The UK u3a family is currently more than 400K members and a current project is underway to help increase this to 500K plus. Across the country fantastic things are happening and to supplement ‘u3a matters’ a monthly newsletter was recently introduced to ensure members and friends were completely up to speed with news from across…

Another overcast day, this time in July, we left Trowbridge for Bishops Lydeard in Somerset for the steam train to Minehead. Due to heavy traffic in places, we were a little late but they held the train for us. It was lovely to sit back and meander through the beautiful Somerset countryside, with the sun…

In the middle of June, members enjoyed a trip to Brownsea Island, inDorset – we took a short ferry trip from Poole Harbour out to theisland (we love a boat trip!). A National Trust volunteer greeted us,then went on to give us information about the history of the islandand its connections with the Scout Movement…

It was an overcast May morning as we left Trowbridge to cross the border into Wales, our destination Castell Coch (Red Castle), near Cardiff – a fairytale castle rising from the woods of Fforest Dawr. We arrived in good time, only to find our coach parking spot taken up by a number of vans. On…