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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]