2022
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Trip to GRIMSTHORPE CASTLE
Pick up details: PC Coaches in LINCOLN @ 08.30 (parking available adacent to the multi-story park),
then around 09.00 at B&Q car park, Lea Road, GAINSBOROUGH
Coffee/tea and biscuits on arrival.
Then tour of the HOUSE with a knowledgeable guide (split into two smaller groups)
LUNCH - served with a hot or cold drink
GARDEN tour - wider parkland and lake can be enjoyed at leisure (facilities readily available)
AFTERNOON TEA (sandwiches, cream scones, trifle!) at own cost
RETURN coach to leave Grimsthorpe at 16.00
TOTAL COST £38 pp inclusive of lunch (special price when ordered in advance, as quite a limited catering facility there)
To register your interest, contact Barny Heywood barny.heywood@btinternet.com or Barbara Buckenham barb4buck@gmail.com - or book directly with Jillian Horberry who will collect all required details from you at a meeting in the TAC
Wednesday June 8, 2022
Visit to the Crowle Peatlands Railway site
Following the popular trip to the Crowle Peatlands 'From Bog Oak to Railways' a few months ago we are offering a further visit to this site of Special Scientific Interest. This will include a shorter walk than before (two miles or under) at a slow pace to give an opportunity to see the unique flora, fauna and landscape of the moor.
The day will also offer:
- an insight into the National importance and industrial heritage of the Humberhead Peatlands
- an explanation of the drainage of the area from Vermuyden onwards
- an opportunity to examine old maps and artefacts
- a visit to the Engine Shed with a possible ride on 'Little Pete', a reconditioned Peatland engine (depending on the availability of a qualified volunteer driver,followed by an afternoon tea at the site
The cost will be £15, to include an afternoon tea (at lunchtime) - with sandwiches, scones, cakes, scotch egg, or sausage roll etc. in the little cafe and tearoom, with adequate seating for all.
Book with Susan Hollingworth in person at a lecture, by ringing 07880 500762
or email susan.hollingworth50@icloud.com
September 26 - 30, 2022
TASGAD HOLIDAY
Herefordshire &The Welsh Borders
Staying at the Best Western Robinswood Hotel, Gloucester
Schedule
Day 1. Eastnor Castle
Day 2. Black & White Village Trail
Day 3. Hereford with guide; Cathedral etc.
Day 4. Ross on Wye, river trip & Tintern Abbey
Day 5. Compton Verney on the way backto Lincoln
£529 per person, based on 30 passengers
Interested members should talk to Margaret Forsteø
FUTURE SPECIAL INTEREST DAYS PLANNED
More details will be added when they are available
October 18, 2022
Marc Allum: The Grand Tour: fakes, forgeries and antiquities. An afternoon talk on the Roman Villa found in his garden!
March 21, 2023
Roger Butler: Canals, their history and hewritage, including observations on the contrast between the Fossdyke and the Chesterfield.
October 10, 2023
Barry Venning: Cartoons - looking on the bright side. The strange profession of being a cartoonist, comparing those from New York and the British contributors.
March 26, 2024
Mary Alexander: Riviera Paradise. The fusion of art and design on the Cote d'Azur in the 1920s and 1930s. It's style: artists, textiles, fashion and printed ephemera.
October 15, 2024
James Wright: Mediæval Myth-busting: unpicking the fact from the fiction behind masons' marks and carvings.
March 25, 2025
Dave Wright: The influence of the arts on popular perceptions of historical icons such as Cleopatra or St. George