Group Leader: David

Despite some rumours that seem to be floating around and questions being asked of me, I would like to confirm that the original BUS PASS GROUP is functioning and has continued to function throughout the whole time since the pandemic, Covid and lockdowns started. Our functioning has been limited to very much an ' ad hoc basis ' like many of the other u3a Groups. We have had to constantly review and revise our plans throughout the two years or so and consequently our function ability has not been of the same standard as previously. The monthly meeting/get-together was replaced by informal weekly sessions at Silchester Common and the ' pop-up ' cafe. Trips out were also very restricted and we have only had two using the national bus services - Devizes in September and Andover in November and also the Christmas lunch in December. We did however hire a vintage bus just for the group on a couple of occasions.

Following a meeting we are now planning to try to get back to some form of what one might call normality or as we used to be before all the problems started.