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EXCURSIONS 2025

Book for these at our monthly get-together on the first Wednesday in the month at the Parish Hall, Bow Street. Book from 1.30pm. Meeting starts at 2pm.

When booking Excursions please have your cheque written out ready. Cheques should be made payable to GU3A and on reverse should include the following information - name of the excursion, person attending, contact phone number, u3a membership number and preferred pick up point. Please remember to bring your membership card with you. If you are paying in cash please present your membership card with the following information noted on the reverse, contact phone number and preferred pick up point.
If you have not completed your cheque prior to coming to the meeting please use the red table AT THE SIDE of the booking table to do so. Thank you.

FORTHCOMING EXCURSIONS

Thursday 13th November - Coach trip to Newcastle. Cost £18.00. Travel to Newcastle for a day spent at your leisure. We will arrive at the drop off point at Theatre Royal on Grey Street at approximately 10.30am after which you will be free to explore as you wish. As well as the opportunity to start Christmas shopping and see the Christmas display in Fenwick’s window you could visit Grainger Market. If shopping isn’t your thing you could visit The Laing art gallery or The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, visit the Great North Museum or even go ice skating at The Life Centre! Or you could walk the 2 mile circular around the Quayside or visit Blackfriars. The coach will depart Fountain Street car park at 9.00am and thereafter St. Paulinus The Avenue. Pick up for return journey will be 3.30pm. Fully booked, to be added to the waiting list or for queries please contact excursion coordinator Pauline Warrington on 07855 751869.

Thursday 4th December - 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' at Castle Howard. Cost £42. Join Guisborough u3a and skip down the yellow brick road to experience Castle Howard dressed as scenes from Oz. Experience a festive take on L. Frank Baum's much-loved story, told in stately surroundings with theatrical installations, immersive soundscapes and projections. The coach will leave Fountain Street car park at 9:30am and thereafter St Paulinus, The Avenue. After the self-guided tour there is time for lunch or you might want to walk in the grounds, visit the Christmas or garden shop. We will leave Castle Howard for the return journey at approximately 3pm arriving back in Guisborough at around 4:30pm. For queries, please contact excursion coordinator Moira Stokoe – 07719 698954

Pauline and Moira would like to thank all those who have joined us on our 2025 excursions. We are now busy exploring options for 2026! (Thank you to those of you who have contacted us with your ideas). Whilst we won’t be organising excursions for January and February 2026 - due to needing to recharge our excursion batteries - booking will commence at the January meeting for our March excursion. Watch with bated breath for details which will be published in an upcoming news letter and here on our website.

For all Excursions please book at the monthly meeting or contact one of the excursion organisers- Pauline 01287 610690 or Moira 07719 698954

Our monthly get-together takes place at 2pm on the first Wednesday of every month in St Nicholas Parish Church Hall on Bow Street, Guisborough.

You can join, renew membership and sign up for activities, hear our latest news, with a chance to comment, and take time for conversation with refreshments afterwards.

Please also view our 'GROUPS' pages to find out about the many groups which meet weekly or monthly.

Saltburn District u3a also runs excursions.

Visit their website at https://saltburndistrict.u3asite.uk/u3a_groups/theatre-group/ for details.

EXCURSIONS 2025

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