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…