Our next coach trip is planned for Sunday 20^th September – only just over 3 week’s away!  We are heading into Derbyshire to visit the National Trust property, Calke Abbey, an interesting stately home and country estate www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke-abbey.

We will be leaving from Lowdham at approximately 10am and travelling there by coach, where we can spend time touring the house, visiting the gardens, perusing the shops or enjoying a spot of lunch in their restaurant!   We are booked in for a self guided tour of the house and a one hour tour of the garden, in small groups with one of their guides, so it should be an interesting day.

All are welcome and the cost of the trip is £16 to members and £18 to non members.  If you are already members of National Trust, as I know many of you are, there is an £11 reduction – making the price £5 for LHS members and £7 if you aren’t yet a member of LHS.  This price covers both the transport and entry to the house and gardens.  If I can have payments ASAP – I will have the list and can collect money at the Summer Show.

If you would like more details or to join this visit, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Hopefully you are now thinking about your entries for this year’s Summer Show – schedules and entry forms can be downloaded from our website.

We are setting up from 2pm on the Sunday afternoon and help with this is always appreciated.  Entries need to be in between 8am and 10.30am on the Monday morning and the show opens at 1pm.  The tea ladies would love as many homemade cakes as possible, so if you get chance to bake beforehand, please do.  We have lots of events on again this year including the Carlton Brass Band, a reggae band, Punch and Judy and The Dako Flying Angels.  Any help running a stall for an hour or even half an hour would be great – please let me know ASAP if you are available as I am in the process of putting together a simple rota.

Our new membership year begins on 1st September and we have another exciting year planned with varied talks, workshops and three coach trips.  At only £10 a year it is excellent value, so remember to renew your membership on Show Day, and encourage others to join us!

See you all on Monday.  Let’s all keep our fingers crossed for good weather this year.

Our Summer Show is only just over 2 weeks away!

Now is the perfect time to get ahead of yourself and think about what you are going to enter this year!  The schedule and entry form can be downloaded from our website.

Any help setting up on the Sunday from 2pm, helping out for an hour at the show or tidying up at the end, as ever would be greatly appreciated.

REMEMBER tonight is our Summer Social – visit to Hebbs Farm, Stoke Bardolph.  We are meeting at 7pm at Village Hall to share transport or 7.20pm at Stoke Bardolph Village Hall, where we have been asked to park.

All are welcome and the cost of the visit is free to LHS members and £4 to non members.