At December's meeting 'local' Swedish chef Magnus came to talk about Christmas cooking traditions in Sweden. Magnus had previously worked in a 2 star Michelin restaurant in New York run by Emma Bengtsson before moving to the UK. The pandemic and closure of restaurants saw Magnus move to Lincoln and start a home chefing business. … Continue reading Swedish Christmas & Carols
Don’t Let the Old Lady In!
Promoted as "moving through the menopause" local running coach and menopause specialist Rachel came and spoke to us about maintaining fitness throughout life. But Rachel told us the best way to keep moving was to "not let the old lady in", this was disappointing to two members who had just bought bungalows. By that we … Continue reading Don’t Let the Old Lady In!
Collective Grief
Despite some bad spelling on Facebook June's meeting was about grief and coping with loss. Jonathan was a really informative speaker and spoke about the waterfall of bereavement and whirlpool of grief and how no matter you may wish to go back up the waterfall it's impossible. He also mentioned the growing around grief model, … Continue reading Collective Grief
Baking & Quizzes
Coronation Baking On Monday 8th May we took over St Mary Magdalene in the Bail to sell cakes to unsuspecting passers by and raise money for the Lincoln Larder. Despite inhospitable weather and a slow start it was a reasonably busy day the show stopper was by Lara and was a recipe & design that … Continue reading Baking & Quizzes
Showing the Love
February is the annual Show the Love campaign by the Climate Coalition to try and create meaningful change, by starting with small actions we can start to make the changes to protect and restore nature and seek a safer, greener future. Lara and Joy put up our green love heart bunting, fabric hearts, and postcards … Continue reading Showing the Love
Bomber Command – June 2019
June's meeting was a visit from International Bomber Command Education Centre and a talk about the role of women in Bomber Command, the visitor centre near Lincoln, and why it has taken so long for Bomber Command to be recognised. Emily from Bomber Command brought artefacts of letters, uniforms and also samples of menus. She … Continue reading Bomber Command – June 2019
Resolutions & Plastic Free Lincoln
May's meeting was about the annual resolutions, which weren't particularly controversial this year, rural bus services and don't fear the smear. Living in Lincolnshire, a large rural county buses are an important part of the local travel infrastructure, and many members depend on them, especially as the trains don't go to many places, considering how … Continue reading Resolutions & Plastic Free Lincoln
Laughter Yoga
The new year kicked off to a great start with laughter yoga, a get way to get the endorphins flowing. This picture may not look the best, but frankly, everyone was having too much of a good time for lots of photos to be taken. There was laughter motorbikes, which involved us pretending to ride … Continue reading Laughter Yoga
Book Folding
The first meeting of January was hectic to say the least with over 50 women joining and a fair few guests as well. Due to a last minute change from Support Dogs; Nina, Lara and Ingrid from the Committee demonstrated book folding - decreed as desecration by one member - every one else seemed to … Continue reading Book Folding
Nina’s Denman Trip
Lucky Lincoln WI member Nina won the inaugural Denman bursay and chose to go on a stone carving course. Here she tells us of her experience, and share some great photos: Well, what a lovely weekend. Lots of tasty food, tea and cake - the best short bread biscuits I've ever tasted! All the other ladies … Continue reading Nina’s Denman Trip
The Lincoln WI 