Walking, Wine and Song - Bridgend Walk and Social with TBR

Hello!

There's a real treat in store for you all this week; a lovely walk in idyllic countryside followed by food and drink into the night. This event is a bit of a hybrid, being both a walk and a social event, it is also a joint event with our bigger (uglier) sister; the Tiger Bay Ramblers, and it is also a rail ramble - what more could you ask for?! Well actually, you could ask for full choir and orchestra suite to play for you the day after, and guess what...there's one of those as well!

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River Ogmore and Merthyr Mawr with the Tiger Bay Ramblers - Saturday 8th March

The walk will begin from from Bridgend Railway Station. We'll continue on a scenic route which runs alongside the River Ogmore and through splendid rolling countryside. On the way we pass a riverside nature reserve, the remains of Ogmore Castle and the picturesque village of Merthyr Mawr. Half way, just after crossing the famous stepping stones across the River Ogmore, we have the opportunity to stop at the legendary Pelican Pub, where we might be able to catch some of those muddy egg-chasers on TV.

On returning to Bridgend we plan to have a drink and evening meal in the Barracuda Bar. Here's the menu: www.barracudabars.co.uk/food. We will take numbers of people eating before the walk and confirm that they can accomodate us post-ramble.

If you are not coming on the walk but want to eat with us afterwards, please give me a call before Saturday to have your number added to the 'dining list'! You'll also be well-off to ring me during the day to get an estimate of when we'll be meeting back in Bridgend and having food.

Meeting Times: Swansea Station at 10:00 (to give us plenty of time to get our tickets and catch the 10:29 train) or 11:15 outside Bridgend Station (for an 11:30 start).

The are regular trains to take us back to Swansea, the last one being at 7 minutes past midnight! (Wonder if anyone will end up going back that late?)

Difficulty: Easy

Distance: 5.5 Miles

Give me, Doug a call on 07766652837 for details.

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Tabernacl Choir and Orchestra - 9th March - 7:45pm

We seem to have acquired a lot of musical talent in the club over the months. We have Emyr; Penllegaer's answer to Bryn Terfel, then there's Big Rob who has launched a burgeoning solo career in acoustic rock, not forgetting Tom and Andrew who both play in their own bands.

Now we have Emily, who is singing in a concert in Bridgend on Sunday. If you want to return to Bridgend on the Sunday to listen to the dulcet tones of Emily and her fellow choristers then here are the details:


Tabernacl Choir and Orchestra present:

Requiem (Faure)
Mass in G (Schubert)

9th March, 7:45 pm

Kevin Adams - Conductor
Meinier Thomas - Soprano
Iestyn Morris - Tenor
Stephen Hamnett - Bass

£7 tickets, £6 concessions, and at the door

Tel 01656 654 899

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And if that sumptuous feast of walking, wine and song isn't enough for you, then remember it's our regular pub night on Thursday at the Brunswick.

Cheers,

Doug