Category: General

We were so pleased to welcome Claire Martinsen of Breckland Orchard to our September meeting. Mum and entrepreneur, Claire, kindly came along to talk to us about setting up her own soft drinks business from scratch following a demanding career at Mars and the birth of her two children.   Claire’s very own brand of…

A group of our lovely Belles have entered the Fenland Fair knitting competition this weekend by creating a beautiful baby basket. One of 23 entries, our Belles basket includes booties, blanket, mittens, hat and bunting all in gorgeous baby green. Good luck to Claire, Katie, Holly, Anwen, Collette and Michaela! To hear from Collette about…

We had a fantastic meeting on Wednesday thanks to the very lovely Michael and Jill Agg from Choice Landscapes nursery in Wisbech. Michael and Jill kindly came to speak to us at short notice, providing lots of tips and advice on creating beautiful planters for gardens, balconies and window sills. Michael shared the pearls of his wisdom about which types…

Fenland Fair August 2013 Lovely Blue Belle, Collette, tells us a little bit about the Blue Belles’ entry in the Fenland Fair knitting competition. So, our entry form has been submitted for the Fenland Fair and the fear and competitiveness has set in. The theme of the competition is a basket of 5 items to…

We were delighted to have the chance to spend a beautiful evening picnicking at Darwin College on 17th July. Our Belles brought lots of lovely food and drink to share and we enjoyed gossip, laughter and activities including a raffle and a quiz. Well done to our winners – new Belles luck?! Getting to know each…

On Wednesday 10 July we met at the Botanic Garden for the Sounds Green prom – informal recitals on the main lawn.Quintabile, one of London’s leading young brass ensembles, played contemporary music, works by young composers and their own new arrangements.Our social secretary, Zoe, said: “It was a lovely evening of chatting, laughing and Pimms! The picture…

We’re very excited to be in this month’s Cambridge Edition magazine. Don’t forget to pick up your souvenir copy, you can find it at key points throughout Cambridge including The Grafton Centre, The Grand Arcade, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Park & Ride, Cambridge Business and Science Parks, Addenbrooke’s, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, ASDA and over 400 other key points across…

The Cambridge Blue Belles WI started our very own book club this week. Book club organiser, Zoe, gives us an update: “After a lovely evening chatting, getting to know each other, eating cake and discussing the fascinating book (which I now need to finish) we are ready to think about the next book club meeting.…

We all really enjoyed our meeting this month, which was jam packed with features and fun. We were delighted to welcome two special guests to the meeting – Ruth Bond, former NFWI Chair and Jenny Shelton, Features Editor of Cambridge Edition magazine, who is writing an article on us for the July edition. Ruth warmly…

We were so pleased to welcome Jenny Shelton, Features Editor of Cambridge Edition magazine, to our most recent meeting. Jenny came along to find out more about our modern WI and will be writing a feature for the July edition of the magazine. She got stuck in with beginners crochet and said she greatly enjoyed…