Twelve glorious Cambridge Blue Belles spent the last weekend attending the WI’s very own, Denman College taking part in the New Wave Weekend – a few days of mini workshops designed to whet your learning whistle. This week, we aim to report back with photos and words galore from some of the Belles who were…

Back at our October meeting, we discussed NFWI’s SOS High Streets Campaign.  Cambridge is fortunate to be fairing well in the current high street crisis, with one of the lowest proportion of empty shops in the country. Cambridge is also lucky to have a thriving independent shopping scene, and one that is growing all the…

by Becca Watts Why is Cambridge a ‘cycling city’? In recent years I’ve noticed (as a driver, cyclist and pedestrian) a huge increase in traffic on the city’s roads and pavements, but I’ve also noticed that people still cycle in droves and lots of them look as though they’re enjoying it. Cambridge is good for…

For our November meeting we were pleased to welcome Tessa Mitchell from Country Markets. Tessa talked to us about how Country Markets started, how she became involved with the organisation and how the Blue Belles could become producers. Country Market stalls can be found in towns and villages across England, Wales and the Channel Islands.…

by Jo Morris Two teams from the Belles (including one Ladybird!) rocked up for trivia fun at the annual Cambridge Federation Quiz Night on Friday 15 November. Over 30 teams from throughout the Federation attended with picnics prepared and pens at the ready to start at 7.30pm sharp. Clearly new members, Emily and I arrived…

The Blue Belles are having our first Jumble Sale on Saturday 23 November – please join us! 10.00am – 12.30pm The Friends Meeting House, Jesus Lane, Cambridge £1 entry There will be: Clothes Bric-a-brac Tea & cake Crafts Funds raised will support our ‘Dig for Denman’ appeal to provide bursaries for members to attend Denman…

by Emily PeirceThursday saw the latest book club hosted this time by Alice H. We kicked off with cake and tea which is becoming customary, then after a catch-up and in-depth discussion on tea preferences, attention turned to the books. We had set ourselves a challenge this week each choosing a ‘classic’ book to read, despite…

by Kelly Phillips Having recently gone back to work part time after maternity leave, and settled my children into two different nurseries, the past few weeks have been very hectic for me. So my husband kindly offered to take a day of work and look after the children so I could go to the Potato…

by Holly Myles On a rather dull Saturday morning, Blue Belles President, Joanne, and myself ventured into the unknown that is Landbeach! Ok, it is only 10 minutes outside of Cambridge, but still it was the unknown to us.  We were on our way to the Denman Roadshow, a taster day of all that Denman has to…

It’s safe to say that the Belles were all looking forward to hearing the speaker at our October meeting, who would be talking about all things chocolate! Richard from Mood Foods, a Cambridge-based raw chocolate company, gave a fascinating talk about how his passion for raw chocolate led him to start his own business.  …