It’s Easter this weekend so there won’t be a meeting on Friday 7 April.

The programme resumes on 14 April when John Haines will present his talk “Start to Finish"

Ironbridge Gorge Museum is running a photography competition https://www.ironbridge.org.uk/events/family-events/photography-competition/ from 1 May until 30 June. Any entrant will grant the museum an unrestricted licence to use the image in perpetuity. Entry to the competition is only via social media. The full rules and prize can be found on the link.

Severn Valley Railway has a Steam Gala https://svr.co.uk/event/spring-steam-gala-2023/ from 14 to 16 April. Tickets are from £34.20

Finally, there’s a couple of competitions you might want to enter. The Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers is running a competition https://sinwp.com/bird/ to help raise funds for the RSPB. Competition closes on 31 October. The second one is for Food Photography https://sicip.net/food-23/ and closes on 30 April. Entry fee for both competitions is £1 per image.