Monthly talk: Alan Pewsey – Dartmoor Search and Rescue
As our previously booked speaker was not able to come for personal reasons, we are grateful to Alan Pewsey, a
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About Jane Urquhart
A little bit about me: I was brought up and married into Upstairs. When I was divorced in my early
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Discussion Group – April/May 2026
On 15th April, the group met again to talk about the Quality of Life for Seniors. We agreed that it
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Adventure Group – Navigation skills on Dartmoor
Do you want to take your walking to a new level by learning how to navigate with map and compass?
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Late change to speaker at monthly meeting
At short notice, I am sorry to say we have had to change our guest speaker for our meeting on
Read MorePage Turners – March 2026 review
In March the Page Turners read ‘The Life Impossible‘ by Matt Haig. This English author has written both fiction and
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Adventure group shoot to kill!
Laser Tag was this month’s activity for the Adventure Group. We were told that we would use lightweight, safe infra-red
Read MoreLisa Genova: Still Alice (March 2026)
Still Alice tells the story of Alice Howland, a distinguished professor of psychology at Harvard who, at the peak of
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Quiz group – March/April 2026
We soldiered on for the first quiz despite having only two teams online. We tackled questions on City nicknames, Old
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Dog Walking – March 2026
In March we had our first midweek break. Four of us stayed at the Fox and Hounds Country Hotel, an
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Strollers Social Walking Group – March/April 2026
There were only four of us on our March Dawlish & District u3a Strollers walk although we had apologies from
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Two Living British Artists It was quite fitting that we had a record attendance of 17 for our March meeting
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Our guest speaker in March was Stephanie Austin who gave us a revealing insight into how to turn to crime
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Adventure Group – Metal detecting
Adventure group members asked for a metal detecting session and here it is. Led by Clive Hammett, an experienced detectorist
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Strollers Social Walking Group – March 2026
Our February 12th u3a Strollers walk was enjoyable, however there were only two of us; seven of our regular walkers sent their
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Adventure group – Laser tag
After last month’s excellent drumming adventure, we’re going for something completely different: laser tag. Based in a genuine decommissioned Cold
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Quiz group – February/March 2026
We were some members short for both quizzes but soldiered on regardless. Varying subjects drew out various answers; some spot
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Monthly talk: Peter Lewis – Ice ages and climate change
Our guest speaker in February was Peter Lewis. He has spent his career in many different sectors of education, including
Read MorePage Turners – February 2026 review
‘The Crossing Places‘ by Elly Griffiths was the Page Turners book for January. This was published in 2009 and was
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Djembes and dun duns: adventure group try West African drumming
Eleven members signed up for this adventure which took place at the Manor House in Dawlish. Once we had gathered
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