OUTINGS NEWS
– AUGUST 2015
Trips
are offered to all U3A members from 10am at our meetings or by post using a
reply slip available from the desk
Matthew Bourne’s haunting new
scenario of SLEEPING BEAUTY is a gothic tale of good vs evil and rebirth, creating a
supernatural love story the passage of time cannot hinder. Perrault’s timeless fairy tale about a young
girl cursed to sleep for a hundred years became a legendary ballet by
Tchaikovsky and choreographer Marius Petipa in 1890. Bourne takes this date as
his starting point, setting the christening of Aurora, the heroine, in the year
of the ballet’s first performance. Aurora grows into a young woman in the more
rigid, uptight Edwardian era; a mythical, golden age of long summer afternoons,
croquet on the lawn, and new dance crazes. Awakening a century later, Aurora
finds herself in the modern day; a world more mysterious than any fairy story.
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
premiered in 2012 and completed his trio of re-imagined Tchaikovsky ballet
masterworks that started in 1992 with Nutcracker!
and most famously in 1995, with the international hit Swan Lake. Winning many awards, this dazzling production smashed
box office records across the UK and at Sadler’s Wells. Its USA premiere
in 2013 prompted The New York Times to
report, “This is Bourne at his best – a masterful storyteller.” Cost: £30 to
include Mayflower matinee center stalls ticket, coach and driver’s gratuity.
THURSDAY
13TH AUGUST 2015 –
BOOKING NOW
ATHELHAMPTON HOUSE, GARDENS AND MAREVNA
GALLERY. Built in 1485, the Great
Hall of Athelhampton House offers a fine example of Tudor architecture with its
linen-fold panelling, heraldic stained glass, large fireplace and historic
furnishings. Leading from the Great Hall
are the Great Chamber and Library in the East Wing, the King’s Room, and Wine
Cellar. The Gallery on the second floor
features work by the artist Marevna, The West Wing houses a fine dining room,
the Yellow and State Bedrooms, the Dressing Room, and a Bathroom with a copper
bath. The formal architecture of the garden is balanced by woodland
scenes. The formal gardens, built
between 1891 and 1899 by Alfred Carl de Lafontaine, feature striking pyramid
shaped yews which now dominate the Great Court.
The Corona, the Private Garden, the Canal, and Octagonal Pond lead you
through the gardens to the River Piddle where the river walk takes you through
natural areas to the ancient dovecote. The Visitor Centre offers a gift shop
and The Coach House Restaurant (menu online). Cost: £24.00 to include coach, driver gratuity,
coffee and shortbread on arrival, guided tour, and entry to the castle, gardens
and gallery. Depart
WILTON (W) opposite the Italianate Church 9.30 a.m. MILLSTREAM COACH PARK
Castle Street (S) 9.45 a.m. LONDON ROAD PARK & RIDE (P) 10.00 a.m. Coach leaves Athelhampton at 4:30pm.
Tuesday 15 September 2015 – booking now
PETWORTH HOUSE in West Sussex is a late 17th-century Grade I listed mansion offering paintings by JMW
Turner and Van
Dyck, carvings by Grinling Gibbons and Ben
Harms, sculptures
by John Flaxman and John Edward Carew, and wall and ceiling paintings by Louis
Laguerre. A terrestrial globe by Emery
Molyneux is believed to be the only one in the world in its
original 1592 state. A handwritten copy of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
can be seen in the Somerset Room. The
servants’ quarters include fascinating kitchens which include a copper batterie
de cuisine of over 1,000 pieces. The 700-acre landscaped PARK designed by Capability Brown and often painted by Turner houses the largest herd of fallow
deer in England. The 30-acre woodland garden is known as the Pleasure
Ground. Petworth House and Park are immediately adjacent to the historic market town of Petworth offering
picturesque streets, shops and restaurants. As an insight into past estate
workers’ lives, the Petworth
Cottage Museum in the High
Street is furnished as it would have been in about 1910. Cost: £15
to include coach and driver gratuity.
Entry to the House and Park is free to National Trust members (please don’t forget your card)
and £11.20 at Petworth for
non-National Trust members. Depart WILTON
(W) 8:30am opposite Italianate Church ; MILLSTREAM COACH PARK, Castle
Street (S) 8:45am;
London Road Park and Ride (P) 9am. The coach will leave Petworth at
4:30pm.
