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Excursions Programme 2001 Members Only
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Thursday, 17 May, 2001 -Halfday Excursion "Hafotty" Near Llansadwrn Cancelled due to Foot and Mouth Restrictions |
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Saturday, 9 June, 2001 - Full Day Excursion Gwydyr Forest - Mines, Chapel and Castle Cancelled due to Foot and Mouth Restrictions |
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Saturday, 7 July, 2001 - HALF DAY EXCURSION Three interesting Churches in Amlwch |
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Our first meeting is at 2pm in St Eleth Church, Dinorben
Square. Recent restoration work has adapted this church for present day
worship. Mrs Frances Llewelyn will give a brief talk on the history of the
site and on the mysterious medieval carved heads found in the tower during
the restoration work.
At the English Methodist Church, Wesley Street at 3pm Mr John Rowlands, author of Copper Mountain, will tell us about it's connection with the Cornish mineworkers and James Treweek, the mine agent, on Parys Mountain. We then visit the Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea on Bull Bay Road where a short talk will be given on the history and innovative architecture of this modern church. There are three "Pay and display" car parks within about 150 yards of St Eleth and the English Methodist Church. It is less than half a mile from the latter to the Catholic Church. Please walk there if at all possible, leaving the limited parking places for the elderly and infirm. Organiser: J O Hughes (( 01407 830186) |
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Wednesday, 25 July, 2001 - FULL DAY EXCURSION Salford Quays and The Lowry Centre |
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After picking up at the usual points along the A5 and meeting
a pick-up coach from the Amlwch route, one coach will depart from Menai
Bridge at 9.00 to travel along the A55 and various motorways to the site of
the erstwhile Manchester Docks, now "rejuvenated" as Salford
Quays. Development work should be complete when we visit. En-route we will
call at the St David's Park Hotel, Ewloe for morning coffee.
The coach will drop us off outside the Lowry Centre. A cafe there can provide a snack lunch or your own picnic can be taken outside. After lunch, take your time to look around the galleries or take a gentle walk outside to see the site development. (An hour long guided tour of the theatre complex can be arranged for a maximum of 15 persons at an extra charge). At 3.00pm we board the Princess Katherine for an hour's cruise on the canal before heading back home, calling at the Kinmel Manor Hotel for high tea. We should be back in Menai Bridge by 8.00pm. Cost: £28.00 per person. Organiser: Gareth Parry (( 01248 722697) |
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Friday - Sunday, 7 - 9 September, 2001 -
WEEKEND EXCURSION St Albans and Verulamium |
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After picking up at the usual locations on the A5 and meeting
a pick-up bus from the Amlwch route one coach will leave Coed Cyrnol, Menai
Bridge at 9 am on Friday. Coffee at St David's Hotel, Ewloe, lunch time stop
at Attingham Park (NT) - bring your own picnic or use the tea room.
Based at the Noke Thistle Hotel in St Albans we will have an after dinner talk on the history of the city, a guided tour of the Cathedral with lunch in the refectory and a visit to the Verulamium Museum to meet a "Roman soldier". Homeward bound on Sunday we stop at Baddesley Clinton (NT) for a lunch and visits to house and gardens and call at the St David's Hotel again for afternoon tea. Cost: £145 per person for National Trust (NT) members, others £154.00. Organisers: Dr & Mrs I W Griffith (( 01248 713134) |