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Continue reading →: Thank You Bouth!A huge thank you to Bouth WI, who invited us to join them at The Manor Pub last night for a fabulous evening meal. Afterwards, we all wandered over the road to the Carthouse Cinema to watch Lunana. We loved the food, the movie, the company and the marvellous hats!…
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Continue reading →: A Wonderful Woodland WalkJust a little note to express our thanks to all the lovely ladies from our WI Walking Group, who joined us for a leisurely amble around Grizedale this morning… With dogs, raincoats and even the odd umbrella in tow, we wandered through the forest this morning, until we arrived at…
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Continue reading →: Yoga-ta Try This!Kirsty Mawhinney led an inspirational evening of chair yoga at our monthly WI meeting – some of us were put into poses we have never been in before! Kirsty is an experienced teacher with a calming manner and high expectations – we were very grateful to have her guidance. Our members…
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Continue reading →: To All Our Gal-entines…A very, merry valentines to you all! We LOVE and APPRECIATE you! A huge thank you to all of the lovely ladies who joined us yesterday – with their extraordinarily fine baking and ‘secret friend’ gifts – for our wonderful Galantines Tea. We hope you enjoyed the natter, cakes and…
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Continue reading →: Sharing our Go – To favourite speedy dishesFour WI volunteers bravely demonstrated four quick and easy recipes. Thanks to Sally for compering the cookery session. START THE DAY THE HEALTHY WAY Jan Benefield’s OVERNIGHT OATS These are the basics: Porridge oats – organic/ Scots/ jumbo/ whichever you like but not finely milled Yogurt – greek/ plain/ organic/ whichever you…
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Continue reading →: Dark SkiesOur meeting on Tuesday 21st March is in Satterthwaite Parish Rooms at 7.30p.m Jack Ellerby from Friends of the Lake District is telling us about their Dark Skies Project
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Continue reading →: Our Women’s WardrobeRusland Reading Rooms Tuesday 21st February at 7.30p.m Our speaker is Judi Winterson talking about “One Woman’s Wardrobe” Favourite clothes and designers From 1960’s to 2020’s
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Continue reading →: Meetings and WorkshopAfter Claire from “By Moon & Tide” gave us her talk on calligraphy she returned to do a workshop with us at Finsthwaite Village hall which was very enjoyable and well supported by W.I members and friends. Rahinna Borwick from the Grange Community Shop gave us an inspirational talk on…
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Continue reading →: Summer concert for UkraineWith the Barrow Male Voice Choir The concert last Friday night at St. Cuthberts Church in Aldingham was a huge success. Over 80 people attended and with their generosity we made over £1000.00. A BIG thank-you to all concerned, it was a lovely occasion and was made very special by…
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We’re the Rusland and District Women’s Institute
We have monthly meetings with interesting speakers; an active crafting group; and an active walking group. We love to go to the theatre together, host garden parties and try fun things together – like croquet and cartoon drawing. If you’d like to meet us, come along to one of our monthly meetings.
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Rusland and District Women's Institute 