We were lucky again this year with the weather as up until the day before it had been persistently cold and wet. But on the day of the garden meeting the sun shone. It was hot but by 7.0pm, when we met in Jan’s garden there was a welcome cooling breeze. After Barbara had dispensed…
On Tuesday 21st June 11 members of Aynho WI met at the Old Flight House for a look round the antique centre and lunch. The Old Flight House is an amazing place. As you walk round one room opens up into another and another. It has a wide range of items for sale from furniture…
Bodicote Circular Walk – 3 miles After a quick look inside St John the Baptist church we walked along the High Street and turned into Salt Way an ancient bridle path that was used primarily to transport salt from mines in Droitwich to London. Once past the housing estate on our right we turned off and…
Wicked Women—A talk by Graham Sutherland It was Aynho’s turn to host the group meeting this month so 60 members from Aynho and the surrounding WI’s met on Monday 21st March in Aynho Village Hall to listen to a talk by Graham Sutherland on Wicked Women. Graham, an ex –policeman, dressed appropriately for his role…
Hobson’s Choice at Milton Keynes On Wednesday 9th March, sixteen ladies from the WI set off for the theatre in Milton Keynes. It was a very wet day, so our cheerful driver of the Northampton Community Bus had to take an alternative route to avoid roads closed due to flooding. However, he delivered us safely…
November’s meeting was one with a difference. Instead of just a talk we had a demonstration as well. Malcolm Hill, a wood turner from Northamptonshire, brought along his equipment and we watched him create a vase, a pear and a spinning top which spun beautifully. As he worked he explained how he started, what he…
What better way to spend a cold wet afternoon than at Milton Keynes Theatre. On Thursday 5th November Aynho WI booked the Village Networks mini bus and went to the matinee performance of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a story about a boy called Christopher who suffers from autism. It was a…
Click here to see the above photograph. On Thursday 3rd September Aynho WI members past and present celebrated 100 years of the WI with a Vintage Tea Party at the pavilion. Barbara Watkins welcomed everyone and asked Mrs Grant to cut the centenary cake. Back in 1965 she was lucky enough to have her named…
25th August 2015 An approximately 4½ mile circular walk Kirtlington – Enlsow – Kirtlington. We parked in Mill Lane, Kirtlington, walked along it passed the Kirtlington Quarry Nature Reserve to Pigeon Lock, so named after the public house that was once there but is now a private dwelling. Here we joined the tow path alongside…
15th July 2015 The garden meeting this year was held in Carol McClellan’s garden. We were lucky with the weather as after several wet, cool days the sun came out in the middle of the afternoon and carried on into the evening. There was a special treat of Pimms, strawberries and cream as this is the…