Hemel Hempstead Social

⚠️ Payment is required upfront. Once you have paid you will then be added to the going list. Please add a comment to say you have paid. The ticket price for pedestrians is £2 Per Person.
The Bovingdon Green Classic Car Show and Family Fun Day is now in its 3rd year and gets bigger each year. Last year it attracted more than 4,000 attendees and many attendees and classic vehicle owners described the event as among the best they have attended. There is a significant range of classic vehicles over 20 years old including motor cycles and commercials to view. Hot and cold food available, coffee, beer, wine, cocktails in a variety of stalls and around 40 craft stalls. There is also live entertainment and amusement rides and other for younger children.

It is a generally a lovely chilled out thing to do on a Sunday afternoon. The times above indicate the times that the show runs for, but it is not necessary to be there at 12 or leave at 6 pm. There are different things happening in the arena at different times.

Part of the rationale for putting on the event other than the social benefits is to support various local charities. The event is by ticket only whether you are pedestrian or exhibiting your car. I am connected with the committee running the event. By signing to this event i will arrange the purchase of tickets and a place where we can congregate on the day. Judging by last year it is advantageous to have your tickets in advance.

The event will be by ticket only and tickets must be purchased in advance. I will be seeking to secure us a good pitch if we have a large enough group.
The ticket price for pedestrians is £2 Per Person. If you are showing off your car its £7.50 to show in the arena. I think entry gives ticket to a prize draw and access to all live music and the arena with cars. ⚠️ Payment is required upfront. Once you have paid you will then be added to the going list. Please add a comment to say you have paid.
ℹ️ Refund Policy If the group organisers can sell your ticket on to someone else only then will you have the option to have a refund or donate the money towards the Meet Up fees which keep this group running. You must request this at the time of cancelling to Karen.
⚠️ Payments to anyone other than the group organisers Karen or Pam will make your refund void.
ℹ️ You cannot RSVP yourself. Once we've received your payment we'll move you to the 'Going' list.
Bank account details for payment are;
Karen Dealey
070116 sort code
1136 2319 account number
Please put your name in the reference & comment on the event so we can match the payment up & know who has paid! Thank you.

For those of you that aren't working during the week or work part time or shifts why not come & join us for coffee and cake or an early lunch & a chat. Please support the venue by purchasing something to eat from from their delicious cakes or sandwiches.

We will meet at the Cafe in the Garden Centre.

The garden centre has a car park.

Website https://britishgardencentres.com/hemel-hempstead-garden-centre/

This month's book is "The Blackhouse" by Peter May and has been chosen by Christopher.

The Isle of Lewis is the most remote, harshly beautiful place in Scotland, where the difficulty of existence seems outweighed only by people's fear of God. But older, pagan values lurk beneath the veneer of faith, the primal yearning for blood and revenge.

When a brutal murder on the island bears the hallmarks of a similar slaying in Edinburgh, police detective Fin Macleod is dispatched north to investigate. But since he himself was raised on Lewis, the investigation also represents a journey home and into his past.

Each year the island's men perform the hunting of the gugas, a savage custom no longer necessary for survival, but which they cling to even more fiercely in the face of the demands of modern morality. For Fin the hunt recalls a horrific tragedy, which after all this time may have begun to demand another sacrifice.

The Blackhouse is a crime novel of rare power and vision. Peter May has crafted a page-turning murder mystery that explores the darkness in our souls, and just how difficult it is to escape the past.