A group of 16 Stramblers met on Thursday 15th September at the Saracen’s Head, Halsall, for a walk along the Leeds Liverpool Canal and surrounding footpaths. The weather was a little overcast but pleasant with a promise of some brighter sunshine later in the day.
On Tuesday 20th of September we will be taking bookings for our Spring Bulb-fields visit to the Netherlands. Our five day break will include a visit to the Keukenhof gardens, The Hague, Delft, and Het Loo Palace etc. Single rooms are limited.
The cost is £580.00 with a single supplement of £82.00. Click here to see the full details of the break.
Beautiful yorkshire dales –
On Wednesday 26th October we will travel to the pretty, popular village of Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales. Time to have coffee and a browse round. Then we are off to Leyburn, to the home of family owned Tennants Auctioneers one of the largest Auction Houses in Europe. Here we will have a 2 course lunch followed by tea / coffee and a guided tour etc. behind the scenes. For full details click on Day Trips.
NB Please ask for a choice of meal slip.
Bob Morris gave a really interesting presentation to the group on Wednesday. Entitled ‘All you need to know about drugs – Mostly the legal ones‘ it gave an insight into pharmacy operations in simple ‘lay persons’ language.
Various topics were covered including: looking after yourself, health literacy, pharmacy speak, the British National Formulary and drug ‘side effects’.
The BNF was particularly of note as it gives anyone the opportunity to examine prescription drug data online.
The public awareness campaign – National Pharmacy week ,
‘Ask Your Pharmacist’ this year will be on 31 October – 7 November.
Well done Bob
For those who have not heard, our Sunday walkers group is no longer under the ‘u3a‘ banner but will continue as a ‘friends’ walking group, meeting mostly at Maghull Station or elsewhere depending on where we’re going.
Contact Rita or Tom for more info or to join the WhatsApp group.