PROGRAMME 2025
Our programme is prepared 3 months in advance so is subject to additions and changes. Watch for updates here for more details. Events headed FYI (FOR YOUR INFORMATION) have been recommended by an EFOG member but no-one is formally co-ordinating the activity. If interested you will need to make your own arrangements and/or chat with others about doing something together.
An asterisk * marks an event which needs to be booked in advance. Please book asap. Those coming up in in future months are listed at the bottom of this page.
If any member wishes to lead (or suggest) an event on a free date, please contact Peter or Maz first to check that the date is still free. Members can find contact details for those organising events on their paper programme and will also be sent updates via EFOG member e-mails.
The majority of events are open to non-members who may be interested in joining EFOG. To find out if our programme suits you, you are welcome to come along for a free trial period. The annual fee is £35. This helps us to cover the cost of hiring the hall, where we meet almost every Thursdays of the year at 8.00 p.m.
If you would like more information please use the contact facility on this website or contact Peter (01992 573638 or 07960 205921) or Ken (020 8524 3960). To find out if our programme suits you, you are welcome to come along for a free trial period.
Updates & Notices
(an asterisk * indicates that pre-booking is necessary)
February
Thursday 6th POINTLESS. Trev .
Saturday 8th WALK. Meet at Bethnal Green station ticket hall for a 10:30am start. We will stop outside the V&A museum of Childhood for those who might need to pop in for a comfort break prior to the walk. This will be a 4 to 5 mile linear walk visiting Victoria Park before joining the Regents canal, we will finish at the Wetherspoon’s Ledger Building in Canary Wharf for those who would like to stop for lunch at the end of the walk. Sue
Thursday 13th BADMINTON & TABLE TENNIS Jill V.
Saturday 15th MARITIME MUSEUM EXHIBITION. Meet at Stratford Station by the entrance to the DLR at 11 am. The Elizabeth Line isn't running Saturday so you may need to take the Central Line to Stratford. From Cutty Sark station, the museum is a ten minute walk away. However, none of the escalators at Cutty Sark station are working, and there are 121 steps to the exit. I am still aiming to go that way, but you may prefer to take the Jubilee Line to North Greenwich. From there you can catch the 188 bus from bus stop C to the museum. The bus ride is about 12 mins.
Please let me know if you are going to go that way and we will hopefully meet you at the museum. Was thinking of getting to the museum cafe for around 1.15.
The exhibition I was planning to see is the Astronomy Photographer of the Year: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronomy-photographer-year/exhibition. It's free to enter and I've provisionally booked 12 tickets. There currently isn't anywhere in the museum where we can have our own lunch, but the website describes the cafe, which has meals, sandwiches, etc, as having plenty of inside and outdoor tables. My guess is it'll probably be a bit crowded but l hopefully we will all find a seat.
After that Trevor is kindly going to lead a walk round Greenwich Park nearby for an hour or so. May be a bit squishy underfoot so you may want to wear walking shoes.
If you're not coming to EFOG on Thursday please could you let me know you're coming along, so I'll know to wait for you at Stratford. Louise
Thursday 20th QUIZ. Val.
Saturday 22nd WALK. Trevor
Thursday 27th THEMED MUSIC EVENING. The subject is "Towns & Cities". Each person who might come along on the evening submits their choice(s) ahead of time so that I can prep / check it meets the criteria / ensure we don't have duplicates. On the night, each person will introduce their track and why they chose it; I'll play it and then we'll have a short discussion as to whether we liked it or not. I'd appreciate responses by Monday 24th.
A town / city can be mentioned in the artist / composer's name or in the title of the song / piece, but it must be in one of them. For example... 'Istanbul (Not Constantinople)' by They Might Be Giants and anything by Bach (16 so-named towns / cities around the world, apparently) or New York Dolls would meet the criteria. Note that a village is not a town or city.
It's highly likely that we'll only play the songs / pieces of music suggested by those people actually present on the night and we may only get to play your first choice, so choose carefully. Ideally choose something that's got a run time of 5 minutes or less too! However, if there aren't many of us, we may get to go round again - as such, it would be helpful if people did submit a second choice. I need the artist / composer and the title for each track. Jill S,, Brian
March
Saturday 1st ST. CLAIRES HOSPICE QUIZ Theydon Bois. Sue
Thursday 6th SKITTLES. Peter.
