Nightingale Wood Evening Walk – Easy 3 miles.
Optional meal and drink after the walk.
Starting point
Nightingale Woods car park for a 6.15pm start. Expected finish at 7pm.
Contact details
David Trease
Telephone: 01793 616346 or 07534049707
More details at https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/find-a-walk-or-route/walk-detail.aspx?walkID=4024603
Give us a try!
This is one of hundreds of Ramblers group walks for all ages and abilities every week – all led by our experienced walk leaders.
You’re welcome to join us on any of our walks to see if the Ramblers is for you. Then, once you’ve enjoyed the views, fun, exhilaration and good company, it’s just a case of becoming a member.
Do make sure you’re fit enough and have the right footwear and clothing for the walk you want to do, though. You can contact the group or leader if in doubt.
Starting from – We meet outside Shrivenham primary school at 12.45 before a prompt start at 1pm. There is some free parking but please come by bike if you can.
A ride out to the seat of Lord Faringdon who maintains Buscot Park and House for the National Trust. Our ride stops just for tea – we won’t be visiting the house or gardens but once you have visited you may wish to come back another day.
The reide is generally on quiet country roads. There are a couple of hills in this area, but if you need to walk the hills don’t worry, we will be waiting for you at the tops. No one ever gets left behind.
The tea rooms open at 2pm, hence our later than usual start time
Helmets as always are advised. Please bring a spare inner tube to suit your bike and a pump. Cash and/or card for the coffee stop and a mobile phone if you have one, but under no circumstance use the phone whilst cycling.
we welcome newcomers to our ride and we never leave anyone behind. If you are a new cyclist or a returner you may wish to come on one of our many flatter rides first
Please book onto this ride at https://www.letsride.co.uk/rides/tea-at-buscot
Just bring yourself and we'll get to know each other with a coffee or tea (and maybe cake). No agenda and formalities, we're all about connecting as people rather than "business people" so let's chat! We'd love to hear what you'd like more of in the future too so we can shape the group around you.
Want a flash back to the 80's..... On wheels! The Meca holds roller disco every month, and is always a good laugh (especially if you're no good on wheels) Tickets are £6 in advance or £9 at the door plus £2 skate hire. For more info: https://www.mecaswindon.co.uk/event-info/roller-disco/
An easy going ride of approx four miles, through Swindon’s Coate Water Country Park, up the helter skelter bridge over the M4 and onto the trackbed of the Swindon to Marlborough Railway. Just before entering the residential area of Chisledon, we will turn and head back along the same route.
The route then heads down past the Rangers’ Office /Information Centre, up on a dirt track to a miniature railway, open Sundays. You will pass play areas, wildlife and lovely scenery. Once you leave the park, you will join the Sustran Cycle Network path 45 which is tarmac.
For more details, and to book onto the ride, visit https://www.letsride.co.uk/rides/helter-skelter-belter
Please note: When you click on the blue 'SELECT A DATE' the '(00:00)' refers to the date only and is nothing to do with the time of your exam. You can select your preferred OSCE time after the selecting your preferred date, by clicking on the green 'REGISTER' button.
If you are booking on behalf of a candidate, please enter the candidate details under 'Buyer Information'.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) introduced a Test of Competence for internationally registered nurses and midwives in October 2014. The Test of Competence will measure candidates against the current UK pre-registration standards. Nursing in the UK is made up of separate and distinct fields of practice, each requiring three years of pre-registration undergraduate education.
In the UK, midwifery is a separate and distinct profession, also requiring three years of pre-registration undergraduate education.
Please ensure you select the date and time you wish to undertake your OSCE exam. Please note that whilst the average OSCE time is a minimum of 3.5 hours, you may be in the test centre for up to 5 hours.
Once payment has been made, you will receive your confirmation email from the test centre and be provided with personal log in details to the Moodle site within 3-5 working days, where you will be able to access further information about Part 2 and relevant information and documents to prepare for your test.
