On 26th April 42 of us set off for Michelham Priory in East Sussex and what a wonderful day we had. The weather was glorious (apart from two five minute downpours of sleet and snow). The Priory is a Tudor Mansion, but originally a Monastery back in 1229, surrounded by a moat and beautiful gardens. It also has a working watermill and forge where you can watch the millers and…
On 14th March we had our first outing of the year, which was a trip along the South Coast. We started at Brighton continued along to Worthing, where we had lunch at a Garden Centre and with an hour or so looking around. we then continued onto Arundel for a “cuppa” before heading for home. We have just arrived back from our holiday in Ireland exhausted from early mornings and…
Way back in October we visited the Royal Hospital Chelsea, home of the Chelsea Pensioners and we were so impressed with our visit that we invited our guide to come and speak to us at one of our meetings. So it came about that Brian Cumming visited us on the 8th February and as we were having one of our lunches that day we invited him to join us. We…
The Evergreens wish to thank everyone who supported them on their Macmillan Coffee Morning on 26th September. They raised £387.20. Thanks go to Kath Capsey for organising it. KR.
May I, on behalf of all the Evergreens, thank all concerned for a wonderful lunch and afternoon of entertainment on December 6th. The “newbies” were very impressed an us “old timers” knew that we were in for a good afternoon. So thank you all. KR
On the 24th November we went to the Imperial War Museum where there was an exhibition to celebrate the centenary of the First World War. It was very interesting and well worth the visit. Afterwards we had a tour round London to see the Christmas lights, made all the more interesting by our coach driver who gave us a commentary. KR
On 20th October we went to Brighton and spent a most enjoyable day by the sea in the sunshine. The following Monday saw 39 of us setting off to Kendal in sunshine but as the week progressed the weather worsened. However it didn’t dampen our spirits. It was a Turkey and Tinsel week so we had an early Christmas. We visited Lake Windermere, Hawkshead and Skipton. On the Wednesday we…
On the 28th April we set off for Portsmouth to visit the new updated Mary Rose Exhibition. wow!! It was absolutely wonderful. It was certainly everything it was cracked up to be and ore. Everyone of us really enjoyed and if there is anyone in Capel who has not seen it, it is certainly worth a visit (or two). We had the usual Evergreens weather and all arrived home exhausted…
Our November trip was to Covent Garden where We arrived in time for coffee and then some shopping before we had lunch. After lunch it was time to set off to the Theatre Royal. Drury Lane where we were booked for a backstage tour. What a wonderful theatre this is; it is the oldest in the world dating back to the 1600’s. We were shown around by various actors all…
14th October saw 39 of us setting off from Capel for Skegness for a short break, and what great time we all had. Lincolnshire may be flat but what lovely little villages it has. We visited Louth a beautiful Georgian Market town, Boston where the main attraction is the Boston Stump and Lincoln who’s magnificent Cathedral is perched on top of a hill, so steep that many of us couldn’t…