especially with respect to Maplin Airport
and Maplin City.
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The Meeting to Slimbridge on 5th May will
be by coach which will leave Chelmsford at
7:00am and collect people en-route for
London. If we fill a coach the cost per
person will he £1.50 plus the entrance fee
(45p, children 25p).
The Wildfowl Trust at Slimbridge"
(Glos) started by Peter Scott houses one
of the largest collections of wildfowl
with 2500 birds of 140 species. We will
see them in their full breeding plumage
amongst the daffodils. There is a
restaurant and shop, exhibition and
observation towers.
The leaders recommend 'A Coloured Key-
to the wildfowl of the World' by Peter Scott
guide to the reserve (30p) which may
be purchased there.
As the coach has to be booked well
in advance please notify your intention
of coming well beforehand. N.B. By
15th April at latest.
The evening astronomy meeting on 19th September
is a new Club"venture. From the vantage point
of Chigwell Row we will point out any planets,
comets, constellations and satellites visible.
If you have them please bring binoculars,
opera glasses or telescopes. If the evening
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