After an amazing Bristol Brick show 2022, GertLUG were able to donate an fantastic £6813.55 plus £1000 worth of LEGO sets to Children’s Hospice South West. This was a fantastic amount to be raised and Emily, Paul and Carol took it over to the Hospice. As a thank you the Hospice invited the LUG to return for a tour of their facilities so we could see where all the money we raised has gone. Last…
After the success of ‘Hairy Luke’s’ first school show last year, he has been approached by a number of other schools who would love the opportunity to work with GertLUG and fundraise for their school. GertLUG member Luke Beedle, was contacted by Liz, who runs the PTA at Kings’ Forest School in Kingswood. She asked if GertLUG could put on a show at her school to help raise some money to update and improve their…
On Saturday, 30th April, GertLUG was able to support members Paul Clark and Ian Kimpton putting on the Black Country Brick Show. It was a fantasitc day of LEGO fun with many GertLUG members making the trip up north to join in the fun on the day. They joined many other AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO) from multiple other LUGs to raise money for the Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity. The buzz in the school halls…
Wow, what a year it has been! January – April We started off the year (1st Jan) with an early morning trip to the Bristol LEGO store for the new set releases. This was on the verge of another national lockdown and we were lucky enough to be able to meet up and see each other. The next few months in lockdown, we were able to meet up online for fun interactive LEGO meets and…
Our meet up for April 2020 had a bit of a twist. Due to everyone being locked down, the members all met online for our first official GertLUG online monthly meet up. Despite the change, we had a great evening together. We had a discussion about the new Pirate Ideas set that had just been released; 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay. A few members had already purchased theirs and were looking forward to building it.…
Our first meet up of 2020 was a cracker. We had the usual crowd and a few new members for the first time coming from as far afield as Swindon and Barry! The meeting theme was LEGO Board Games. There was a selection of LEGO Games to choose from and a few members enjoyed a game or two. It was really good fun and enjoyed by all. The build competition of the month was Southwest…
On Saturday 30th November, 30 or so GertLUG members and some of their family got together for our first ever Christmas Party. It was going to be a day to remember! Like all good events it started with a trip to the Cardiff LEGO store. Members travelled from as far away as Stansted, Birmingham and Gloucestershire. We all congregated in the St David’s Centre around 2/3pm to see what goodies were to be had on…
At the beginning of October I was able to go and visit STEAM for the first time. I have been trying to go for the past few years but things always got in the way. Well, finally, my time had come. I made the early morning walk to the train station and caught the train to Swindon. There I met up with GertLUG member Hannah and we ventured on to the STEAM Museum. Once we…