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  • Shakespeare’s Birds (Zoom)

    Speaker: Ailsa Claybourn *** Change to published programme *** There is a remarkable number of birds in Shakespeare’s writing: What is a ‘hernshaw’, and how…

  • The UK National Fruit Collection

    Pangbourne Village Hall 6 Station Rd, Pangbourne, Berskshire, United Kingdom

    Speaker: Matthew Ordidge (University of Reading) Matthew is Scientific Curator of the UK National Fruit Collection. He will talk about the work the University carries…

  • Hailey

    Leader: Jan Haseler Meet at the upper car park of the King William IV pub (OX10 6AD, SU642858) at Hailey. We will have a walk…

  • Sulham Woods

    Sulham Woods Beech Road, Purley-on-Thames, Berskshire, United Kingdom

    Leader: David Owens Meet at the western end of Beech Road (SU653761) for a walk of about 2.5 miles through fields and beech woodland to…

  • George Druce: Botany, Politics and Pharmacy (Zoom)

    Speaker: Professor Stephen Harris (University of Oxford) Pharmacist George Claridge Druce (1850-1932) was a self-made man who became a prominent botanist and politician during the…

  • Storing Carbon Under Your Feet – Literally

    Pangbourne Village Hall 6 Station Rd, Pangbourne, Berskshire, United Kingdom

    Speaker: Professor Martin Lukac (University of Reading) There is urgent need to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it for the long term. With…

  • Wednesday walk

    Leader: Rob Stallard. Informal Wednesday walk. Details will be given in the members' newsletter or at an evening meeting or contact us for details.

  • Calleva Roman Town

    Silchester Silchester Walls car park, Hampshire, United Kingdom

    Leader: Sue White Meet at the English Heritage car park for the Silchester Roman walls, RG7 2HP, on the south side of Wall Lane. (No…

  • The Call of Nature (Zoom)

    Speaker: Richard Jones Dung is a 4-letter word, but nothing to get disgusted about – it is simply pre-used food, still full of nutrients. The…

  • Blewbury Downs

    Leaders: Julia Cooper and Ian Duddle The walk will be about 4 miles on the Downs including part of the Ridgeway, with some moderate gradients…