Do you have questions about Individual Test of Competence OSCE - Part 2? Contact Oxford Brookes University on 01865 48 8414 or email ctc@brookes.ac.uk.
Video games night, a night to socialise playing games. What else is there to say
Social Nights are free however we do ask for donations
You are welcome to bring your own gear too! A mix of retro and recent consoles will be out across all the tvs and the projector. From Mario Kart to Metal Slug to Jack box party pack
34, B S S House, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 2PJ
Swindon
Level 2 course on the mornings of Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th August.
Booking onto this training is essential at https://www.lifecycleuk.org.uk/swindon-holiday-courses
It's the summer holidays, and the Richard Jefferies Museum is open for your children (age 0 to 11) to join in our all-weather arts, crafts, and playtime. Explore the museum's idyllic gardens with plenty of (proverbial) sparks to fire up your imagination, whether you are young or not-so-young.
Feed our chickens, enjoy a cake and a hot drink at our cafe. Sing songs, dance, make, create, and run around! Find some shade in the den, go on an adventure in the boat, follow the Wood Magic trail... The possibilities are endless - both outside and inside, with the museum's three floors open for exploration, too.
Prices: £3 for the first child, £2 for each subsequent child, excluding Eventbrite fees.
Parking: please park at Coate Water (pay and display). There is a gate to the museum garden at the top left of the Coate Water overflow car park.
"Do Something New" for the kids this Summer Holiday!
Explore Learning will be running 'A Seat at the King's Throne', a FREE grammar and punctuation workshop for children aged 9-11, at the Central Library.
Since 2001, Explore Learning have helped over 200,000 children aged four to 14 to achieve their potential. We get to know every child as an individual, giving them the space to unlock their imagination and discover the magic of learning.
Our goal – to build confident, fearless learners who are hungry for knowledge.
Discover how your child could excel by coming along for a free trial session!
Level 2 course on the afternoons of Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th August.
Booking onto this training is essential at https://www.lifecycleuk.org.uk/swindon-holiday-courses
For our first meetup we'll have a selection of shorter talks on and around the subject. Beer and Pizza will be provided courtesy of our kind sponsors who will be hosing us in one of the newly refurbished agile environments,
Come and join us for a beginners class. No previous experience is necessary and you don't need to be able to feel your energy move. Perhaps you've already felt it before though - it's that feeling of your spine tingling. We'll be learning to consciously tap into it and control it.
We'll be doing simple, gentle movements while standing or sitting combined with relaxing deep breathing and a simple awareness practice. Hopefully by the end of the session you'll be able to feel your energy move and be feeling relaxed and energised.
You don't need to wear anything special, other than making sure you'll be warm enough to stand or sit on a bench in the park for half an hour or so, so please dress appropriately for the weather. If the forecast is for rain or to be very cold the session will be cancelled.
**Important**: Please don't eat before the class. We'll be doing very deep diaphragmatic breathing and if you've eaten it'll be far less effective and may be uncomfortable. If you're hungry before class have a small glass of milk, a spoonful of yogurt or a very small amount of some other liquid food.
Note: This is not Tai Chi. The postures are primarily static with an emphasis on moving the awareness around the body.
Using a potters wheel you can throw your very own ceramic masterpiece. There is a charge of £15 for the session which includes firing your pot. If you want to glaze it too, once it has been fired you can join the pottery hand building meetup at the studio or drop in to one of the general 2hr sessions every Tuesday and Wednesday[masked], 12-2, 4-6, or 6.30 - 8.30 pm (these sessions are £10)
Starting from – We meet outside Shrivenham primary school at 9.45 before a prompt start at 10am. There is some free parking but please come by bike if you can.
A ride out to the town where Pam Ayres was born in 1947 with a stop for coffee n cake in the High Street. the bit about coffee at Pam’s was just a tease to get you interested!!!!!!
We will be on quiet country roads for most of the time. A short section on the A 417
We will be stopping at the Coffee Shop in the High Street (sorry not Pam Ayres place)
Helmets as always are advised. Please bring a spare inner tube to suit your bike and a pump. Cash and/or card for the coffee stop and a mobile phone if you have one, but under no circumstance use the phone whilst cycling.
