Forthcoming events
31st October 2025
      
10:00 am
      
      
Cycle Ride
    
Cycle Ride - Bedale - Thorp Perrow - Well - Carthorpe - Leeming Bar - Aiskew - Bedale
Unfortunately the current forecast for Friday is not good but hopefully will improve!From the Church we go up Burrill Rd to the first crossroads where we turn left. Straight over […]
      Venue: St Gregory's Church
      
      
    
3rd November 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
"Snow Falling on Cedars" by David Guterson
In 1954 a fisherman is found dead in the nets of his boat, and a local Japanese-American man is charged with his murder. In the course of his trial, it […]
      Venue: Member's Home
      
      
    
3rd November 2025
      
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
      
      
Outing/trip
    
Limetree Observatory Grewelthorpe
Stargazing plus..........! A tour round the night sky with hopes for a clear night. Otherwise a tour around the night sky within the observatory. Travel By Community minibus. Leave at […]
      Venue: Bus Stop Outside Costa in Bedale
      
Cost: £10 plus minibus £10
      
Booking Required
    
4th November 2025
      
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
4th November 2025
      
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
Write a poem or prose about "An incident as seen through the eyes of a child".
      Venue: The Reubens, Leeming Bar
      
      
    
5th November 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Social
    
Come and go as you wish between these times. Please let us know if you require a scone.
      Venue: The Reubens, Leeming Bar
      
      
    
5th November 2025
      
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
Venue: Alan's house
6th November 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
6th November 2025
      
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
New members are welcome and there is no need for partner.
      Venue: Bowling Green Society
      
Cost: £2 per person
      
    
7th November 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Committee Meeting
    
All members are welcome to attend a committee meeting as an observer, without commitment. Please contact Di or any committee member in advance to arrange this. Committee meetings are held on the first […]
      Venue: Bowling Green Society
      
      
Booking Required
    
7th November 2025
      
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
Venue: Member's Home
10th November 2025
      
10:00 am - 11:30 am
      
      
Meeting
    
      Venue: Newton-Le-Willows Village Hall
      
Cost: Around £1-£1.50 to cover hall hire
      
    
12th November 2025
      
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
We’ll all bring along something of our own to work on. We hope that you will be able to join us.
      Venue: Member's Home
      
      
    
13th November 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
13th November 2025
      
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
New members are welcome and there is no need for partner.
      Venue: Bowling Green Society
      
Cost: £2 per person
      
    
17th November 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
18th November 2025
      
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
19th November 2025
      
      
      
Other
    
Photography Competition Closing Date
Photography Competition Information
      
      
      
    
19th November 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Monthly Meeting
    
Mary Smith is a retired Headteacher who will give a talk about the uncovering of an extensive set of tunnels used as underground classrooms, including an extensive set of paintings […]
      Venue: Chantry Hall
      
      
    
19th November 2025
      
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
Venue: Alan's house
20th November 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
20th November 2025
      
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
New members are welcome and there is no need for partner.
      Venue: Bowling Green Society
      
Cost: £2 per person
      
    
21st November 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
We will discuss someone in our family history with overseas connections.
      Venue: Bowling Green Society
      
      
    
21st November 2025
      
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
Venue: Member's Home
24th November 2025
      
10:00 am - 11:30 am
      
      
Meeting
    
      Venue: Newton-Le-Willows Village Hall
      
Cost: £1-£1.50 to cover hall hire
      
    
24th November 2025
      
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
The Royal Rebel by Elizabeth Chadwick
This is a historical novel about the most famous ‘love triangle’ of the 14th century. Joan, the daughter of the Earl of Kent, secretly married Thomas Holland who then went off […]
      Venue: The Reubens, Leeming Bar
      
      
    
27th November 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
27th November 2025
      
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
New members are welcome and there is no need for you to have a partner.
      Venue: Bowling Green Society
      
Cost: £2 per person
      
    
28th November 2025
      
10:00 am
      
      
Cycle Ride
    
1st December 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
"Treveryan" by Angela du Maurier
Written by the sister of Daphne du Maurier this book set in Cornwall, is a spell-binding story of the way in which the secrets of the past affect the present. […]
      Venue: Member's Home
      
      
    
2nd December 2025
      
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
2nd December 2025
      
2:00 pm - 1:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
3rd December 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Social
    
Come and go as you wish between these times. Please let us know if you require a scone.
      Venue: The Reubens, Leeming Bar
      
      
    
3rd December 2025
      
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
Venue: Alan's house
4th December 2025
      
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
New members are welcome and there is no need for you to have a partner.
      Venue: Bowling Green Society
      
Cost: £2 per session
      
    
5th December 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Committee Meeting
    
All members are welcome to attend a committee meeting as an observer, without commitment. Please contact Di or any committee member in advance to arrange this. Committee meetings are held on the first […]
      Venue: Bowling Green Society
      
      
Booking Required
    
5th December 2025
      
2:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
Venue: Member's Home
10th December 2025
      
9:30 am
      
      
Outing/trip
    
Harewood House Christmas                                            Enjoy the festive season at this superb venue. This year, interior designer Siobhan Murphy transforms Harewood with her signature maximalism, bold patterns and joyous colour. A reimaging of […]
      Venue: Bus Stop Outside Costa in Bedale
      
Cost: £40 (£10 deposit on booking)
      
Booking Required
    
10th December 2025
      
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
We’ll all bring along something of our own to work on. We hope that you will be able to join us.
      Venue: Member's Home
      
      
    
15th December 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
17th December 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Monthly Meeting
    
Tom is a local professional singer and musician who will perform a variety of songs and music, including some with a festive theme.
      Venue: Chantry Hall
      
      
    
17th December 2025
      
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
Venue: Alan's house
19th December 2025
      
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
22nd December 2025
      
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
This book is a nature memoir about the author’s experience nurturing a newborn, endangered hare she found as a child in the English countryside. It chronicles their unlikely bond, the […]
      Venue: The Reubens, Leeming Bar
      
      
    
6th January 2026
      
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
7th January 2026
      
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
Venue: Alan's house
14th January 2026
      
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
We’ll all bring along something of our own to work on. We hope that you will be able to join us.
      Venue: Member's Home
      
      
    
21st January 2026
      
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
Venue: Alan's house
26th January 2026
      
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
This is a biography about the American spy, Virginia Hall, who becomes the Gestapo's most wanted Allied agent during World War II, despite having a wooden leg.
      Venue: The Reubens, Leeming Bar
      
      
    
3rd February 2026
      
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
4th February 2026
      
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
Venue: Alan's house
18th February 2026
      
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
      
      
Meeting
    
Venue: Alan's house
1st July 2026
      
      
to 3rd July 2026
      
Other
    
FESTIVAL 26 will take place at York University from 1st to 3rd July 2026. Planning is underway but nothing, other than the date and venue, is firmed up yet.