Anybody interested out there?

This blog (or weblog) was set up after the Group Leaders Meeting held in July, when the majority of those attending supported the idea of one being started.

I appreciate that we are now in the holiday season and that Weston U3A will not really get started until September and will probably not be in full swing until after the Information and Enrolment Meeting to be held at the Friends Meeting House from 10-12 noon on Tuesday 13th September.

However, I am anxious to know if anyone does have a look at the site from time to time, and if so, if they have any comments or suggestions to make that would improve it.

You can e-mail me at nodnurg@aol.com. I am sorry if any of you think that this is an odd address. It dates back to the time when it was considered unwise to use your actual name, and it is so well known to my contacts that I don't want to change it. I found out recently that nodnurg is also used by some-one else of the same name - not a member of my immediate family.

Tom Grundon

It's for the birds!

We do not have a bird watchers group in Weston U3A, although I am sure it is a subject that Pearl Crompton's new natural history group takes in its stride. Talking of striding, I expect our walkers come across quite a few birds on their outings.

I expect many of you are members of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Their quarterly magazine is well worth the cost of the subscription on its own. As you are reading this you must have access to the Web. The RSPB has its own website at www.rspb.org.uk that I would like to recommend to you.

Members can also sign up to see a wonderful collection of pictures to be found at www.rspb-images.com The pictures can be purchased but you do not have to place an order. If anyone does take my advice to look at the site, I would like to know what you think about it, and also if you want to see our blog used to pass on information of this nature.

Tom Grundon