All Future Events

This page lists all the events that we will plan to undertake. You can select any particular type of event by using the “Categories” pull-down list immediately below.

Jan
22
Wed
Meeting: “Don’t Write Me Off” @ Oatlands Club
Jan 22 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Our very own John Warner, who “May have something to tell us…”

Please note that this meeting is on the 4th Wednesday, rather than the usual 3rd

Jan
29
Wed
Monthly Walk: Knaresborough Forest Park & Longlands Common @ Conyngham Hall Car Park
Jan 29 all-day

A circular walk of about 4 miles, mainly on asphalted paths, although there may be mud in places.  Meet at 0930 for an 0945 start.

Lunch will be at 1pm in the World’s End pub, Knaresborough (opposite the car park entrance)

Feb
5
Wed
Committee Meeting @ via Zoom
Feb 5 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Meeting: “Peenemunde” @ Oatlands Club
Feb 5 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Malcolm Brooke, who has visited us before, will be talking about the WW2 German missile (think V2) development site on the Baltic coast

Feb
19
Wed
Meeting: “Yorkshire Coastal Secrets” @ Oatlands Club
Feb 19 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

David Banks will talk about the Yorkshire coastal secrets of the National Trust.  It’s incredible, but true, that the coastline of Yorkshire was the birthplace of England’s first chemical industry using natural materials and human urine, changing the fashion trade in England for ever!

Feb
26
Wed
Monthly Walk: Route TBC @ TBC
Feb 26 all-day
Mar
5
Wed
Meeting: “The Secret Service” @ Oatlands Club
Mar 5 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

No, not that Secret Service: Jim Brettell will be talking about the Probation Service, an important organisation whose function and activities are not understood as well as they might be

Mar
19
Wed
2025 Annual General Meeting @ Oatlands Club
Mar 19 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

The 2025 AGM – details will be publicised early in the New Year

Mar
26
Wed
Monthly Walk: Route TBC @ TBC
Mar 26 all-day
Apr
9
Wed
Meeting: “Shackleton’s Expedition to the Antarctic, 1914” @ Oatlands Club
Apr 9 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Joanne Aston will will talk about Ernest Shackleton’s aborted Antarctic crossing expedition of 1914, which is an inspiring story of leadership, courage and endurance in the face of adversity