The Armoury. Shrewsbury. Wednesdat 8th December 2021
Well, we finally got going again!
It has been 2 years. almost to the date, since our last adventure and returning to our last venue. The pandemic has certainly taken the steam out of things but there does appear to be an end in sight (says he hopefully). A lot of the restrictions have been eased.
Whereas most of our u3a groups can run virtually sadly we cannot. It simply was not possible to organise anything economically or safely for a large group of people.
It was with great anticipation therefore, that i was asked to try and arrange a trip before Christmas 2021. hen I mentioned to folk in passing that we might return to The Armoury im Shrewsburyfor a Christmas meal the response was superb.
We travelled by network rail on the Heart of Wales Line (H.O.W) from Llandrindod to Shrewsbury.
Now picture the scene. Wet (very wet) following torrential rain and windy (very windy). reports of dameage to trees on main roads and flooding. We never do anything the easy way! So there we were at the station at 0835 hoping that the train was running and that we could all get on it. The original party was 30 people which reduced to 24 for varying reasons. Only 2 carriages and pre-christmas. Of the 24, 4 decided to travel up by car. We need not have worried, the train was empty.
We left on time and after 90 minutes arrived into Shrewsbury. On the way the weather did improve the further from Llandrindod we got. So we started with snow covered hill tops and ended up with bright skies.
We had time to browse shops, drink coffee and walk around until it wa stime to eat. By 1pm we were all seated and and the food was served. I may have mentioned this in a previous report but the food and service there is excellent. A good time was had by all and what made it better was several new group members.
Our train back departed at 1824 and arrived into Llandrindod just before 8pm. A long day but a good one.
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