This will take place on Sunday 28th June in the Oxford University Arboretum at Nuneham Courtenay. We will meet in the usual place by the kosolec. Bring your own picnic and drinks, deck chairs, picnic blankets, your kids, grandchildren, and umbrellas - the more umbrellas we bring, the less likely it is to rain. It has been a custom to bring plenty of food and drink and share it with everyone.

Programme:

10.00m The Arboretum opens

12.00noon We gather

12.30pm HE The Ambassador will unveil the plaque on the kosolec

12.45pm We will then take lunch

2.00pm We will be treated to the British première of Busca by Saša Pavček, which lasts about 40 minutes.

5.00 pm Arboretum closes

NB

* Normal entrance to the Arboretum costs £3 for adults. The Arboretum authorities are very kindly waiving this charge for BS Society members, please ensure you state this clearly to the custodians who will greet you alongside the Pitt Rivers caravan. Leave your car in the park and walk the west side of the Arboretum to the kosolec.

* The Arboretum is situated about 200m south of Nuneham Courtenay village (pretty little village) on the A4074, the Reading road, eight miles south of Oxford, the postal code for those with sat-navs is OX44 9PX

* More information on the arboretum at

www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/Harcourt/obg-harcourt-intro.html

It is the garden attached to the Nuneham Courtenay stately home (alas not open the public) the front lawns of which reach down to the Thames, where Lewis Carroll would row the young Alice Liddell and her sisters on a summer afternoon. The azaleas and rhododendrons should still be flowering.

The Entertainment: