This is an early morning opportunity to see last night’s moth trap at Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve at 7am with Paul Dulwich. This FREE event is run by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Reserve Warden Gordon Dyne says “Meeting 7am. NUMBERS ARE LIMITED to allow people to get a good view of the night’s haul.” Interested? Please email Gordon Dyne for more information and to reserve your place. Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve is 8 hectares. It’s a green gem of a lovely space for nature with walking trails on site. It’s located on…
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All welcome for an afternoon walk around Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve, Wilford Road NG11 7DD, at 2pm with Reserve Warden Gordon Dyne. He says you’ll find a “wide range of wildflowers in bloom at this time of year including Southern Marsh Orchids, as well as birds and butterflies on site.” Walkers please meet at the Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve Car Park – it’s on the left when you are coming out of Ruddington on Wilford Road, the B680, and just before the ring road bridge (between Ruddington and…
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Meet for a morning walk around Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve, Wilford Road NG11 7DD, at 10am with Reserve Warden Gordon Dyne. He says you’ll find a “wide range of wildflowers in bloom at this time of year including Southern Marsh Orchids, as well as birds and butterflies on site.” Walkers please meet at the Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve Car Park – it’s on the left when you are coming out of Ruddington on Wilford Road, the B680, and just before the ring road bridge (between Ruddington and Wilford)…
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Theres a choice of two walk and talk events to find out the history of our village. Gavin Walker, curator of The Village Museum, will be your guide as you stroll around Ruddington on Bank Holiday Monday, 8th May. To discover more about the history of Ruddington you can just turn up outside St Peter’s Rooms at either 11am or 2pm. These are leisurely walks and will be around a mile long, usually taking 1.5 to 2 hours, and are FREE to attend.. Read about other King’s Coronation events in Ruddington >>HERE<<. Disclaimer: RUDDINGTON.info…
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As part of Ruddington’s celebration of The King’s Coronation is a FREE Puppet Show on Monday 8th May. “A Village Coronation – The Lost Shoe” starring ‘The Royal Family and their animal friends’ at the puppet theatre in St Peter’s Church. Liz Mack, from St Peter’s Leadership Team, says: “One of our team has written an original script for the puppet show. It features all the main family members of the royal family plus an assortment of animal puppets, with a special appearance by Megan and Harry. There also be will be…
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Organisers of the weekly parkruns in Rushcliffe Country Park have taken delivery of a crucial piece of life-saving equipment – a defibrillator – which its own community stumped up the necessary funds for within a day! A social media appeal on March 30th raised the £816 required for the new, portable unit in less than half a day. The defibrillator arrived in Ruddington in time to be officially handed over on Easter Saturday morning by event ambassador Shane Sharkey to Geoff Hardy, Rushcliffe Parkrun Event Director Geoff Hardy (pictured above). Automated…
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“Join us as we sing and dance at our twice monthly singalong!” says Bloomin’ Dementia. At each session there’ll be a different selection of songs – from the forties to the seventies as well as from stage and screen. Also the songs are based on a theme (like films, colours, the weather, etc). ‘Music in Mind’ is by The Joyful Jukebox from 10.30am to 12-noon at Ruddington Village Hall. It’s FREE, every fortnight on a Wednesday. There’s no charge thanks to sponsors the Morrisons Foundation, Nottinghamshire Masons and the DWF Foundation. Helen, from…
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This is a Eurovision based session! At this social singalong you can expect a different selection of songs, usually from 40s to 70s, because the theme focuses on music by ABBA, Cliff Richard and other Eurovision Song Contest classics. “Join us as we sing and dance!” says Bloomin’ Dementia. ‘Music in Mind’ is by The Joyful Jukebox from 10.30am to 12-noon at Ruddington Village Hall. It’s FREE, every fortnight on a Wednesday. There’s no charge thanks to sponsors the Morrisons Foundation, Nottinghamshire Masons and the DWF Foundation. Helen, from The Joyful Jukebox,…
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This is a right ‘Royal’ social singalong and you can expect a different selection of songs from the 1940s to 1970s. With the coronation countdown of Charles III next month, on 6th May – this session is based around a ‘Coronation Tea Party’ and organsiers would like you to wear red, white and blue! “Join us as we sing and dance!” says Bloomin’ Dementia. ‘Music in Mind’ is by The Joyful Jukebox from 10.30am to 12-noon at Ruddington Village Hall. It’s FREE, every fortnight on a Wednesday. There’s no charge thanks to sponsors the Morrisons…
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This is a social singalong! You can expect a different selection of songs from the forties to seventies. This time the theme is based on numbers. “Join us as we sing and dance!” says Bloomin’ Dementia. ‘Music in Mind’ is by The Joyful Jukebox from 10.30am to 12-noon at Ruddington Village Hall. It’s FREE, every fortnight on a Wednesday. There’s no charge thanks to sponsors the Morrisons Foundation, Nottinghamshire Masons and the DWF Foundation. Helen, from The Joyful Jukebox, explains: “we use the therapeutic power of music to improve the health and wellbeing of…
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