The Dining-in group meets six times a year, in sets of three couples, to enjoy a meal together. A ‘couple’ means any two people who want to come along together. They need not live together or indeed do anything other than come to dine.

Each couple provides one course of the meal with the host couple providing the main course and they coordinate the time and date with the other two pairs.

The meal can be breakfast, brunch, lunch, high tea, afternoon tea or dinner. The meal is not a cookery competition. If someone lacks confidence in cooking, there is no reason why a bought ready-made starter, main meal or dessert cannot be used. The AIM of the ‘get togethers’ is to be social and allow people to meet others and have an enjoyable time.

Once a year there is a social event, either a joint meal in a restaurant or a communal meal at someone’s house.

We are in the second half of our yearly rota; having already enjoyed 3 meals with other u3a members we are looking forward to three more before the year end. In October there are 2 more meals to enjoy. I shall be drawing up a new rota in late December for 2025.

We are in need of more couples/pairs, so please give some thought to joining us. If you are interested in joining this friendly Dining-in group we would love to hear from you. You are welcome to come along as a guest to a meal or we can incorporate you into the rota.

Timings vary, please contact group leader Ceri Watson   agdining@sbu3a.org.uk for more information