July 2025
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U3A Cycling July
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 21 July we cycled from Grimseys Rd, near the QEII Drive roundabout, on the Northern Corridor cycleway to the Waimakariri Bridge. This was the second starting point. We then cycled on a dedicated cycleway beside Main North Rd into Kaiapoi stopping for coffee early, at Paris for the Weekend, as it was very chilly. We enjoyed sitting in the sun chatting for quite a while then headed back along the stop banks and Kaiapoi Island tracks to Waimakariri Bridge.
The second ride for July was going to be the same week so we decided to cycle a week later on 1 August.
Current Affairs Group
This group (usually about 25 attendees) continues to meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 10.00am to learn about and discuss a range of current issues.
In July we had a “virtual meeting” -members were provided with a brief note -together with embedded links to a small number of selected articles /You Tube videos- covering two topics relating to “Powering our Future” i.e. Small Nuclear Reactors and Fusion Power.
With the upcoming Local Government elections -our August meeting will focus on “Local Government -its future, its challenges and its issues”.
Family History
Our next meeting will be at 1.30pm on Tuesday 19th August.
This month we will be sharing memories of an ancestor we remember from our own lifetime before discussing progress (or lack of) with our own research.
If you are interested in coming to this group, please contact either Carole or Julia
Photography Group
The next U3A Photography Group meeting will be on Friday 15 August at 10am at 20A Victors Road, Hoon Hay. New members most welcome.
We will be looking at settings for low light situations, reviewing the use of different camera modes and furthering our discussions on outdoor photography.