The Trips Group

Contact:   Colin Ellis - trips@ashbyu3a.co.uk - 01530 272592

We aim to organise trips to concerts, plays, towns, country houses etc. usually by coach.
If you have any ideas for trips contact us on trips@ashbyu3a.co.uk

We now have an arrangement with Whitwick and District u3a to share coaches on trips and below are some trips organised by them.
All organisation for those trips is by Whitwick, and all payments for their trips must be made directly to them.
Contact them directly at the address given if you are interested in going on one of their trips.

Thursday 4th June. Hallé Orchestra, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

After a long gap going back to pre-covid, we at last made it out to a live concert. 12 of us met up at Clifton South tram station for the ride into Nottingham, where Colin had booked us in for an early evening dinner at Bistrot Pierre. That proved to be very good with excellent, prompt but not rushed service and brilliant food. Many said it was the best meal they'd had in ages.

We then walked the short distance round to the concert hall.

The Hallé were in fine form. The first piece - 'Taras Bulba' is about a fictional Ukrainian Cossack and his sons fighting for the freedom of his lands against the Poles. It was dedicated to the present day Ukrainian people. The second piece was Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto brilliantly performed by soloist Simone Lamsma, who earned a standing ovation twice, once, most unusually, in the middle and again at the end. The Dvorak 8th Symphony was excellently performed by the orchestra but Simone Lamsma had already stolen the show. A great night out

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