Option 1: OXFORD
MUSEUMS, COLLEGES & GALLERIES – Oxford, the city of dreaming spires, is steeped in
rich and fascinating history. Famous for its prestigious University, the city is home to its 38 colleges from which
many notable scholars have graduated. Oxford Tourist Information in Broad
Street offers a free city map, an excellent Visitors’ Guide (£2.99), and
Walking (£9) and City Sightseeing Bus (£10) Tour tickets or you can order yours
on line beforehand. The Radcliffe Camera, Bodleian Library and Bridge of Sighs
are just a few of the famous buildings of Oxford. Its charming scenery has
inspired many, including Lewis
Carroll and JRR Tolkien. Oxford is also a popular film and
TV location for productions including Harry Potter and Inspector Morse. There are many free museums and art
galleries. Our coach will drop us off at
the Ashmolean where you can spend the day or you could venture further to
Modern Art Oxford, the University Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers,
the Museum of the History of Science, the Museum of Oxford, Christ Church
Picture Gallery, the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, or the Bodleian
Library. The Covered Market in the city center is well worth a visit. If you don’t mind lots of stairs you can
climb a church tower at The University Church, Carfax, St Mary the Virgin, or
the North Gate Saxon Tower of St Michaels. Or perhaps you’d like to visit a
College – most are open to visitors free or for a small fee – opening times are
displayed outside each College Porter’s Lodge. Cost: £15 to include coach and driver gratuity.
Option 2: OXFORD MINI PLANT TOUR -- As an experiment, we are
offering a separate tour of the Mini Plant at 12 for 12:30 as part of our day
trip to Oxford. The tour is limited to
15 members and the following terms and conditions apply:
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Tours last two and a half hours
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People with heart pacemakers or insulin pumps will not be able to join the
tour
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No food or drinks are available or allowed at the plant
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Photography is strictly not permitted in production areas, but is allowed
in the exhibition space
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Mobile phones, handbags and cameras cannot be taken on the tour. Lockers are provided.
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Visitors must wear sturdy, comfortable shoes. No open-toe shoes or high heels are permitted
We will arrive at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford
around 10am for coffee. The coach will
then leave the Ashmolean at 11am for the Mini Plant. As there is no food or drink allowed at the
Plant, you may like to bring a picnic or pick up a sandwich at the Ashmolean
café to eat on the coach, which will arrive at the Mini Plant at 12pm. After the tour ends at 3pm the coach will take
you back to the Ashmolean where there will be time for some refreshments before
we collect the members who have spent the day in the city at 4:30pm for the
drive back to Salisbury. Cost: £30 to include coach and driver
gratuity and MINI Plant Tour.
Depart
WILTON (W) opposite the Italianate Church 8am. MILLSTREAM COACH PARK Castle
Street (S) 8.15am. LONDON ROAD PARK & RIDE (P) 8.30am. Coach leaves the
Ashmolean in Beaumont Street at 4:30pm to return to Salisbury.
FUTURE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
12
November 2015 British Museum / Christmas Shopping in London - £17.00 –
booking from 2 September.
3 December 2015 Blenheim Palace at Christmas - £25.00 – booking from 7 October.
3 December 2015 Blenheim Palace at Christmas - £25.00 – booking from 7 October.
PAYMENTS FOR OUTINGS
From 10am At
Meetings: Cash or Cheques
payable to SALISBURY U3A. Separate
cheques for each Outing please.
By Post: If you are
unable to attend the monthly meeting or prefer to book by post, please email
Margaret Vacha at margaretvacha@hotmail.com for a booking
form. If you don’t have email, please
mail your cheque with destination, your name, address including post code, telephone
number and Pick Up point on the reverse plus a stamped self-addressed envelope (this
is important) to Margaret Vacha, 1 Grasmere Close, Salisbury
SP2 8DG.
CANCELLATIONS/REFUNDS: Full refund if
cancelled within 1 month of Outing. Thereafter booking cancellations are only
refunded less a £1 admin charge if we can resell your place.
LONDON ROAD PARK & RIDE. On arrival
park and join coach outside Reception Offce. Office will be unattended.
Security cameras in operation. If you
change your pick-up point after booking, please notify Margaret Vacha.
ANY QUERIES: Please contact Margaret Vacha at margaretvacha@hotmail.com or 01722 335586 or 07845 870512.
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