Events

PILOT CLUB

EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 2021

Pub Night
At a pub in St Albans. On a Thursday

Quiz Nights
At a pub in St Albans. On Mondays

Lunch
At a pub in St Albans. On a Tuesday.

Visit to garden, woodland, art gallery and café.
In Bushey Heath. On a Wednesday morning.

Visit to Hill Garden & Pergola, and Burgh House, Hampstead.
On a Sunday

Take-away Fish and Chips in a member’s home
In Harpenden, on a Saturday evening.

FUTURE EVENT IN DECEMBER
Supper and Quiz Night
In Park Street, St Albans, on a Saturday evening.

PILOT CLUB EVENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2021

Pub Nights
3 pub nights at pubs in St Albans, some in pubs with gardens (On Thursdays)

Quiz Nights
At a pub in St Albans (On Mondays)

Afternoon Events
Tea and cake in a member’s garden in St Albans (On a Sunday)
Music in Cassiobury Park, Watford (On a Sunday)
Music in Clarence Park, St Albans (On a Sunday)

Day Out
Visit to St John’s museum and Barbican in London (On a Saturday)

Holiday
Holiday at a Craft and Spa Hotel in Devon. a 4 day break.

Club Within the Club
Snooker Club (On Fridays daytime in St Albans)

If you are interested in joining Pilot Singles Social Club,
please contact our New Members’ Co-ordinator
via the box on the main page of this website.
Please give your phone number, and you will be contacted to give you further information.
You can attend 3 events over a 3 month period before joining the Club.

PILOT CLUB – EVENTS FOR AUGUST 2021 and EARLY SEPTEMBER

Pilot Club is not yet running enough events for a whole programme, but we do now have some events for August, & for early September.
We expect all members and prospective members who attend Pilot events to follow the current guidelines concerning vaccinations, social-distancing, mask-wearing, limits on numbers etc. At the moment we are not saying “just turn up” for any events, because of Covid limitations, so members and prospective members must please contact the host before you go.
Prospective members should contact our new members’ co-ordinator via the box on the first page of this website.
Many of our events are outdoors and therefore are weather-dependent.

EVENTS FOR AUGUST
Picnic in a member’s garden in St Albans. Please bring your own picnic. (On a Saturday)
Music in Cassiobury Park, Watford. Joe Farry, Watford musician performing music thro decades from 50s. (On a Sunday)
A visit to the Hill Garden & Pergola on Hampstead Heath. The Pergola is one of the hidden delights of Hampstead Heath, overlooking West Heath. The Hill Garden is a beautiful, landscaped garden which was the private garden of a now-demolished manor house. Cafe on site. (On a Tuesday)
Pub Night in a pub garden in St Albans. (On a Thursday)
Pub Night in another pub garden in St Albans. (On a Thursday)
Tour of the Kings Cross development, and learn about its past, present and future. Meet at St Albans station (On a Saturday)

It’s Dahlia Festival time ! Join a walk from a member’s house in St Albans. to Aylett’s Garden Centre for their amazing display of dahlias. Return for tea and cakes in a member’s garden.

EVENTS FOR SEPTEMBER

A Pub Night in a pub in St Albans with a garden. (On a Thursday)
Tea and cake in a member’s garden in St Albans. (On a Sunday)
Music in Cassiobury Park, Watford. Trinity Swing, a Northwood-based Swing Band playing classic Jazz standards from the 30s, 40s and 50s (On a Sunday)
REGULAR EVENTS FOR AUGUST & SEPTEMBER:
SOME SUNDAYS. Enjoy a relaxing Sunday afternoon listening to Music by the Fleetville Swing Band in Clarence Park, St Albans.

MONDAYS. (not Bank Holidays). Quiz in a Pub in St Albans.
FRIDAYS. Snooker at a snooker club in St Albans.

SEPTEMBER HOLIDAY. 2 members have booked a 4 night stay at a Craft and Spa Hotel in Devon. Members are more than welcome to join them, and will need to make their own booking and travel arrangements.

PILOT CLUB IN APRIL 2020

Due to the health crisis, with social distancing being advised to reduce the spread of infection, Pilot Club will not be holding any events in April, and probably not for quite some time.

When it again becomes possible to socialise without health risk to our members, we will resume our programme of events.

Meanwhile, our members are keeping in touch with each other by phone and email.

We wish all the best to anyone who is looking at our website, and we hope you will contact us when the health crisis is over.

