Category Archives: Trips & Visits

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, spinach and feta parcels, port stroganoff, cod with patatas bravas, vegetable lasagne; followed by sticky toffee pudding, fresh fruit salad or a chocolate & dark cherry pot.  Some of us indulged in stunning mocktails as well as wine.  The meal was rounded off with coffee.  The cost of the meal is incredibly reasonable and well under £20.
It is lovely to support the students and to know that the gratuities that we left will be used for them to experience fine dining themselves.  I think we would all agree this is an important part of their training.
Jane will be organising another trip to City View, this time to sample the fine dining menu on Thursday 6th February 2025 at 6.45pm.  The meal will cost approximately £25.  If you would like to go please let Jane Verity know.

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

Visiting the Met Police Museum, February 2024

A group of 10 members went on a visit to the Police Museum which is found in Marlowe House in Sidcup.  It is a very small museum housed in one room but we were given a guided tour by the very informative Edward Smith, the Met Police’s Curatorial Assistant.  He told us about the start… Continue reading

A Visit to the Vagina Museum, January 2024

A small group went on a visit to the Vagina Museum in Bethnal Green.  It was previously a pop-up museum and has recently moved into its permanent home under the railway arches.   The museum is dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynaecological anatomy and the idea is to improve knowledge about the variations, conditions and… Continue reading