3rd
(Thu)
Alpines, a lecture by Mr Rick Lambert, past chairman of the
Northampton Alpine Growers Society.
BOTANY
5th
(Sat) Section AGM, meet at the
Humfrey Rooms at 2.00pm. Tea and biscuits available.
SATURDAY WALKS
6th
(Sun) New Year Party. Cost £5.
Start 12 noon for 12.30pm. The usual mix of video, quiz and
competitions. Pre-booking in rooms essential. Check if party taking
place
7th
(Mon)
Herbarium
Working Group. We
will be tending to the society’s herbarium. All welcome, no
experience needed. 10.00-12.00 noon
BOTANY
8th
(Tue) Photography with a
Microscope. Members of the section will describe and demonstrate
the methods and equipment required to take pictures through a
microscope. A chance to learn new techniques.
MICROSCOPY
9th
(Wed)
Cornwall Cup. Natural History competition. Four projected
images, slide and/or digital. Round 2 of
3. 8.00pm start.
PHOTOGRAPHY
10th
(Thu) Across
the Roof of the World,
lecture by David Thomas. Ever since reading “Seven years in Tibet”
By Heinrich Harrer, David has wanted to visit Tibet. He achieved his
ambition in 2007. 2.30pmstart.
GENERAL
12th
(Sat)
Billing
Brook and Lakes walk.
S.C. 1. 1.35pm*. or meet at the Weston Favell Centre bus stops at
1.55pm. Tea available.
SATURDAY WALKS
13th
(Sun) Weather
Workshop.
The Society holds weather records going back many years. We will study
and organise the data. 2.30pm start.
METEOROLGY
14th
(Mon) Lecture TBA. See
website for latest.
ASTRONOMY
16th
(Wed) Open House. The rooms will
be open for members and guests to look at the library books, magazines
and exhibits. Tea, coffee, soup and light lunches available.
10.30am-2.30pm.
16th
(Wed)
Digital
AV’s by Jack and Margaret Lee of Rushden Audio Visual
Enthusiasts Group. A selection of digital AV’s, followed by a
demonstration of how to create your own digital AV’s.
8.00pm start.
PHOTOGRAPHY
17th
(Thu)
Northamptonshire Fossils by Ray Fox. Part 2. Ray will be
showing us some more photographs of his superb collection of Jurassic
fossils found in Northamptonshire.
GEOLOGY
19th
(Sat) Kingsthorpe
Village Walk.
Bus FN. 10. 1.40pm*. Or meet at the Cock Hotel PH at 1.50pm.
SATURDAY WALKS
21st
(Mon)
Herbarium
Working Group. We
will be tending to the society’s herbarium. All welcome, no
experience needed.
10.00-12.00 noon
BOTANY
22nd
(Tue) Northamptonshire
Doctors and their Patients.
A talk by local author and researcher Eric Jenkins. Eric will give us
an insight into the medical scene in Northampton during the last
hundred years. ARCHAEOLOGY
& HISTORY
23rd
(Wed)
Print
Competitions. Black and White. General and portraits. Jubilee
Cup,
colour prints, and tinted monochrome prints. Round 2.
8.00pm start.
PHOTOGRAPHY
26th
(Sat) Becket’s
Park and along the River
is the walk planned for today. Meet opposite Becket’s Well at
1.30pm. Tea available.
SATURDAY WALKS
28th
(Mon) Telescopic
Topics.
Section members can showcase their interests and results. With a
chance to discuss observations, events and theories over a cup of tea
and biscuits. ASTRONOMY
30th
(Wed) Instant
Digital Image Battle with Northampton Camera Club. A fun
competition, featuring interesting and varied images from both sides,
with a witty and frank commentary by the judge Brian Pere. Digital
entries only this year. 8.00pm start. PHOTOGRAPHY
31st
(Thu)
Creatures in our Garden.
Vic and Mary Seaton take an illustrated tour of their own garden,
highlighting the rich and varied animal life to be found there.
2.30pm start. ZOOLOGY