When we meet in April we will be getting creative. We’ll be concocting our own beauty products with everyday ingredients that you will likely have in your kitchen cupboards. Your very own store cupboard spa!
Ingredients will be provided but please bring a hand towel with you.
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Chop all the veg into small chunks.
Sweat the vegetables in the oil until soft. Add the garlic and spices, then add the tomatoes.
Cover the lentils in water and boil until soft. Strain and reserve the juice.
Add the lentils to the vegetable mix and simmer until cooked through. Add lentil juice if needed.
Part blend and place in a dish.
Boil the potatoes and mash. Add to the dish as topping and grill in the oven.
8th March is International Women’s Day so we shall celebrate this when we get together for our meeting on the 20th.
In what might be a first for Gloucester Road WI, we will have two speakers: lawyer Bethan Evans, and journalist and author Jane Duffus.
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A social evening to welcome members new and old. We’ll be donning some name badges, sharing savoury dishes and kicking off the fundraising for 2018 with a re-gifting auction.
Please bring along a savoury dish, along with the recipe if you’re happy to share that too, as well as unwanted items you’ve received as gifts to enter into the auction.
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We started the year by taking new memberships and membership renewals. After that flurry of activity we had the notices and vote on this year’s resolutions. Of the five choices, Stop FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) got the most votes and has been put forward as the vote from Gloucester Road WI.
We were also joined by Geoff Keogh, parkrun ambassador for the South West and one of the volunteers that started Ashton Court parkrun, who spoke about how parkrun has grown both locally and around the world since it’s beginnings back in 2004.
The actual run has been described as the plumbing of parkrun with it becoming much more than just a run as everyone is welcome to walk, jog, run or volunteer. After the meeting one lady told us how, whilst she no longer takes part in parkrun, she loves to read the weekly newsletter as it is full of inspirational stories from across the parkrun community.
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A flavour of the 2017 Christmas Party
It’s that time again: membership renewals and the chance for new members to sign-up to join.
We’ll also welcome Geoff Keogh, parkrun Ambassador for the South West, to tell us about the phenomenon that is parkrun which sees people of all ages walk, jog, run and volunteer in their local parks every weekend.
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Our speaker, local writer Kerry Postle is a previous member of our WI so was doubly welcome. Kerry has successfully published her first novel and used her experience in researching, writing and finding a publisher to illustrate her presentation. Kerry gave us the fascinating story of her choice of subject matter, Wally Neuzil, and what inspired her to start her book. This was the result of two incidents, firstly, she was attacked by a teenage student in her classroom when she taught modern languages in a secondary school. This was distressing and caused Kerry to question her life.
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