Ipswich Group Traveller Newsletter

Ipswich Group Clubnights

Our clubnights are usually held on the second Wednesday of each month, starting at 7.30pm at The Conference Centre of

The Kesgrave Community Centre.

which can be found off Bell Lane at Twelve Acre Approach and is accessible for disabled members.

Communications Page

For up to date information of forth coming Ipswich Group events see one of the following:

The latest edition of your newsletter the Suffolk Traveller

Group Notes in Motoring and Leisure

For the latest information on Ipswich Group Events visit our home page at:

www.pjw.btinternet.co.uk/csma.htm

Or contact a member of

Your Ipswich Group Committee

Secretary Jim Garrard Chairman Jim King
e-mail: ipswichgroup@csmaclub.org Treasurer Paul Whiting

Committee Dean Butlin

                                                                                                            Val Garrard
Editor            Bob Thomas                                                                  Dave Gibson
e-mail: eangliacentre@csmaclub.org                                                     John Hamblett
                                                                                                             Maria Hamblett
                                                                                                             Mikki King

Please send change of address details to Jim Garrard

Please send articles for inclusion in the next edition to Bob Thomas by Friday 18^th September 2009.

September Competition 2009

Below is a list of clues to which the answers are all sweets, biscuits or chocolates all you have to do is work them out. Some of them are no longer available.

1 High class thoroughfare.................................... 11 Good children get these.........................................

2 Dark Occult.................................................... 12 Sport for princes....................................................

3 Frankie Vaughan wanted it............................... 13 Arrange marriage partners......................................

4 100% Au........................................................ 14 Dairy holder..........................................................

5 Noisy insect..................................................... 15 Capital granite.......................................................

6 Locals from George Cross island..................... 16 Up out there..........................................................

7 Ten cent tavern................................................ 17 Even more up out there..........................................

8 Shy fungi......................................................... 18 Lost them..............................................................

9 Gem orchard................................................... 19 9, 10, 11...............................................................

10 Wobbly infants................................................ 20 To be eaten al fresco.............................................

Answers to Bob Thomas by Friday 18^th September 2009 Please.

Answers for July/August Quiz 2009

Below are a list of scrambled letters which when unscrambled are all Palindromes words, phrases or sentences which are spelt the same backwards and forwards.

You just have to work out what they are. (Hint: The letter in Capital is the first letter)

1	ceRacra	Racecar	9	mmdDaaiimmt	Dammit Im mad
2	aavtoRrto	Rotavator	10	gGodo	Go dog
3	ttooeNnii	No tie it on	11	nnoiottwW	Wont it now
4	lliooSsggoo	Solo Gigolos	12	pposTto	Top spot
5	Attyooa	A Toyota	13	mmubuDd	Dumb mud
6	nnotodD	Don’t nod	14	ahhmMasaa	Ma has a ham
7	ttaamLlee	Late metal	15	assttacWwaiia	Was it a cat I saw
8	ooeerddvvreenN	Never odd or even	16	sstteverRiioo	Rise to vote sir

And just to keep you busy

17. What do you call a group of Moles Labor or Labour.....................................................................

18 What do you call a group of Owls Parliament..............................................................................

19 What do you call a group of Parrots Company of Flock..................................................................

20 What do you call a group of Rabbits Herd, Nest, Colony, Trace Drove or Warren......................

21 What do you call a group of Cats Clowder or Clutter................................................................

July/August Quiz Results 2009

Jim & Mikki King                                            21 points
Jim & Val Garrard                                           21 points
Brian & Tricia                                                  20 points
Ron & Dorothy Willett                                     20 points
Paul Whiting                                                    20 points
Jeannette & Peter Phillips                                 19 points

Remaining dates for your Diary 2009

Wednesday November 25^th

our last “noggin” of the year will again be at the Westerfield Railway, turn up for a 7.30pm start. (or earlier if you plan on trying the meals as well) no doubt the cards & dominos will make an appearance as usual. No booking needed, just turn up.

Wednesday December 2^nd

This is the one you’ve been waiting for, the annual “Xmas Beetle” will kick off at 7.30pm in the Kesgrave community centre. Come and join the festive fun and see who can complete their “tree” quickest. No need to book, just turn up, the more the merrier. Tea, coffee and mince pies will be on offer as usual.

Please note change of date for this event which will be the first Wednesday in the month this time.

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARIES

WE ARE PLANNING A LONG WEEKEND WITH A COACH TRIP TO THE D-DAY BEACHES IN NORMANDY

(CHERBOURG PENINSULA)

FROM

FRIDAY25^THJUNE TO MONDAY 28^THJUNE2010.

COST FOR THE 4 DAY TRIP (HB) WILL BEAPPROX £300.

MORE DETAILS LATER

RAMBLING ROUND RAMSHOLT

13 of us met outside the Ramsholt Arms on a sunny, very windy evening to work up a thirst with a walk along the narrow overgrown path alongside the river Deben. A stroll through the water meadows led us up the hill to the Norman round tower All Saints Church .

