Your chance to visit one of the South's finest gardens, especially beautiful in the Spring - click here for further details

Refreshments available in the restaurant and tea room

Coach departs as follows:

	09.00 hours - Backwell
	09.20 hours - Bristol Temple Meads
	09.35 hours - Saltford
	09.55 hours - Bath We hope to arrive back at Temple Meads by 19.30 hours

Cost (to cover coach travel and driver's gratuity, but not entry to the gardens) £14.00 per person

Please contact the Social Secretaries (contact details in Newsletter) if you would like to join this outing.  Please book no later than 23rd April. Cheques should be made payable to "BTPF (Bristol Group)".

Explore the fascinating town of Kington, Herefordshire, an area we have not visited for some time

Options to visit either the Small Breeds Farm Park and Owl Centre or the magnificent Hergest Croft Gardens (click on the links to view details).  Both sites have tea room facilities. 

Coach departs as follows:

	09.00 hours - Backwell
	09.20 hours - Bristol Temple Meads
	09.40 hours - Bristol Parkway We hope to arrive back at Temple Meads by 19.30 hours.

Cost (including coach travel and driver's gratuity) £14.00 per person.  (At present we are not sure of group rates for the two visitor attractions, so entry fees will be collected on the day.)

Please contact the Social Secretaries (contact details in Newsletter) if you would like to join this outing.  Please book no later than 4th June, remembering to state which of the two optional visits you require. Cheques should be made payable to "BTPF (Bristol Group)".

Portsmouth is a city of great historical interest, combined with modern development at Gunwharf Quays with its many shops and cafés

Attractions include:

	HMS Victory - click here for details
	Royal Naval Museum - click here for details
	Alternatively, enjoy a pleasant walk along the seafront at Battery Point

Coach departs as follows:

	09.00 hours - Backwell
	09.20 hours - Bristol Temple Meads
	09.35 hours - Saltford
	09.55 hours - Bath We hope to arrive back at Temple Meads by 19.30 hours

Cost (to cover coach travel and driver's gratuity) £15.75 per person

Please contact the Social Secretaries (contact details in Newsletter) if you would like to join this outing. Please book no later than 25th June. Cheques should be made payable to "BTPF (Bristol Group)".

Holiday with PS Travel to Eastbourne. We shall be staying at the recently refurbished Cavendish Hotel on the sea-front.  Click here for details of the hotel.

Full details can be found in the 2010 PS Travel brochure - if you require a copy, please ring PS Travel on 01275 792223.

We have provisionally reserved a number of seats on the coach leaving on 4th October. 

For our party the reduced price will be £244 per person. There is no single room supplement but the number of single rooms will be strictly limited, so please book early if you require one. (We understand that some of these do carry a “sea-view” supplement of £33.00.)

If you are interested in going on this tour, please contact the Social Secretaries who will explain how to secure the specially discounted rate.

Informal outing to the S.S. Great Britain at Bristol. Click here for details of the venue.

Depart Cardiff at 10 a.m., (Newport at 10:15) to join the 11:10 boat; 5 minutes walk from Bristol Temple Meads station. 

The boat journey takes half an hour and costs £2.10 return. 

Entry to the S.S. Great Britain is £9.95 (prices quoted for boat trip and entry are both at concessionary rate). 

Other places of interest include the smaller vessel 'Matthew', a shop and café and a nearby Maritime Museum.

Our Christmas Lunch will be held at the Falmouth Hotel, commencing at 12:15 hours

Price £15.50 per person - if you wish to book for this very enjoyable and friendly function, please contact Len Wooldridge with your menu choices and payment (cheques payable to "BTPF") no later than 23rd November 2011.

Your Christmas Menu Choices:

	Starters Roast tomato & red pepper soup Free-range chicken and braised leek terrine with caramelised onion jam Prawn & avocado tian with lemon & dill mayonnaise Local goat's cheese & spinach timbale with toasted ciabatta and candied walnuts
	Main courses Traditional roast turkey with chestnut stuffing, bacon roll and roast potatoes Pan fried fillet of sea bass with saffron potatoes, wilted spinach, caper & basil dressing Braised West Country beef steak with buttered mash, wild mushroom & shallot jus Broccoli and blue cheese pithivier with sauteed potatoes, roquette & parmesan salad
	Desserts Steamed Christmas pudding with brandy sauce Chocolate Yuletide Log with vanilla cream Lemon & raspberry parfait tuile Sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce and clotted cream
	Coffee and mince pies

We have formed a Theatre Group, and will be arranging group outings to shows. Please contact the Secretary if you wish to participate - address in Newsletter.