Unusual clubs, classes and workshops in London
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By Time Out editors
Posted: Mon Jan 10 2011
Food and drink | Arts and crafts | Sport and fitness | Self Improvement | Outdoor activities
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Foraging
Hampstead Heath, Ham and Petersham
Cornwall’s Wild Food School is finally coming to London. They will be arranging foraging walks on Hampstead Heath and also around Ham and Petersham. They’re not until April, but you’ll want to book now (www.wildfoodschool.co.uk). And although mushroom foraging is usually an autumnal affair, pun-friendly spore fans Fungi To Be With (www.fungitobewith.org) holds spring fungi forays for beginners in mid-April on Hampstead Heath. Read more
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Helicopter lessons
London Helicopter Centres, The Servotec Building Redhill Aerodrome, Surrey, Redhill, RH1 5JY (01737 823514/ www.london-helicopters.co.uk)
Rise above the new year doldrums and explore the capital from a lofty height by training as a helicopter pilot. Anyone can go along and have a whirl at an introductory session, though it’ll take 45 hours of training before you can fly that Sikorsky chopper you got for Christmas solo. Lessons from £165. Read more
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Ornithology
The London Wetland Centre, Queen Elizabeth's Walk, London, SW13 9WT (8409 4400/ www.wwt. org.uk)
Feeling twitchy? The London Wetland Centre offers a 90-minute ‘Introduction to Birdwatching’ course once a month. If you’re keen to start right away, though, ‘Urban Birder’ David Lindo extols the virtues of the city environment for keeping an eye on our avian neighbours, especially around Wormwood Scrubs. His website (www.theurbanbirder.com) has tips on getting started. £20 including breakfast. Read more
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Zen
London Meditation, The Penthouse (Flat 8), 89-95 Parkway, NW1 7PP (7424 9027/www.london-meditation.co.uk)
There are plenty of secular meditation groups throughout the city, several taking place outdoors during warmer months. London Meditation offers five-hour sessions for anyone who is after some quality headspace. www.london-meditation.co.uk Read more
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The London Sword & Dagger Club has recently started running new classes in Western/Historical European Martial Arts and Historical Fencing
Thursdays at
the 52 Club,
Gower Street,
London, WC1E 6EB
£5 per lesson
The London Sword & Dagger Club is an historical European martial arts club based in Central London. Formerly part of Schola Gladiatoria, we primarily study the medieval Italian manuscripts of Fiore dei Liberi in the early 15thC. We also study Joseph Swetnam's rapier and Sir William Hope's smallsword.
I did the Ukulele 6 week course. It was great. I'm still playing and loving it.
I have found the most amazing workshop in South East London hosted by a theatre company call Ta Na Deptford! They meet upstair in The Amersham Arms in New Cross on Wednesdays at 7pm and you are invited to try on crazy costumes from a huge collection and take part in spontaneous dance/performance art! Anything goes and it's only a £5!! I highly recommend, I go every week!
it is my first time here, like the website, so trying out.