Mid-Bucks (Aylesbury) u3a Monthly Meeting talks

16th October 2025 – Roger King – Highway 61 Revisited

Roger will talk to us about a trip he made to the States to visit this route. Highway 61 runs for 1,400 miles from New Orleans in Louisiana to Wyoming in Minnesota. The highway is often called ‘The Blues Highway’ because of its long historical association with blues music.

20^th November 2025 – John Tyler – The Lost Forest of Bernwood

Bernwood Forest was thought to have been set aside as a Royal hunting forest during Anglo-Saxon times. Henry II (who reigned from 1154 to 1189) prepared a map of the forest at the time, and this has helped to define its ancient boundaries. From the early 13^th Century the forest went through a gradual period of deforestation and the modern forest is about 1km².

18^th December 2025 – Clare Pasquale – Humorous verses

Clare developed an interest in writing humorous verses in birthday cards a number of years ago. She started to read to audiences at poetry groups and other events and writes about everyday subjects and situations.

15^th January 2026 – Bobbie Darbyshire – ‘A BEGINNING, A MUDDLE AND AN END: Where do novelists get their ideas?’

Bobbie’s novels are varied in their plot lines and contain a plethora of different characters. What they all seem to do is develop stories from what appear to be everyday life situations – or do they? Bobbie will join us to tell us more about how she approaches the subject of writing a novel.

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