A time-out was called for with a look inside the Church where there are some very unusual 19th century tall enclosed wooden pews, a 15^th Century font and a 13^th century open stone coffin which was used to wash and prepare the dead before burial.

As our twilight ramble resumed we passed through some typical rural Suffolk scenery with a couple of muntjac deer keeping us company.

That thirst was finally quenched over a pint or two in the Ramsholt Arms followed by the usual natter.

Jim King

Visit to BT’s House of the Future

On August 12^th two groups of 15 members enjoyed a very interesting visit BT’s “House of the Future” This was such a popular visit that many people were disappointed as we were limited by numbers. Never fear, if you wanted to go & missed it, we are planning a return visit next year.

Our guide for the visit, Mark Whittle, spent an hour with each group, showing the sort of equipment that many homes will have in the not too far distant future. Naturally, computers have a large influence on the workings of our familiar home appliances, even now your T.V, Video, DVD players & many other gadgets have computer technology built in to help them operate, but you will soon be able to tell your home P.C to carry out various tasks by logging on from work, or your mobile phone. Heating, air conditioning, lighting, all operated remotely. Sensors around the house will show if any family member, & which ones, or even an intruder, is there & which room they are in.

Most homes now have freezers & microwaves, how about a combination? Currently under development we were told is a freezer with, for example, a Pizza in it, can, when you tell it, convert to microwave and cook your pizza so it’s ready when you get home.

Fancy 3D television? It’s already there, we’ve seen it, you still have to wear special glasses, though nothing like the old red & green ones we had in cinemas many years ago.

Want to speak to your bank manager? He’s probably in an office in London or other major city, no problem, just “log-on” to a video link and talk “face to face”.

Many thanks to Dean Butlin for organising this visit.

Jim & Val Garrard

Picture Treasure Hunt - East Bergholt

22 July 2009

This time, you are getting an organiser’s view of the event.

The committee had decided that East Bergholt was to be the location, so my first task was to find out some of the “must see” locations , such as the church with the unique bell tower and the connections with John Constable. For me, the only times I had been near the place was to visit Flatford Mill, so a preliminary walk round was needed. From this, the basic route for the walk was established, with the basics of a Public car park, a pub for a meal and a number of places to visit. I discovered that the local village history society had made up a number of useful metal signs outlining the main points of interest.

The next step was to take the pictures. Luckily for me, Bob Thomas had offered to help in the preparation, and he had a camera, so about 2 weeks before the date he and I set off round the route taking the pictures. As well as Bob with the camera, I had a clipboard to write down exactly where each picture was taken, and the details of the route we took. At various places, we were approached by people who wanted to know what we were doing. After reassuring them that we were not Council Tax snoopers, we got some useful information, and most important we got clearance to use some of the more private footpaths. This meant we could set up a completely circular walk, with no back-tracking required. Bob gave me some useful pointers here, especially regarding the choice of pictures; we needed to be sure the content would still be there at the time of the event, so nothing that was likely to be moved. Also, it is polite to not photo items inside private homes. This is on top of the usual rules about everything being visible from the road or footpath. So we got pictures of the bells for St Mary’s church in the separate tower (apparently unique), of the site of John Constable’s house, of a statue in the former nunnery as well as of the village sign and War memorial.

Armed with the data, we could now create the competition. We decided on which photos to use, and the exact order they would appear on the walk, so I could write down the directions for the participants to follow. My thanks again to Bob for assembling this information and printing up copies ready for the event.

On the evening of the 22^nd, Bob and I arrived early to get ourselves set up in the car park. The first job was to walk round the route and check that everything we had photographed was still there - it was. So now all we had to do was wait for someone - anyone even - to arrive. Eventually they did, although one or two groups did have a few problems in finding the starting point. A case of “hunt the treasure hunt” it seems.

Once the participants set off, Bob and I retreated inside the pub for our meal, and waited for the teams to return. The high point here was the large dog the size of a Shetland pony which belonged to the pub (it may have been the other way round!) which encouraged you to eat the food before he did. Unfortunately for the participants, there were a couple of heavy rain showers that evening; although the people were prepared for rain, the photos and answer sheets were not, so there was a lot of soggy paperwork to be processed. I now know how schoolteachers must feel when they marked our homework - I took the line that if I could recognise the location from the answer, it was correct. Most teams got most of the pictures, but there was one which nobody got. It seems that a local was giving misleading information to the teams that it “must” have been of John Constable’s studio - it was actually of the post in the garden. For the record, there were 30 pictures to find, and eleven teams took part. Of these, 5 teams got 29 correct, and one got 28.

For me, organising the event has given me the chance too explore at least part of the village of East Bergholt in some detail, and with Bob’s help to put together treasure hunt with a mixture of relatively easy and some harder pictures. I apologise for the impossible one, but it seems that the participants enjoyed the event, which is what it is really all about.

David Gibson

Please send change of address details to Jim Garrard

Please send articles for inclusion in the next edition to Bob Thomas by Friday 18th September 2009.

Please send articles for inclusion in the next edition to Bob Thomas by Friday 18^th September 2009.