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A walk from Itchen Abbas
Dave and Jenny led a group of walkers from the 3-6-mile walking group that left the Plough Inn in Itchen Abbas for a walk through the Hampshire countryside. The circular walk took us through Avington, Easton, Martyr Worthy, and back to the Plough for a well-deserved lunch. Along the route, we walked through quintessential Hampshire…
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Visit to Sir Harold Hillier Garden
On the morning of 23 October a group gathered at the entrance of the Sir Harold Hillier Garden for a guided tour. Led by three members of staff, the tour took us through the Winter Garden, the National Collection Glade, the Himalayan Valley, and finally the Centenary Border. The colours of the foliage at this…
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Murder in the Citizens' Jury and The Lion & the Unicorn
The Theatre Goers group went to two productions in October. They were both new plays. The first, at the Maskers' Studio, was Murder in the Citizens' Jury, which was set in a future in which Citizens' Juries have been set up to discuss environmental issues in the face of an alarming acceleration of global warming.…
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A walk from Hursley
Monday 7th October - walk from Hursley - led by Barbara Vincent 12 members of the group gathered for a 2 mile walk from The Dolphin pub in Hursley, bearing umbrellas against the intermittent ‘light’ showers. Walking through the village towards the old forge building allowed a chance to appreciate the 16th century timber-framed houses which…
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Photoshoot: Speed and Motion
To capture movement in photography is all about shutter speed relative to the speed the subject is moving or the speed at which the camera is panning. In Septembers photoshoot we experimented with an number of approaches