Quest (Plus second tier)

Quest is the second tier of the National Federation of Plus Groups, the age range is 36 and over and Quest Groups are exempt from the organising side of the Federation.

The Deep

6 March 2010
By John A Smith
The Deep

On February 25th Jayne Amelia re-tweeted an article from The New York Times about a crack appearing in a tunnel type aquarium, much like The Deep in Hull. (See video at the foot of this post). I had booked a places for Leeds Plus Group with the Lincs Quest Group to visit The Deep...
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Civic reception

11 March 2009
By John A Smith
Civic reception

Bradford Plus and Bradford Quest members were invited to a special Civic Reception at Bradford City Hall by Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress Howard and Colleen Middleton. Howard and Colleen are former Plus members; Colleen joined the Horsforth Group (now Leeds Plus) and Howard joined the Sheffield Group. The couple met through Plus and their...
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MW@MK – Sunday

5 October 2008
By John A Smith
MW@MK – Sunday

I slept in this morning, getting up at noon. After hastily getting dressed, packed and checked out of the hotel I set off to find a bus to town. I found a bus stop and there was a quarter of an hour to wait so using my iPhone Maps feature I set off walking. After turning on...
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Lincs Quest & Kings Lynn Plus summer camping weekend

16 July 2007
By John A Smith
Lincs Quest & Kings Lynn Plus summer camping weekend

I received an e-mail from Lis of Lincs Quest today, she and some members of Lincs Quest attended the Kings Lynn Summer Camping weekend, (sadly I was unable to attend as I was at Mike and Claires wedding do). Here’s what Lis had to say; Had a good day down in Norfolk on Saturday – joining...
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Boyd – 50

16 June 2007
By John A Smith
Boyd – 50

I went on a pleasant trip to Saltaire this evening to the 50th birthday party of Bradford Quest member Boyd. It was a very big family do as other members of the clan had decade birthdays coinciding with Boyd’s. I sat with the old Plussers and enjoyed an evening of reminiscing, barn dancing, jungle drums and...
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Marathon Plus

17 April 2007
By John A Smith
Marathon Plus

I received an e-mail today from Bradford Quest member Dave Green asking me to support a friend of his who’s doing the London Marathon this weekend to raise money for the charity Hope for Children. http://www.justgiving.com/johnforhope This is none other than Ian Crawshaw’s brother John, coincidentally I had also been asked to sponsor another runner on...
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Lincs Quest Fourth Anniversary Party

1 September 2006
By John A Smith
Lincs Quest Fourth Anniversary Party

This evening Steve and I went the two hour drive to Cleethorpes to join Lincs Quest in celebrating their fourth anniversary.
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Sandcastles 1997

30 August 1997
By John A Smith
Sandcastles 1997

On Saturday August 30th 1997 18 Plus members from all over the Yorkshire region, and also from Reading, and Worcester 18 Plus Groups converged on the seaside town of Cleethorpes for the annual Grimsby & Cleethorpes 18 Plus Group “Sandcastles” competition. The event is really a sand “sculpture” competition, and teams had two hours to...
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