PILOT CLUB EVENTS FOR MARCH 2020

SOME EXTRA EVENTS WERE ADDED TO THE FEBRUARY PROGRAMME
• Pub Night at “The Blackberry Jack” in Jersey Farm, St Albans
• Screening of opera “Cyrano de Bergerac” at Welwyn Garden City
• Live Show: Joe Brown, at St Albans
• Devon Holiday 4 nights in February

(Sometimes extra events are added after the main Pilot Club programme has been compiled. Details of these events are emailed to members.)

EVENTS FOR MARCH 2020

Pub Nights
• At “The Three Hammers”, Chiswell Green, St Albans
• At “The Prae Wood Arms”, St Albans
• At “The Garibaldi”, St Albans
(All pub nights are on Thursdays)

Lunch
• At “The Speckled Hen”, Hatfield Rd, St Albans (on a Tuesday)

Quizzes
• At “The Speckled Hen”, Hatfield Rd, St Albans (on Mondays)
• At St Mary’s Church, St Albans ( Saturday)

Evenings Out
• “Ladies in Lavender” at Abbey Theatre, St Albans (Friday)
• “Riverdance Anniversary Show” (screening) at Welwyn Garden City (Sunday)
• “The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe” at Maltings Theatre, St Albans (Tuesday)
• “Fiddler on the Roof” at Radlett Centre (Wednesday)

Days Out
• Visit to Mall Galleries. London (Sat)
• Visit to British Museum (Sat)
• Visit to see public sculptures in Harlow (Sun)

Afternoon Events
• Illustrated Art lecture on Pre-Raphaelites at Radlett (Tues)
• Classical Music Concert at Uni of Herts, Hatfield (Sunday)

SOME EXTRA LATE EVENTS WERE ADDED TO THE JANUARY PROGRAMME
• Film “Little Women” at Welwyn Garden City
• Centenary Lights at Welwyn Garden City
(Sometimes members offer events after the monthly programme has been compiled. These events are emailed round to members)

PILOT CLUB EVENTS FOR FEBRUARY 2020

PUB NIGHTS
• At “The Red Lion” Hatfield, with option of a meal beforehand
• At “The Three Hammers”, Chiswell Green, St Albans
• At “The Garibaldi”, St Albans
(All on Thursdays)

LUNCH
• At “The Speckled Hen”, Hatfield Rd, St Albans (on a Tuesday)

DANCING
• At Croxley Green, Rickmansworth (on a Sat)
• At Hemel Hempstead (on a Sat)

QUIZ NIGHTS
• At “The Speckled Hen” (on Mondays)

DAYS OUT
• Visit to London Metropolitan Archive (on a Sat)
• Visit to Bank of England Museum (on a Thurs)
• Visit to Mall Galleries (on a Sat)

AFTERNOON EVENTS
• Classical Music Concert at Uni of Herts, Hatfield (on a Sun)
• Screening of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” at Watford (on a Sun)
• “Leopoldstadt” play in London (on a Sat)

EARLY EVENING VISIT
• To “Plastic Matter” exhibition at Uni of Herts, Hatfield (on a Tues)

EVENINGS OUT
• Illustrated Art Lecture on Ai Weiwei, at Radlett (on a Thurs)
• Board Games Evening at a member’s home in St Albans (on a Sat)
• Pot Luck Supper at a member’s home in St Albans (on a Sat)

COMING UP IN MARCH
• Quiz at Marshalswick, St Albans
• “Riverdance” anniversary show at Welwyn Garden City

PILOT CLUB EVENTS FOR JANUARY 2020

PUB NIGHTS
• At “The William IV”, Marshalswick, St Albans
• At “The Three Hammers”, Chiswell Green, St Albans
• At “The Old Bell”, Harpenden (with option of a meal beforehand)

LUNCHES
• Weekday lunch at “The Speckled Hen”, Hatfield Rd, St Albans
• Sunday lunch at “The Three Horseshoes”, Smallford, St Albans

QUIZZES
• Weekly at “The Speckled Hen”, Hatfield Rd, St Albans

WALK
• Urban stroll in St Albans, plus tea & cake at a member’s home (on a Sunday)

THEATRE, MUSIC, DANCE
• At Campus West in Welwyn Garden City, matinee of New Year Concert by Berliner Philharmonika (recorded)
• At Gielgud Theatre in London, Thursday matinee of “Girl from the North Country”
• At Barn Theatre in Welwyn Garden City, Sat evening performance of “Whipping It Up”
• At Alban Arena in St Albans, “Spirit of the Dance” (Thurs evening)

DANCING
• On a Saturday evening, dancing in Hemel Hempstead