Southampton Shenanigans

October Books are home to a voluntary-donations-only* pop-up VEGAN 🌱 CAFE ☕️ every Monday lunchtime, with the food used donated from charities like Southampton City Mission in a bid to combat food waste! 😃

The menu varies, but fusilli pasta in a mushroom & tomato ragout, vegan sausage, red pepper & mushroom casserole, Sri Lankan coconut curry with vegetables & black chickpeas, and pepper & mushroom chilli with rice have been popular mains…. Apple, pear & plumb crumble with homemade lemon custard, and chocolate & beetroot sponge cake with chocolate sauce popular desserts….

On Monday 18th November, there will be live music while we dine which definitely adds to the atmosphere! 🎶😁😃

Meeting point is outside October Books at 11:45pm.

Let’s sing shanties with Romsey Shanty Crew!

Romsey Shanty Crew meet weekly every Tuesday evening at 8pm and sing for just an hour although manage to cover lots of different shanties.

It is £5 CASH (there is a cashpoint opposite the Hotel!) to be paid on the day to Nick Tann who runs the session.

There are no auditions and you don’t need to be a “good” singer to attend, although you do need to be over 18.

Please join us for a drink in the bar from 7:30 until approx. 7:55!! 😊

Join me at Hampton Lodge Care Home, Hill Lane, for their Romanian Day with traditional Romanian food and traditional Romanian dancing, music, and games!

Let’s meet outside at 11:30am.

Ceilidh is a lively, energetic, and upbeat version of barn or country dancing, suitable for all ages and abilities.

No bar at venue so bring your own drinks, tap water available from the kitchen. Wear flat shoes or trainers. There is slso a raffle so bring a little cash if you would like to take part.

Tickets are £14, please reserve at https://pretix.eu/shoccdances/ix202411/ and pay on the door with cash or card. Dances get filled up fast so please reserve your tickets via link asap.

The caller this month is Cate Haynes and the music is from James Delarre and Saul Rose.

You can also reserve for all the dances of the season at http://www.shocc.co.uk I’ll post events for these on the Meetup group each month.

Join me at The Nest Coffee House on London Road for some scrumptious VEGAN doughnuts 🍩 and coffee ☕️

Prepared fresh everyday, The Nest’s doughnuts come in a huge variety of flavours from Biscoff to Blackcurrant & Pistachio, Chocolate Orange to Peanut Butter Jelly, and are said by some to be the best doughnuts in Southampton!

Our table for 12 is booked for 10am, but let’s meet outside at 9:50.

See you there!

Back by popular demand!

Join me on a lively pub crawl Taskmaster style where you will be given sheets with lots of different tasks and challenges to complete.

Starting off at Scholars Arms at 6pm, we will then move on to London Road Brewhouse at 8pm, then on to the Social at 10pm, before making our way to the Shooting Star at 11.30pm.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Join me for dinner at the wonderful Cafe Thrive!

Cafe Thrive is 100% plant-based and has the following:

• meat-free burgers 🍔
• hotdogs
• loaded chips 🍟
• ‘chicken’ boxes
• salad bowls 🥗
• sandwiches & wraps 🥪
• shakes & desserts 🍨

Limited to 9 of us, so please do remove your RSVP if you can no longer make it.

We’ll meet outside Thrive at 5:45 and then our booking is from 6pm.

Join me at Turtle Bay for one of their spectacular Reggae Roasts, a Sunday roast Carribbean-style! 🍗 🥔 🥕🇯🇲

Choose from beef rib, jerk chicken, pork belly, or vegan jerk “chicken” - all served with roast potatoes, sweet plantain, a Caribbean dumpling, Caribbean roasted greens, carrots, parsnips, and lots and lots of warming gravy! Delish!! 🤤

Our table is booked for 1pm, but let’s meet outside Turtle Bay at 12:50pm.