12.00–1.00 pm – Meet and mingle
We’ll meet in the 'Library' area of the bar towards the rear of the Orchard Hotel lobby. This will be a chance to gather, pick up your name badge, and order any drinks at the bar that you’d like to take through to lunch.
1.00 pm – Buffet lunch
Lunch will be served in the Brailsford Suite (words of welcome from Mark Lightowler and Nigel Young)
For those who have decided to make a weekend of it, there are a number of other activities being organised around the reunion:
Friday afternoon – Golf, Wollaton Park Golf Club
Saturday morning – Wollaton Parkrun, Walking Football, or just a stroll in the Park
Sally Cross and Mark Vandersluis plan to join the nearby Wollaton parkrun, Bryan Denby, Graham Eyres, and Ray King fancy a game of walking football if there is enough interest, or just walk around the Park and maybe grab a coffee in the Wollaton Hall Old Stables Block
Saturday morning – Partners’ Nottingham City Walk
An opportunity for partners who have made the trip to explore Nottingham together, get to know the city – and each other – and perhaps enjoy lunch and a little shopping in town! Guided walks available at 10:30 or 2 pm lasting 90 minutes
Friday and Saturday evenings – Informal get-together
An opportunity to meet up informally and revisit some old haunts .
Sunday morning – Campus Tour
A tour of the University campus led by Paul Bowden