Monthly Coffee Mornings
We have introduced informal coffee mornings to provide an opportunity to meet up socially for a chat over a cup of tea or coffee with fellow members. These are held in a café in central Oxford from 10.30 to 11.45am on the last Tuesday of most months. Please see Events Calendar for further details.
Meals together
In most years, we have a tea party in Oxford before Christmas and a lunch during the spring. There may also be other get togethers to welcome new members or thank our volunteers.
Theatre outings
When a suitable play can be booked, an outing may be arranged to visit a theatre and to have a meal before the performance.
Walking group
The Centre organises a series of walks, based on National Trust properties set in lovely countryside not far from Oxford. Participants make their own travel arrangements.
Wherever possible, we arrange an easier walk of two miles or so in the morning, followed by a walk of about five miles in the afternoon. The two can be combined, or just one undertaken. Those deciding to take the shorter options may then decide to spend the rest of the day in a more extended visit to the property or locality. Each day’s programme also includes somewhere for refreshments.
Our walks in 2024 will be based on Basildon Park, Nuffield Place, Buckingham Chantry Chapel, White Horse Hill, Priory Cottage Steventon and Claydon. The Events Calendar gives the date proposed for each day of walks, and provides further information about the walks themselves.
Holidays
Our holiday to Chester in October 2023 was very enjoyable, with 37 members staying in a historic hotel in Chester and visiting a range of historic properties on the coach journeys north and south, and in the Liverpool and Cheshire area (see Stop Press).
The holiday planned for Kent in spring 2024 has unfortunately been cancelled owing to restricted hotel availability, but it is hoped to arrange another holiday in the future.
For a full list of events, please see our Events Calendar.