Successful Wine & Cheese event

Thank you to everybody who attended our first RDRA 100+ Club event – 57 people came in the end. We all had a great time and managed to raise £164.55 for good causes and making Rickmansworth a better place.

Domaine Les Caizergues, one of the wine exhibitors based in Rickmansworth, are still offering a 10% discount on wines from their range plus free delivery (minimum order £70), up to 21st April 2024. Please quote RDRA when ordering from their website: https://domainelescaizergues.com/online-shop

Village Wines, our other exhibitor from Bushey, sells wines, Proseccos, spirits and beers, as well as speciality cheeses, crackers and pickles, also extends their discount from the night up to 21st April 2024Village Wine’s detailed wine list, prices and order form.

More photos can be found on the Rickmansworth Town Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/FUMZpidMpsU92b6w/?mibextid=K35XfP

Wine and cheese evening

Wine & Cheese tasting event

At our Wine & Cheese evening on 21 March, 8-10pm, there will be wine & cheese tasting from exhibitors. One of these exhibitors is Village Wine based in Bushey. They have given us a detailed list of the wines that they are bringing for us to taste on the night, along with which food pairs well with each wine. Village Wine will also be bringing some delicious British cheeses to taste and buy on the night. Their discounted-on-the-night wine prices and order form is here: Village Wine’s detailed wine list and order form.

To find out more and to buy tickets to this event, click here

Proceeds of RDRA 100+ Club events go towards local good causes like better signage for the Community Garden & Orchard and RDRA running costs.

Wine & Cheese evening

One of our wine exhibitors at this event, Domaine Les Caizergues, has shared some information about themselves below – who knew they are based in Rickmansworth! We’ll be able to taste all their wines on offer and get a 10% discount now and right up to the event on 21st March. View Domaine Les Caizergues wine list, prices and order form.

We’ll be able to taste all the wine on offer and get a discount on the night.

Thursday 21st March, 8pm – 10pm
Rickmansworth Golf Club, Moor Lane WD3 1QL

Domaine les Caizergues leaflet

Thank you to everybody who have bought tickets so far – you are supporting the very first event organised by RDRA 100+ Club, proceeds of which will go to local good causes, like better signage for the Community Garden & Orchard.

Join the RDRA 100+ Club

Wine tasting?

Message received Feb 8, 2024 – via Contact us form

Please can you <tell> me more about the jazz cheese and wine night please and also is it wine tasting?

RDRA response:

Many thanks for your enquiry about the wine and cheese tasting with jazz event.

Yes it is a tasting event, you will be able to taste various wines and cheeses from different regions. At this moment, the exhibitors have not yet finalised what they are planning to bring on the night. We’ll update this information as soon as possible.

In the background, John Donegal with two other players will play jazz music. John has performed for the Three Rivers music society on numerous occasions. John is a local pianist and composer with national and international reputation.

We look forward to seeing you at the event on 21 March.

Youth violence prevention programme

Message from OWL

Tuesday 6th Feb, 5.30pm to 8pm at Watersmeet

Click here to book your place using the online form

A police-led youth violence prevention programme which diverts young people away from knife crime, gangs and county lines across Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere has entered its fifth year.

First launched in 2019 the anti-violence project – supported by partners – has grown year on year and the team have announced three new anti-violence awareness events for the first quarter of 2024.

Anti-violence campaigner Alison Cope will share the hard-hitting story about her late son Joshua with an audience of parents, families, young people over the age of 10 – as well as education and care professionals – at the free events across Hertsmere, Three Rivers, and Watford.

Those attending will learn about the true impact of knife crime, the signs to look out for and how to help the young people in their lives make positive choices.

Alison will also be joined by Russell Symons of Impressionable Minds, who will deliver an input on bullying, extremism, drugs, county lines, and alcohol awareness.

Further information about this event and topic is on herts.police.uk website

Tour de Ricky in June

If you’re looking for a 2024 cycling challenge, how about The Tour de Ricky 2024 on 1st  June?

www.tourdericky.uk

There’s a whole five months to prepare for one of our 50, 100 or 200km rides from Woodoaks Farm in Maple Cross.

The rides are deliberately simple, not for profit affairs using a format known as Audax cycling. There’s a maximum speed (to discourage racing) and the emphasis is on tackling a challenge in good company and maybe making a few new friends along the way. Riders are self-supporting and mostly help each other out if anything goes wrong… although having the Watford Cycle Hub team and Freewheel on hand at the start usually ensures that everything goes smoothly.

Along the way, you’ll navigate down mostly quiet lanes, calling at a few stops to fuel up on cake and tea before returning to the farm for a celebratory cuppa (or something stronger in the onsite brewery).

The tiny entry fee goes to good causes. You’ll be supporting the Soil Associations’ Woodoaks Farm (our hosts), the Watford Cycle Hub (whose fantastic value training and workshops keep so many of us on the road), World Bicycle Relief (who bring the power of the bike to help developing communities in places like Kenya, Uganda, Columbia, Indonesia and Sudan) plus Willesden Cycling Club.

Signing up couldn’t be easier – pick the distance that interests you and follow the links on the Tour de Ricky website. You’ll be taken to the log in page for Audax UK where you’ll walked through the steps needed to join the ride.  There’s a personal declaration (so we don’t get sued if you break Hertfordshire or get arrested for sugar fuelled rioting), so your friends will have to sign up individually. But the T&Cs are quite simple so reading them won’t take you very long – please note that places are not transferrable between people.

We always get a great turn out from families and groups of friends and many of the solo riders comment on the welcome they have had from the groups they meet on the road.

Don’t hang around; we expect to sell out again; it is not always possible to sign up on the day and you can’t take a friend’s place.

Plus, if you can’t manage one of the audax rides, keep an eye on the website of SPOKES, the SW Herts Cycling Group – they’ll be running shorter, guided rides on the day from the farm so you can still join in the cake-based fun.

If you have any questions at all, do get in touch – if we can encourage you to ride or help out we’ll do what we can.

Liam FitzPatrick