Saturday 8th WALK. Eileen
Thursday 13th WALKING FOOTBALL. Parviz
Saturday 15th WALK. Richard.
Sunday 16th NEW REDBRIDE WIND ORCHESTRA. Concert
Thursday 20th TACTILE QUIZ. Kathy, Diana
Saturday 22nd SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE. Claire.
Thursday 27th BINGO. Jill V.
Sunday 30th WANSTEAD WALK. Paul
April
Thursday 3rd PROGRAMME PLANNING AND CHEESE AND WINE. We need more pre-planning. Jill S. & Peter
Saturday 5th WALK. Richard
Tues 8th 10-PIN BOWLING. Brian
Thursday 10th VOLLEYBALL. Peter G.
Sunday 13th WALK. Primrose Hill. Claire
Thursday 17th PICTIONARY. Parviz
Thursday 24th QUIZ BINGO. Jill S.
Saturday 26th RNLI QUIZ, Parviz
Sunday 27th WALK. Paul
Past Months
January
Wednesday 1st NEW YEAR’S DAY WALK. Loughton Station. 10.30. Parviz CANCELLED
Thursday 2nd BRING AND BUY AUCTION. Ian
Sunday 5th TREVOR’S BIRTHDAY PARTY WALK. A 5 mile walk starting at New Cross Gate Station on the Windrush Line (the old London Overground Line, which goes through Whitechapel) and ending up in Greenwich, via Brockley, Blackheath, and Greenwich Park. We'll meet at New Cross Gate station just before 11 and leave at 11 a.m. It's quite hilly but is mainly on footpaths and will probably take about 3 hours. Bring a packed lunch.and warm/ waterproofs just in case it does rain. There are works on the line but the trains should run as far as New Cross Gate. There should also be some good views of London and the Thames, with a bit of luck.
Thursday 9th PROGRAMME PLANNING, & BRING FOOD AND DRINK. We need more pre-planning please. Contact JILL S. or PETER with your ideas
Sunday 12th WALK. Epping Forest. The proposed bike ride will now be a walk because the paths will be frozen / muddy. Starting point: the Holly Trail Cafe (by the Golf Club) 4 Bury Road, Chingford. E4 7QJ at 10.30. Bring packed lunch /drink. We'll stop at High Beech for lunch. We'll also go to Connaught Water. Parviz
Thursday 16th AGM.
Saturday 18th WALK. Hampstead Heath. Meet at 9.55am at Stratford Station platform 1/2 to catch the 10 am Overground train to Hampstead Heath Station. For any who prefer, We'll be at Hampstead Heath Station at 10.45 am and start the walk by 11 am. Distance - Approx 5-6 miles so about 3-3.5 hours including a stop. We'll be back in good time for any going to the CADOS quiz. There's a cafe at Kenwood House roughly halfway round, so you can bring sandwiches or get something there, but we can warm up. Currently the weather looks like being dry and slightly warmer than today. Richard
Thursday 23rd BURN’S NIGHT. Scottish themed evening. Bring food and drink.
Saturday 25th CRYSTAL PALACE DINOSAURS & HORNIMAN MUSEUM.
Meet at Whitechapel Station for the Windrush/Overground train to Crystal Palace departing at 10.22 am. We then have a 2.5/3 mile walk to the Horniman Museum (including seeing the Dinosaurs at Crystal Palace).
Most of the Horniman Museum and Gardens are free but there is an Aquarium £6 and Butterfly House £9 (no mention of combined ticket). We then walk to Forest Hill Station to catch the Windrush/Overground Line back to Whitechapel.
If anyone wants to just go to the Museum make your own way to Forest Hill Station and then it's a 10 minutes walk west along the A205 passing Havelock Walk on your right. (There should be signposts to the museum anyway). The Horniman Cafe serves hot meals, sandwiches and drinks so we can aim to all meet up there about 1pm. The walkers should be there about 12.30/1 pm. Richard
Thursday 30th WIPEOUT GAME. Trevor
FUTURE EVENTS - Future events suggested or planned
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Future events suggested or planned
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