Events

PILOT EVENTS DIARY JULY
2015

In July our regular Thursday pub-nights were at
pubs in central St Albans, Bricketwood, Redbourn and Tyttenhanger; and in South St Albans as usual for the last Thursday. At two of the
pub-nights we had a meal beforehand. Members also met up as usual to go to the
weekly Monday night quiz at a pub on the Hatfield road, St Albans; and for our first Tuesday lunch at another St Albans pub. We went to the steak night at a St Albans pub, and had a lavish afternoon tea at a pub in
London Colney.

Our Summer Event this year was a music quiz and
some dancing, with a ploughman’s supper, strawberries and cream, and Pimms. For
this event we booked a hall in Tyttenhanger.

Our film and theatre events were “Far From the
Madding Crowd” at St Albans Arena; “The Songbook of Judy Garland” at Watford
Colosseum; the ballet “Carmen” at Sadlers Wells; and the play “John Bull’s
Other Island” in the lovely garden at Shaw’s Corner, Ayot St Lawrence, with a picnic beforehand.

Our dancers went to the monthly dance in Edgware.
Our Bridge Club, Snooker club, and Supper Club continued, and there was a new
venture – a gardening club, to discuss gardening matters in members’ homes.

We went out and about enjoying the summer days – to
a Village Carnival in Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, and to an Open Gardens Day in
Braughing, Herts, complete with special Braughing sausages. We enjoyed watching
the white water rafting at Lee Valley Centre at Waltham Cross – perhaps the
bravest of us might return to have a go! Some members joined a coach-trip to Eastbourne, and some went to the “50-Plus Show” at London’s Olympia.

So if you think you would have enjoyed some of
these events, or you’d like to have company for something you want to put in
our programme, please contact our New Members’ Co-ordinator by using the box on
the home-page of this website.

Coming up in August – our annual Pot-Luck party in
a member’s garden in Watford, and trips to the King’s Cross area of London and to Cambridge.

PILOT CLUB DIARY OF
JUNE 2015 EVENTS

Our regular pub-nights are
on Thursday evenings. The last Thursday is always at the same pub in South St Albans, and the other pub-nights are at various pubs,
some with an optional meal beforehand.

Other regular events are
the First Tuesday lunch, at a pub in North St Albans,
and the Monday night quiz at a pub on Hatfield Road, St
Albans.

A popular new venture was
when some Pilot members joined a fitness dance class in Hatfield on Wednesday
mornings. Pilot dancers, as usual, went to a monthly Saturday evening dance
event in Edgware. Walkers went on a Sunday morning walk in Heartwood Forest, near Sandridge, followed by a visit to a nearby pub.

June’s film and theatre
events were “Suite Francaise” at St Albans Arena, David Mamet’s “The Shawl” and “Duck Variations” at the Abbey Theatre, St Albans, and “The Thrill of Love” at
the Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City.

Gardens were in Summer
bloom, so members visited three Open Gardens events on Sundays – one in Shenley; one in Ayot St Lawrence,
including the annual art exhibition in the church; and one in the Kensington
and Notting Hill area of London, including the roof-top garden of a former
department store.

A highlight of June was
the annual Sunday morning French Breakfast, with delicious food, and with a
view of a member’s lovely garden this year, instead of sitting in it, because
it was raining a little.

So why not contact the
Pilot New Members’ Co-ordinator, to find out what we will be doing in July? The
contact is via the box on our website. Highlights in July will include a visit to the
White Water Centre at Waltham Cross, and Pilot Club’s Summer event, with a
music quiz, supper and dancing.