Meeting at 11am at Edstaston Village Hall (SY4 5RF) or 11.30am from Newtown School (SY4 5NU) to cycle to Wem Moss on quiet lanes (approximately 12 miles from Edstaston and 10 miles from Newtown) led by trained ride leaders.
View a map of the route through this link.
On arrival at Wem Moss the group will be met by a Meres and Mosses guide for a tour of this fascinating landscape and lunch (NB please bring your own picnic and drinks).
Cycle back to Newtown School at around 2.30pm…. or continue on to Edstaston Village Hall where refreshments (tea, coffee, cold drinks and cakes) will be available to purchase.
FREE
ALL AGES WELCOME (under 16s must be accompanied by a responsible adult)
For further information please phone Emma Bullard from the Travel Shropshire Team on 0799 008 6191 or look at Travel Shropshire website by using this link.
Please make sure your bike is roadworthy; with tyres pumped up and working brakes. “Hybrid” and mountain bikes will be most suitable for this ride – if you have a “road” bike with skinny tyres you may have to walk for a short unsurfaced section.
We will leave our bikes at Wem Moss for a short tour of the nature reserve on foot, so please bring bike locks. It’s recommended that you wear long trousers, long-sleeved tops and don’t wear sandals (even if the weather is hot!) as the ground at Wem Moss can be boggy and there are nettles and brambles.
The Home Front in WWI & WWII
Looking at the impact of the wars on the area – agriculture and food, and the role of women and children; organised by Austin & Christine Bridges, Angela Edwards, Shelagh Edwards, Alan Johnson and Oliver & Shelagh Richardson.
A tasting menu of WWII food will be available.
Further details available, follow this link
Local Food, Drink, Crafts and Plants
At the Town Hall and Senior Club.
Part of British Food Fortnight
For more information contact: wemharvest@yahoo.co.uk
Town Walk: Notable Buildings in Wem led by local historian Tom Edwards.
Booking is essential, please contact wemcivic@wemlocal.org.uk.
Please note the meeting will be held on the first Thursday and not the Tuesday due to a prior booking of the Hall.
Visit to The National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire
Booking is essential, please contact wemcivic@wemlocal.org.uk
WWI – France & Flanders; a Wem & Surrounds perspective. The talk will concentrate on the West European Theatre. Alex Williamson who has toured the battlefields of this area will lead this event. Some individuals from Wem & Surrounds will be linked to the battles.
For further details, follow this link
An opportunity for local businesses to network over coffee and pastries.
Bring your business cards and spend time talking with others.
Find our more about local services and groups geared towards maintaining and improving your health and well-being .
You can also find out more about volunteering opportunities
If you provide a health or wellbeing service in Shropshire then we would like to invite to exhibit at the Health and Wellbeing Fair.
Contact the Wem Rural Parish Clerk for more information
Phone: 07720 854185
Email: clerk@wemrural-pc.gov.uk
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