On Sunday 2nd and 9th October we will be having free taster trips to Providence Plantation. Providence Plantation is a piece of University-owned woodland by Long Ashton that BUCG helps manage. We will be cutting back brambles to keep pathways and butterfly glades clear.
You do not have to be a member to come along and the bus fair will be subsidised. Places are limited to if you do want to come along please email Ollie by 12pm on Wednesday 28th September.
Our first event of the conservation calendar will be a picnic at Ashton Court on Sunday 25th September. Join us for fun and food and feel free to bring your friends. We are meeting at 2pm by the Clifton Suspension Bridge. If the the is unkind we will head to a pub instead. You can join our Facebook event page here.
We hope you all have had a great summer and are looking forward the new academic year. Things are starting with the Welcome Week and we will be at the Welcome Fair on Durdham Down on Friday 23rd September, 10am-5pm.
Whether you are a Fresher or returning to University, looking to join for the first time or again, we look forward to seeing you. If you are at interested or would just like to drop in for a chat please we will be at our stall, with biscuits to share of course!
You can also sign up for the mailing list by emailing our webmaster, Christopher and join for on £3 by visiting our Bristol SU page. If you were a member last year do not forget you will sign-up again for this one!
In the run up to the AGM we are holding and open committee meeting on Tuesday 12th April at 4pm at the Hawthorns. This meeting is open to everyone and will last for about an hour. It’ll be a good opportunity to see how they work (or don’t…) and ask any questions you might have, especially if you are thinking of running for a committee position at the AGM.
Please email Emily if you’ll be joining us. If you can not make it (sorry for the short notice) but are interested in joining the committee, feel free to ask Emily any questions or let her know if you would like to meet for a chat.
We will be heading to Laser Fusion in Broadmead for some fun games of laser tag at 8pm on Monday 7th March.
On Sunday 28th February we will be working with Bristol City Council and a group of climbers with some clearance work in the Avon Gorge. The aim is to preserve an area of grassland along the base of the Gorge.
If you would like to come along please email Emily by 5pm on Wednesday 24th February.
We will be celebrating the deliciousness of pancakes with a Pancake Day social on Tuesday 9th February at 7:30pm at the house of our social secretary’s house (23 Highbury Villas, Bristol, BS2 8BY). The evening will inevitably be filled with fun and games – likely of a traditional lycanthropic theme. Feel free to bring your favourite toppings.
On Sunday 7th February we will be returning to Leigh Woods to continue the tree felling in the Nightingale Valley with the National Trust. We will be out from about 10am to 4pm and likely head to the pub or Union afterwards.
If you would like a place on this trip please email Emily by 5pm on Thursday 4th. Last term’s trip to Leigh Woods was oversubscribed so if you missed out on that one and would like to this Sunday you will be guaranteed a place.