Time to prepare for the Gatliff! As I’m sure you’re all aware, the Gatliff Marathon is almost upon us – it’s on Sunday 16th October. Are you participating (I am 😳!), or helping? There’s still time to join in either way. The Gatliff is major Club event and a big revenue earner. Come along […]
Outing: Folk Night at the Cryer Arts Theatre, + preceded by Wandle Walk Tuesday 11th October @ 3:30 pm to 11:00 pm £5 This is another chance to join the very […]
Melanie pulled together the first Travel Treasures on 20th September. It was so successful that we now have an eager queue of COPSErs ready to share their experiences, so we've arranged a second round. Contact Melanie if you have a travel experience that you're bursting to share with the rest of us, and she'll do […]
This Tuesday Corinne and her son James will regale us with a multimedia presentation, celebrating the vast vistas and varied sights of the US of A. Feel free to enhance the occasion by donning your cowboy outfit, stars and stripes hat, Elvis suit or whatever takes your fancy. Dionne is making some topical peanut butter […]
Amazing two-for-the-price-of-one offer! This Tuesday evening we bring you not just the usual extraordinary single COPSE Club Night value, but our special bargain basement deal: the perennial favourite Captions Competition, where we compete to find the humour in apparently random photographic configurations of COPSE people a chance to relive your schooldays with our Conker […]
As a follow-on from our recent past attention to the safety arrangements for our Club activities, e.g. a review of "Guidance for Walkers / Leaders" and advice on rucksack contents for emergencies etc., we shall be welcoming a First Aid Instructor this Tuesday. Although a few years back we have had sessions from instructors […]
During World War II, 164 women flew as pilots in the Air Transport Auxiliary, playing their part in the delivery of 308,000 aircraft. They flew in wartime conditions, in all weathers and many times without ever having flown a particular aircraft type before. It cost 14 of them their lives. After the war, they became […]
Tai chi, as I’m sure you know, is an internal Chinese martial art, now much practised here for its health and fitness benefits – low impact exercise relieving stress on the body and mind. Bob Gilly is an adherent, and we’ve persuaded his teacher, Richard Pearce, to come along this Tuesday evening to enlighten […]