June 2025
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See the Calendar for a full list of interest groups
New Groups to be started as plans are sorted
Singing, Garden Visits, City Visits
U3A Cycling June
We have 2 organised rides each month, on the 3rd Monday and the last Friday.
We ride mainly on dedicated cycleways. Each ride has 2 start points to accommodate distance and speed preferences of the members. It seems to be working well. Most members have e-bikes.
New members are always welcome.
On Monday 16 June we cycled from Halswell to Northwood on the Quarryman’s Trail and The Northern Line. The second starting point was Mona Vale. There were 10 of us cycling and we had a pleasant stop at Gloria Jean Café in the Supa Centre at Northwood. On the return we came back to Mona Vale then through the University of
Canterbury on the Uni-Cycle trail, onto the Nor’West Arc to Middleton then the Southern Motorway trail for a short time then through Nga Puna Wai back to Halswell. It was a good outing.
Family history
Last month we learnt of the various occupations of some of our ancestors; cobbler, waterman, wagoner, gum digger were a few and so very different from similar occupations today. However, none of us found any slubber doffers, dog whippers or mule scavengers among them.
There will be no meeting in July.
If you are interested in joining this group please contact Either Carole: Julia:
Photography Group
The next Photography Group meeting will be on Friday 18 July at 10am at 20A Victors Road, Hoon Hay. New members welcome.
We will be revising the set up for some new cameras, looking at easy steps in the use of different camera modes and commencing on outdoor photography.
More than just Scrabble
The U3A Scrabble Group have become a tight knit group of supportive friends. We have gained a lot more than the companionship of playing Scrabble together. Over the past months five of our members have found themselves in hospital and our lovely group have rallied around in support. This has been an unexpected outcome of our group and is much more than I expected when I first joined.
As we meet in private homes our membership is closed to the 10 existing attendees. If you too would like to enjoy the companionship, support and friendship of others through playing Scrabble, our group would happily help you get started – all that is needed is a boxed set or two of Scrabble, a couple of dictionaries, and around three or four people willing to play and host the group in their home. Get in touch with Judith Densie via one of the committee members to get started. Happy Scrabbling.