We especially welcome newbies!
Please book onto this ride at https://www.letsride.co.uk/rides/coffee-at-pams
To tie in with national ‘Cycle to Work Day’ next week, Persimmon and Redrow are holding a cycling promotional event outside the Persimmon Marketing Suite at Badbury Park (off Homington Avenue) between 11am and 6pm on Wednesday 7th August.
The event will be in aid of the launch of a new cycle voucher available to all residents of Badbury Park (one per household). This voucher is for the value of £100 and can be spent on adult bikes and/or equipment at local bike shops Mitchell Cycles or Recycles. The voucher can be put towards purchasing a bike of a higher value or be used in full to purchase a bike/equipment for £100 or less. The voucher is for the purposes of encouraging more residents to get cycling in and around the area.
Both Mitchell Cycles and Recycles will be there with gazebos, bikes and information about their services. Residents will be encouraged to bring their bikes along to the event for FREE basic repairs and bike safety checks as well as Bikeregister security marking. We will also have lots of free maps and information about cycling in and around Swindon.
Whilst the event is targeting residents of Badbury Park it is open to all members of the public.
Every Wednesday many of the members come along to the open evening to work on their own projects and socialise. Its our most social night with many members there
Its the best night people who are interested to have a look around, talk to members and have a tour of the place
34, B S S House, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 2PJ
Swindon
Please come to practice short presentations, up to 2 min long for confidence and practice. You can come for free for up to 3 meetings before you decide if you would like to join.
The first Wednesday of every month is drinks night for Swindon's 18-30 Professionals. Come along to meet, socialise and chill out at a laid back event at The Royal Oak (Old Town). Perfect for new and current members alike, first Wednesday drinks night is the place to be if you want to unwind with other young professionals.
Special deals for Swindon 18-30 Professionals:
• A selection of food items
• Bottles of house wine £9.95
• pint of Heineken £3.00
• All Gins £6.50 including premium mixer of your choice
Suitable for anyone from absolute beginners looking to give improv a try, to old hands looking to keep in practice and maybe meet some local performers.
The jam is free to attend, and takes place in the Goddard Arms vault (downstairs)-- ask at the bar if you're not sure where to find us.
There is a huge need for people to work in STEM careers, to support our increasingly online world, as well as support our planet. Yet there is a big gap in terms of people, to fulfil those needs. Jan believes that by helping our children to love science, technology, engineering and maths, they will choose those careers in the future and in turn make a real positive difference to our society. Join Jan to explore her methods to engage children in this field, with a particular focus on coding. This talk is suitable for adults and children key stage 2+.
DNA is proving useful in all manner of places – medicine, forensics, engineering and even libraries!
It is not a single entity, but instead made up of four basic building blocks, which together form the instructions for all life.
Science educator and author, Lisa Mullan, has worked with DNA for much of her professional career and has created characters – the Dinky Amigos - out of these building blocks to make this subject accessible for all.
The subject of the film Five Feet Apart, over 10,000 people in the UK are living with an illness called Cystic Fibrosis. Thick mucus builds up inside the body, making it difficult to breathe and digest food. You can’t catch it. Instead, it is inherited from your parents – even though they may know nothing about it.
Join Lisa and the Dinky Amigos as they explain exactly what happens to your DNA to cause this condition and how it affects the rest of your body. Suitable for anyone age 7 to 70 who wishes to understand more about how our bodies work and why.
Join Brian Clegg as he explores his book 'Before the Big Bang'. Discover the discussions and evidence of the very beginnings of the universe, from the earliest creation myths, through Hershel’s realization that the Milky Way was one of many galaxies, to on-going debates about Black Holes, this is an incredible look at the origins of the universe and the many theories that led to the acceptance of the Big Bang. But in classic scientist fashion Clegg challenges the notion of the “Big Bang” itself, and raises the deep philosophical question of why we might want to rethink the origin of the universe.
