October 2024

Book Group

The current book is ‘Miss Jane’. The story of the life of Jane Chisholm, born in early
twentieth-century rural Mississippi with a birth defect that will stand in the way of the central ‘uses’ for a woman in that time and place.
Ros

Current Affairs Group

No report this month

Cycling Group

We have 2 organised rides each month, on the 3rd Monday and the last Friday.

We ride mainly on dedicated cycleways. Each ride has 2 start points to accommodate distance and speed preferences of the members. It seems to be working well. Most members have e-bikes. New members are always welcome.

On Monday 21 October five members rode from Halswell to the University then onto Northlands Mall and the Papanui Parallel cycleway where we stopped for coffee at Meshinos. After coffee we continued on into the CBD, along the Promenade and back to Halswell on the Quarryman’s Trail. It was a beautiful, mild day.

On Friday 25 October we rode from Halswell along the river to the Tannery for coffee at the Brewery Bar then into the CBD on the Heathcote Expressway across Hagley Park and back to Halswell on the South Express, Nor’West Arc and Quarrymans Trail/Southern Motorway cycleway. It was a lovely sunny day and very warm – perfect for being out on our bikes. There were 9 of us on this ride.

Family History Group

History Group

We have come to the end of “History of Ancient Egypt’ which proved a fascinating
insight in the beliefs and customs of the people. For 2025 the group has selected
‘The shaping of the modern mind’ course. I will enrol in this in December and our
first group meeting will be on 20th February 2025.
Ros

Scrabble Group

As the end of 2024 approaches our group has arranged to celebrate with a shared
lunch before our last meeting, early in December. This has been a very successful
year with great attendance at our twice monthly meetings.

As the current coordinator of the group I thank everyone for their support when
asked to volunteer to host our get togethers. It’s lovely to share everyone’s
company, along with special occasions like birthdays and the birth of mokopuna
(grandchildren), as well as the not so special moments like stolen cars and speeding
tickets when in a hurry to get to Scrabble!

I look forward to another year of friendship, support, fun and Scrabble in 2025.
Thanks everyone for contributing to a very successful Scrabble Group.
Judith