During May Brighton is bursting with life thanks to the Brighton Festival https://brightonfestival.org/ and Brighton Fringe https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/? If you are up for a loosely organised amble around the town and some of its FREE performing arts events and laines and beachfront bars, please come along. Timings below. There is also a ticketed event in the fringe that I […]
On Monday 27th May I’ll be leading a Dickens themed walk around some of parts of London he frequented We will meet at East Croydon station on the main concourse at 12 noon to catch 12.15 train to St Pancras where our walk will start 30 minutes later. An early stop will be at the […]
An invite for fellow Copsers to put their best (two left) feet forward.... I will be going to the Ceilidh / Barn dance at Beddington village hall this Saturday 1st June if any members are interested in joining me. Details: Date: Saturday 1st June 2024. Venue Beddington village hall CR04TA Doors open at 7pm. Dance […]
Any COPSErs who come down to Dorking can gather to watch some colourful and energetic dancing, wander around the quite pleasant town together, locating a few of the local pubs, share a lunch break in one of those - or choose between the many coffee shops and other eateries. I leave individuals to work out […]
I will be leading a walk on Sunday 16th June to Woolwich Dockyard. We will meet at East Croydon station at 9.50 to catch the 10:03 East Croydon (platform 4) Thameslink towards Bedford which arrives 10:20 London Bridge. Then we catch the 10:31 from London Bridge (platform 1) to Woolwich Dockyard arriving at 10.50. If […]
An annual festival featuring folk and blues music, with food stalls and licensed bars. COPSE members will be in attendance and will be hosting a stall there.
This involves journeying to Epping to the north west of London at the end of the London Underground Central Line. There we will find the "Epping Ongar" heritage railway - lots of description at the website https://www.eorailway.co.uk/. Sunday 28 July is the last day of their Real Ale and Cider Festival https://www.eorailway.co.uk/events/real-ale-and-cider-festival/. As well as […]
If you're a folk music fan this is your opportunity to attend a week long festival held in beautiful Sidmouth, Devon in the company of COPSE members! Read all about it at https://sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/about-us/. This year's full Programme has now been released. Click the picture to appreciate the huge scope and scale of this event.
This will feature music from Beethoven and new works from a BBC orchestra.
We were all so impressed with the Pepys Walk last December that we did a Second Instalment in February. If it's worth doing, it's worth flogging to death, so here we are for a third go. Where? Again we’ll be following the 17th Century footsteps of Samuel Pepys, this time seeking out the many […]