This talk is suitable for older children and adults
We are living in an exciting, once in a generation time when the direction of space exploration is shifting gears. The world space agencies are building spacecraft that will send humans out beyond the confines of Low Earth Orbit for the first time since the end of the Apollo lunar missions in 1972 and have plans for much more. The UK, through our membership of the European Space Agency, will be a part of these exciting missions, but it is not the first time that we have sent missions to the Moon. Libby Jackson, the UK Space Agency’s Human Exploration Programme Manager, will share the amazing details of our lunar story - past achievements, current activities and the plans for the next decades.
Libby Jackson is one of Britain’s leading experts in human spaceflight, having spent over a decade working at the forefront of the field in mission control and management roles. Libby joined the UK Space Agency in 2014 and currently manages the Human Exploration Programme at the UK Space Agency. Previously Libby managed the hugely successful education programme for Tim Peake’s mission to the ISS, as well as acting as a spokesperson throughout the mission.
Libby has had a life-long interest in human spaceflight. After graduating with a BSc in Physics from Imperial College and a Master’s degree in Astronautics and Space Engineering from Cranfield University, Libby worked for Airbus Defence and Space in satellite operations. Prior to her time at the UK Space Agency, Libby worked in Mission Control as a flight controller and then Flight Director for the Columbus module, Europe’s laboratory on the ISS.
Libby is a regular spokesperson for the UK Space Agency on matters relating to human spaceflight and exploration. She has been a guest on various television and radio programmes, including Stargazing Live, Astronauts: Do you Have What it Takes?, Blue Peter and many national and local news programmes.
This talk is suitable for older children and adults
The Storytelling Stone - Tales of Meteors, Asteroids and Comets, together with a space rock handling session !
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing through Science and StoryTelling tales of the Moon from all the communities and cultures living in Britain
We Share the Same Moon - A mini tour of Swindon Libraries, brings together the finest of folktales of the Sun, Earth Moon and Sky from around the Globe
Listen… to the Tale of the Storytelling Stone.
Hear … the Story of our Solar System, in fact and fiction.
Discover… How Meteors, Comets and Asteroids were Created - if you dare!
All told in unmistakable style by unmissable International Storyteller, Cassandra Wye.
There will also be the opportunity to see and handle real Meteorites and even a piece of the moon!
The Storytelling Stone - Tales of Meteors, Asteroids and Comets, together with a space rock handling session !
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing through Science and StoryTelling tales of the Moon from all the communities and cultures living in Britain
We Share the Same Moon - A mini tour of Swindon Libraries, brings together the finest of folktales of the Sun, Earth Moon and Sky from around the Globe
Listen… to the Tale of the Storytelling Stone.
Hear … the Story of our Solar System, in fact and fiction.
Discover… How Meteors, Comets and Asteroids were Created - if you dare!
All told in unmistakable style by unmissable International Storyteller, Cassandra Wye.
There will also be the opportunity to see and handle real Meteorites and even a piece of the moon!
The Storytelling Stone - Tales of Meteors, Asteroids and Comets, together with a space rock handling session !
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing through Science and StoryTelling tales of the Moon from all the communities and cultures living in Britain
We Share the Same Moon - A mini tour of Swindon Libraries, brings together the finest of folktales of the Sun, Earth Moon and Sky from around the Globe
Listen… to the Tale of the Storytelling Stone.
Hear … the Story of our Solar System, in fact and fiction.
Discover… How Meteors, Comets and Asteroids were Created - if you dare!
All told in unmistakable style by unmissable International Storyteller, Cassandra Wye.
There will also be the opportunity to see and handle real Meteorites and even a piece of the moon!
Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury. Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound. They reach unparalleled success, but in an unexpected turn Freddie, surrounded by darker influences, shuns Queen in pursuit of his solo career. Having suffered greatly without the collaboration of Queen, Freddie manages to reunite with his bandmates just in time for Live Aid. While bravely facing a recent AIDS diagnosis, Freddie leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music. Queen cements a legacy that continues to inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this day
