A visit to School has been arranged for Thursday 15th July.
Meet at 12 noon, followed by lunch and then a tour of the School.
The cost of lunch is £5.
There is now a group of 12 attending.
There may be room for a few more so………
If you would like to join the group please contact us through committee@oldsulians.org.uk immediately!
NEWS FROM AN OLD CBBS & BCS TEACHER
Pat Colbourne (Teacher ’66-96) has recently embarked on a mammoth challenge in his 70th year.
He has started a walk around the coastal pathway of the UK. It’s a 5,000 mile (8,000km) journey and may take him two years to complete.
He says “I have decided, before I pop my clogs, to do something that’s really challenging, purposeful and worthy so that others may benefit from my actions”.
He invites past pupils and fellow teaching colleagues to join him for a day or more? You can follow his progress and read his diary on the website : www.patsukcoastwalk.co.uk or contact him on his mobile while he walks – 07702 606713.
In 2003 Pat had the obligatory hip replacement op’ followed, in 2005, by a heart attack and subsequent coronary by-pass. Later on (in Sept’2007) he wanted to find a way to prove his fitness so he walked from coast to coast, across the country, along Hadrian’s Wall, and loved the experience.
He comments “I was so fortunate, during my 30 years of teaching both at CBBS & BCS. I had the opportunity to climb mountains in the Alps and travel the world with youth cricket teams. I witnessed great opulence, poverty and destitution in many places while travelling and I know I can do something to help a few people in the world add some dignity to their lives and that’s what I aim to do with my small fund raising effort – please help me”
He would welcome donations from Old Sulians towards his charities (see his website). He says “There are over one billion people who live without clean, fresh water and nearly 5,000 children die each day due to severe poverty, starvation or disease. In our 21st Century this should never be. Many organisations, including Rotary (I am a past-President of the Rotary Club of Bath) do their best to help alleviate these problems even if they cannot immediately solve them. This may be the last worthwhile thing I am able to do in my life so please join me in this project by giving to the charities I am supporting. Please help me help others to help themselves”.
Veteran CBBS/Beechen Cliff Teacher and Honorary Life Member Pat Colbourne is walking the coast of Britain and raising funds for charity. Taking up to two years he sets out from Dover Castle on 6th April. Full details and the reasoning behind the walk can be found on Pat’s website
www.patsukcoastwalk.co.uk
If you would like to sponsor Pat or offer him accommodation (and a bath) while he is on this journey, or would just like to walk with him to help him on his way, you can make contact through his website.
Now back in stock! As reported in the last newsletter, demand has exceeded our expectations so another 100 have been delivered to our ‘warehouse’. Ordering details as before.
Those of you at the Dinner will recall that Tony had had a rather nasty experience with an aneurysm. He rang me this morning to thank us for our card and good wishes. Due to the skill and timely care from the medics he is well on the road to recovery and has avoided the grim-reaper on this occasion. We wish him continued improvement and a place at the 2010 Annual Dinner on 16th October 2010.
Roger W.
Basement to Beechen Cliff
Copies of Basement to Beechen Cliff are now in stock and available to purchase via the following methods.
Copies can be purchased direct from the Old Sulians’ for £12.50 per copy, including postage within the UK. Those from overseas, and those requiring more than 2 copies should contact book@oldsulians.org.uk for a price.
Cheques payable to Old Sulians Association should be posted to:
The Treasurer
Old Sulians’ Association
63 Caledonian Road
Bath
BA2 3RD
During office hours copies can be collected, by prior arrangement, from Systemagic Ltd, The Studio, Entry Hill, Bath for £10 per copy.
Please contact Alex Wood at Systemagic on 01225 426800, or email alex@systemagic.co.uk to arrange collection.
The following local book shops are currently stocking Basement to Beechen Cliff
Oldfield Park Bookshop, 43 Moorland Road, Bath. (plenty of copies in stock, and currently number 3 in their best-sellers list)
Family Books, 3 Temple Court, Keynsham.
Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights, 14/15 John Street, Bath.
Waterstones, 4-5 Milsom Street, Bath.
Beechen Cliff have informed us that Nicolas Ridley is coming into school on 30th November to talk about his book about his father, famous Sulian Arnold Ridley, called Godfrey’s Ghost. There will be a session at 2.15 when he will give a talk and readings from the book. Any Sulian interested in attending should contact us to be added to our list.
Roger W