Quiz group – November/December 2025
The quizzers grappled with the usual 6 themes each time and another mixed bag they were. In the first group
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Fredrik Backman: Anxious People (November 2025)
Anxious People is set in a small town in present day Sweden where six prospective buyers viewing an apartment and
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Art Appreciation – November/December 2025
Fourteen people attended the November Art App meeting, probably a record, so it is most encouraging to have such an
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Monthly talk: Clare Densley – Honeybees at Buckfast Abbey
From Flower to Jar Our guest speakers in November were Clare and Martin, bee keepers at Buckfast Abbey who gave
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In Our Own Write – November/December 2025
We had a full house for our latest topic of “It all started when..”. Unsurprisingly we had a wide range
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Adventure group – Escape room
Back in 2022, Adventure group members had a go at an escape room online. This is the first time we
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Adventure Group meeting – Tuesday 6th January 2026
Longstanding members of the Adventure Group will know that once a year we meet as a group to discuss, choose
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Behind the scenes at Dartmoor search and rescue team
Do you know how a Search Dog finds a missing person? Did you also know that the volunteers at Dartmoor
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The cosmic view. Astrology, the ancient art – use and application in the Modern World
This talk will comprise a discussion of the twelve signs of the zodiac; the planets, as living archetypes, and the
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A message from our Groups Coordinator
Firstly, on behalf of myself, and no doubt all our u3a members, I would like to thank all our present
Read MorePage Turners – October review
In October the Page Turners read ‘Hidden Lives‘ by Margaret Forster. Margaret Forster wrote over twenty novels and about fourteen
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Quiz group – October/November 2025
After a three week break the quizzers were ready to tackle the sixty questions that were set. The themes ranged
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Strollers Social Walking Group – October/November 2025
Again, several apologies, and just four of us on our Dawlish & District u3a Strollers September walk where we explored
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Discussion Group – October/November 2025
Our October meeting focused on the Freedom of speech. We found it was a topical subject and attacked it with
Read MoreSebastian Barry: Days Without End (October 2025)
Days Without End is in the form of a first person narrative by Thomas McNulty, an Irish émigré to America
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Monthly talk: John Yeo – Growing for gold
The guest speaker at our October meeting was John Yeo who has had a long career working in the Torbay
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In Our Own Write – October/November 2025
Five of us met to read our stories which on this occasion had to include a reference to an island.
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Art Appreciation – October/November 2025
In the October meeting, John gave a presentation on the sculptor, engraver and calligrapher Eric Gill (1882-1940). In his lifetime,
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Adventure group – tour of St Nicholas Priory
Following on from the success of the Medieval Exeter tour last year, November’s adventure is a guided tour of the
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Adventure group solve the Million Pound Murder
The Million Pound Murder – our latest adventure – a murder mystery, and all on a train! We boarded the
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