The East Anglian (Trans)port Museum near Lowestoft has become a favourite venue for an Oasis day out and our visit on Sunday 28th September did not disappoint. I was joined by Andrea, Jaqui, Serena, Lilly & Lesley, Billie, Lorraine and Penny, we all met in the terminus café for drinks and chat before deciding what … More On the Buses with Oasis
In 1973 in a tiny room at the top of the Royal Court Theatre in London’s Sloane Square 8 actors and 4 musicians set out to have 3 weeks of fun with a musical written by Richard O’Brien, that features a transvestite alien who had decided to build to build a beautiful creature for his … More DON’T DREAM IT BE IT
One fine day in late Spring, the Oasis caravan travelled to Suffolk to visit the Oasis Camel Park near Halesworth.Friday 6th June, Lilly, Andrea, Serena, Lauren, Tina, Amy, Billie, Jaqui, Lorraine, doggie Penny and myself Theresa met in the Camel Café for greetings and refreshments. We didn’t sit around for too long because we were … More Lauren of Arabia
What a fabulous Oasis turnout on a not so sunny 7th May at Stody Lodge Gardens, was really lovely to see everyone. Lilly, Joanna, Sarah and Laor, Serena, Andrea and friend Claudia, Katie, Beccie, Claire and Jules and friend Diane, Emma Jane, Rachel, Lorraine and and myself Theresa. We started the visit with a picnic, … More Stody Lodge Gardens
I’ve lived in different parts of Norfolk for most of my life but never spent any time exploring Little Walsingham, well what better way to do so than spending the day with good friends from Oasis? Friday 28th Feb. meeting at the Read & Digest Tearoom by The Old Pump, Lilly, Rachel, Petra, Sue & … More Walsingham Abbey Snowdrops
As the saying goes “you learn something new every day”, well we certainly did during our visit to Neatishead Radar museum Friday 1st November. Meeting in the reception we received a warm welcome and brief overview of the facility before Jaqui, Serena, Petra, Lilly, Rachel, and myself Theresa made our way to the Crumbs café … More Neatishead Radar Museum
Friday 27th September we had another fabulous Oasis day out in the grounds of North Norfolk’s Bayfield Hall. I have to say this visit nearly didn’t happen, I had my eye on the weather forecast and every time I looked it seemed to be getting worse, amber rain warnings, wind gusting to 50+ mph, anyway … More Bayfield Hall Sculpture Trail
On a warm summers day, Sunday 4th August 2024 witnessed an impressive sleuth of Oasisers make our now annual step back in time. The Mid Norfolk Railway’s 40’s Weekend provides a delightful plunge into the past, with a vivid and immersive experience of the 1940s. Set against the charming backdrop of this wonderful heritage railway; … More August Outing – A step back in time.
Thursford Steam Engine Museum was a perfect venue for Oasis ladies to share a sunny day in April. Sunday 14th, Serena, Geri, Petra, Amy & Sue, Lilly, Lauren, Andrea and myself met in the Barn Café for refreshments and chat, was a lovely brightly decorated café with nice friendly staff. After an hour or so in … More Thursford Steam Engine Museum
To be honest it was more like squelching through the muddy puddles but nevertheless Somerleyton provided a delightful backdrop to a late February Oasis get together. Finding a dry day in the wettest February on record required the great skills of Mystic Theresa, and once again she came up trumps, the rain abated, the clouds … More Somerleyton Visit – Tiptoe Through The Snowdrops
On Monday 18th December I was joined by Phyllis, Vicky, Jules, Claire and Pam for the last event of the Oasis calendar for 2023, the LGBT Carol Service at St John the Baptist Church in Norwich. The weather was favourable and yet again it was a full church. The LGBT service has been running for … More Last Oasis Event of 2023
Our visit to Bayfield Hall Sculpture Trail on Friday 27th October was an extra special day, not just because of the sculptures and art on display, not just because of the lovely cosy café with delicious coffee and food, not just because of a refreshing stroll in the woods and garden in the sunshine, not just … More An Extra Special Day at Bayfield Hall
Clang, clang, clang went the trolleyDing, ding, ding went the bellZing, zing, zing went my heartstringsFrom the moment I saw it I fell Can you fall in love with an inanimate object?When the ‘it’ in question is a bus, or trolleybus, or even a classic car at the East Anglia Transport Museum, beware, it will … More October Visit – Ticket To Ride
Was lovely to see so many Oasisters join us at Pensthorpe nature reserve Friday 25th August, turned out to be a fun and interesting day shared with fabulous people. The visit started at the café of course, time for teas, coffees and catch-up with some old friends and some new, including Billie, Rhian, Rachel, Andrea, … More A Perfect Day in Pensthorpe
The rain fell with an insistent rhythm, a symphony of droplets orchestrating a melancholic overture upon the windows of the time-traveling train. It was as if the heavens themselves wept for the era the passengers were hurtling toward – an era cloaked in the shadows of the Second World War. The train, a vessel of … More MNR, Train In The Rain
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