Visits A possible self-drive Outing to Coventry Charterhouse in May 2026 Charterhouse is a medieval monastic house connected by acres of green space to Coventry’s bustling urban community. Click here for information about Charterhouse. Further information later. Previous Visits Spring Outing at The Framework Knitters 19th March 2025, Ruddington. Join us for a self drive outing to the Framework Knitters Museum, Ruddington, Nottingham on Wednesday 19th March 2025. Our guided tour begins at 11.00am. The Museum is a unique surviving example of a 19th century framework knitter’s yard. Discover how framework knitters and their families lived and worked here in Victorian times, although it goes back some 400 years and gave birth to the Nottingham Lace Industry The Parker’s Yard Cafe will be open for a coffee before the tour and for a light lunch/snack afterwards if you wish. There is also a craft and gift shop and the Chapel Art Gallery to browse. Click here for the museum website. Anstey Wallpaper Museum (which, strangely, is sited near the Bell Foundry in Loughborough) is planned for February. Canons Ashby, Daventry Wednesday 25th October 2023 A self drive outing, approximately 50 miles, 1 hour drive, satnav: NN11 3SD A beautiful Tudor Manor House with grand rooms, stunning tapestries and Jacobean plasterwork, 18th century gardens and priory church. Please arrive at Canons Ashby at 11.00am, we shall start the day with an outside tour led by David Brown, National Trust guide, weather permitting. In the event of bad weather, David’s talk will be held in the church. The Stables tearoom is available for light lunches, followed by free flow entry to the Manor House in the afternoon. 90-Minute Guided Visit to Wrights Factory, Quorn, Wednesday 6th July 2022 Now that the Pandemic is subsiding, we are resuming our TASC Outings and Visits, albeit starting gradually. As I explained at yesterday’s very successful lecture by John Benjamin, Wrights Fabric & Strap Factory in Quorn have agreed to give us a guided tour with George Wright, Diane’s son. Beaumanor Hall, Woodhouse: Guided Tour and Afternoon Tea 28th November 2019. This pre-Christmas visit was popular and was oversubscribed. Members found the account of how the Hall functioned as part of the Bletchley Park Intelligence Enterprise during WWII to be very interesting. The Manor, Hemmingford Grey, Huntingdonshire Tuesday 11th June 2019, via a coach from The Quorndon Fox leaving at 10 am and returning at 5.30pm. This was well supported, and members enjoyed a most interesting tour of the House in two groups with lunch in the village pub beforehand. Visit to Donington le Heath Manor House, Guided Tour, Thursday 4th April 2019, 11.30 am, self-drive. This was well supported going to a local venue that counts as a bit of a “hidden gem”.