Category Archives: Trips & Visits

An evening at City View restaurant – February 2025

We had a lovely evening at City View restaurant at Shooters Hill Sixth Form College.  The final year students treated us to their fine dining menu while first year students demonstrated their front of house skills.  Good food and service and excellent company in a restaurant with a truly spectacular view.  The Jerusalem artichoke  veloute with smoked apple and thyme was definitely the dish of the day receiving praise from everyone!

“A million thanks for organising this evening’s dinner. Good food and company to match.  Simply GREAT …!”

“A lovely evening.  Students did very well, lovely food.”

All’s Well That Ends Well – November 2024

We had a wonderful afternoon at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at the Globe Theatre, taking time out of busy December days to enjoy the atmosphere of a candlelit performance of All’s Well That Ends Well. We all enjoyed the production eventually getting our heads around the twists and turns of the plot as Helen contrives… Continue reading

Lunch with a view – October 2024

A group of 12 members of Lee Green WI and two friends visited City View Restaurant at Shooters Hill College.  We had a wonderful meal prepared and served by the students who all doing their NVQ levels 2 or 3. The food was divine – a lovely lunch menu to choose from which included soup,… Continue reading

Our visit to Oastbrook vineyard – September 2024

After a dreadful week of pouring rain 34 Lee Green WI members and friends set off on another vineyard trip, and we were blessed with glorious sunshine! This year our destination was to Robertsbridge, just inside East Sussex and close to Bodiam Castle. Oastbrook Estate is in the Rother Valley, which has become a hugely… Continue reading

A trip to Chislehurst Caves – August 2024

  And no they’re not really caves!  We had a fascinating tour with our guide Peter in the chilly depths of Chislehurst Caves, a local tourist attraction since the early 20th century.  He explained that the caves were originally carved out over many years by hand for chalk used in lime burning and brick making… Continue reading

Wild swimming at Beckenham Place Park – July 2024

  A rather select group of our hardy and brave members dipped more than their toes in the water at the lake in Beckenham Place Park on a warm but overcast morning in July.  Our morning began with an introductory talk to help reassure us about our fears which ranged from cold water, being out… Continue reading

Mud, Mud Glorious Mud – June 2024

              Putting theory into practice following on from our June meeting, a group of us spent a very happy afternoon mudlarking on the banks of the River Thames close to the Millennium Bridge.  After a brief introduction from our expert guide, Christine, we set off on a lovely sunny… Continue reading

Return visit to the Migration Museum – June 2024

        The Migration Museum in Lewisham shopping centre invited us back to see their latest exhibition called ‘Heart of the Nation – Migration and the making of the NHS’. About a dozen of us went to see the exhibition which tells the personal stories of people who came from around the world… Continue reading

Walking around Kings Cross – June 2024

              Our wonderful guides Jenny and Elaine took us to Kings Cross for this year’s London Walk.  It was a fascinating trip to this incredibly vibrant area much changed from yesteryear.   Gone are the days when the hinterland of Kings Cross was a seedy, dangerous area after dark –… Continue reading

Much ado about a trip to The Globe Theatre – May 2024

On Saturday 25th May, 30 of our members, and friends or family of members, went on a tour of the Globe Theatre and then attended a performance of Much Ado about Nothing at the theatre.  The tour (which took place during a rehearsal of the performance we were going to watch later) really brought the… Continue reading

Summiting the Brockley 3 Peaks – May 2024

Blessed with fine weather we had a great walk setting off from Ladywell Fields and summiting the Brockley Three Peaks: Blythe Hill, One Tree Hill and Hilly Fields – a total of about 8.6 km and 13,000 steps! ” A lovely walk today, thanks everyone!” “A fabulous first outing as a WI member.  I enjoyed… Continue reading

Ladies who lunched, April 2024

Twenty of us enjoyed a fine dining experience at City View restaurant, part of Shooters Hill Sixth Form College where the food is prepared by advanced catering students, supervised and guided by professional chefs from the hospitality industry.  We were treated to choices from Billy’s menu including his crispy squid with spiced oil dressing, a… Continue reading