Spring Programme 2025
Indoor meetings begin at 7.30 pm in the Small Hall, Holy Trinity RC Church, Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, unless otherwise stated. Outdoor meetings normally end by 4.30-5 pm, but finishing times and distances of outdoor meetings are approximate.
Please check with the Secretary or the Leader before attending an outdoor meeting, since these may have to be cancelled or changed. Please also feel free to contact the Secretary if you have any queries or have difficulty in getting to a meeting.
Clicking on an OS map link below will take you to a map.
| Thu, 13 Feb 2025 | "Hedgehogs" by Carol Tyler
(No outdoor meeting in February.) |
| Thu, 13 Mar 2025 | "DNA – what's it all about?" by Peter Norbury |
| Tue, 18 Mar 2025 | Walk in Sutton Park. Meet at 2pm by the Crown Lane entrance (OS map ref: ; postcode B74 4SY). Parking available in Crown Lane. Leader: Peter Coxhead. |
| Thu, 10 Apr 2025 | Topic to be announced |
| Sat, 12 Apr 2025 | Visit to Walsall Arboretum. Meet at the Visitor Centre. You can park in Buchanan Road (OS map ref: ) and then walk back into Buchanan Avenue where there is a pedestrian entrance (OS map ref: ) that leads down to near the Visitor Centre. (An alternative is to use the #6 bus from Sutton Coldfield which has a stop in Lichfield Street near another pedestrian entrance.) Leader: Mich Moore. |
| Thu, 8 May 2025 | "Dragonflies" by Richard Orton |
| Tue, 13 May 2025 | Evening walk at Queslett Nature Reserve (centred roughly at OS map ref: ). Meet at 7pm – details of meeting place to follow. Leader: Richard Orton. |
| Sat, 12 Jul 2025 | We hope to visit at Hesnesford. Details to follow. |
Notes
Meetings will resume in September 2025. Dates for your diary:
- Indoor meetings: 11 Sep, 9 Oct, 13 Nov, 11 Dec 2025
- Outdoor meetings will be held on the Saturday or Tuesday following the indoor meeting
Visitors are welcome at any meeting, indoor or outdoor. A small charge is made for non-members at indoor meetings. No charge is made for outdoor meetings.