cant wait for 2023.
WISLEY GARDENS
MAGIC MOMENTS
A new page of Photographs of any Magic Moments that our Ladies have. A special occasion, Birthday or Anniversary. A Lottery win (although you may not want to advertise that) a chance meeting with a celebrity, a special holiday or get together. Anything that is special to you please send a photo.
2022
Another one off the bucket list it took ages to get there due to Covid but we made it to Andre Rieu in Maastricht.
2020
Well done Jackie on winning Tipping Point hope you all watched her when it was shown in November 2020.
