Calendar

Apr
13
Thu
SW visit to Coldharbour Woollen Mill @ Coldharbour Woollen Mill
Apr 13 all-day

This event is for members only – if you would like to join TARS please go to the membership page.

This Grade 11* listed woollen textile mill is one of the oldest in the world and has been in continuous production since 1797. The 12 acre site has 10 acres of wetland with wildlife and millponds. There is a museum, cafe and shop, boilers, steam engines, and working and static exhibits. We are visiting on one of their Thursday production days.

Apr
22
Sat
Rugby School & A R
Apr 22 all-day

Special Tour

of

Rugby School 

 

Saturday 22nd April

Rugby School Shop & Museum

Lawrence Sheriff Street, Rugby CV22 5EH

Tour (£8 adults MidTARSJuniors £3) includes places of special significance to AR…he made friendships here he kept for the rest of his life.

Bring your own or Buy, for lunch in the park & explore more of Arthur’s school days’ town and his feelings about the school

 

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May
20
Sat
Dromedary Adventures
May 20 all-day

Dromedary

Adventures

Saturday 20th May

Llandrindod Wells

national museum of bicycles

Temple Street Llandrindod Wells  LD1 5DL

£5 adult midTARS juniors £0

Followed by

The Elan Valley Cycle Route

LD6 5HP (approx half hr drive)

 

bring your own or hire (last hire 13.30hrs) also walks, cafe, reservoirs etc parking £3

This is an Adventure Event for Junior TARS Log Books

 

 

 

 

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SW Region Fossil hunting @ Charmouth
May 20 all-day

This event is for members only – if you would like to join TARS please go to the membership page.

We will hope for good weather as we enjoy a day by the sea searching for ammonites and other fossils.

Jun
23
Fri
SW – Thames boat trip and visit to Kelmscott Manor
Jun 23 all-day

This event is for members only – if you would like to join TARS please go to the membership page.

 

Jul
15
Sat
SW Zoom event
Jul 15 @ 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

This event is for members only – if you would like to join TARS please go to the membership page.

Brian Hopton has kindly given us permission to do a reading of the Sparkinson Interviews from ‘Ransome Centre Stage’.

Sep
30
Sat
SW Bring & Scoff Literary Day @ Near Taunton
Sep 30 all-day

This event is for members only – if you would like to join TARS please go to the membership page.

Our annual Bring and Scoff is always enjoyable as we get together to share food, read our favourite passages from a book by or about Arthur Ransome and have fun with an activity. This year we are going to have a go at designing our own coat of arms, like Peter Duck had on his kitbag.

Oct
22
Sun
SW Zoom talk
Oct 22 @ 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

This event is for members only – if you would like to join TARS please go to the membership page.

Simon Dell will be talking about the Tavistock Canal.

Nov
25
Sat
SW Zoom quiz
Nov 25 @ 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

This event is for members only – if you would like to join TARS please go to the membership page.

Arthur Ransome’s book Picts & Martyrs will be the subject of our quiz – no prizes, just the glory!

Jan
20
Sat
SW AGM via Zoom
Jan 20 @ 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

This event is for members only – if you would like to join TARS please go to the membership page.

We would love to see as many SW Tars as possible at our AGM, the business doesn’t take very long and then we just chat. If you have any ideas for events, either meeting up or via Zoom, do please let us know what they are.