STRADEY PARK HOTEL & SPA
Lunch Club 2017 Lunch club Thursday 26th January january / ionawr 2017 Great Wall of China
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
New Years Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
2017 Year of the Rooster 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Chinese New Year
Each Chinese New Year is named after one of the 12 animals in their zodiac 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 cycle - the year of the Rooster is believed to bring honesty, fortune, luck, fidelity and protection. Many Chinese Lunch cluB believe in astrology and New Year superstitions. Red envelopes with cash 29 30 31 are given out from older to younger and from bosses to employees. It is a special New Year’s bonus. Lunch club february / Chwefror 2017 Thursday 23rd February Whitford Sands, Burry Port
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Whitfords Valentine’s Day A CHARMING LICENSED CAFE BAR, 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GIFT SHOP & ROOMS Enjoy delicious meals, afternoon tea, Lunch cluB homemade cakes freshly prepared daily, also evening fine dining every 26 27 28 Friday & Saturday. Visit our unique kitchenalia and giftware shop, stockists of gifts with originality and quality. Lunch club Thursday 30th March march / mawrth 2017 Caerphilly Castle
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4
St David’s Day 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Welsh rugby legends St Patrick’s Day Arthur Gould and Gwyn Nicholls were the pioneers of Welsh rugby style in the 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1890s. In the 1900s Billy Trew, Johnnie Williams, and Jack Bancroft went on to win three Grand Slams. Then came another two in the 1950s with John Gwilliam, Roy John and Ken Jones leading the charge. The 1970s saw Gareth Edwards, Mervyn 26 27 28 29 30 31 Davies, Derek Quinnell, Phil Bennett and JPR Williams dominate Welsh teams that won another 3 Grand Slams before a new set of national heroes in the 21st century. Mothering Sunday Lunch cluB Lunch club April / Ebrill 2017 Thursday 20th April Monument Valley, Utah
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 30 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Country and Western Good Friday Country and Western music, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 American popular music originating in the Southeast (Country music) and the Southwest (Western music). Easter Day Easter Monday Lunch cluB The two regional styles merged in the 1920s when recorded material 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 became available in rural areas, and they were further consolidated after musicians met and mixed during service in World War II. Lunch club Thursday 25th May may / mai 2017 Chelsea Flower Show display
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6
May Day 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Chelsea Flower Show
The Royal Horticultural Society which holds the Chelsea Flower 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Show was founded in 1804. Their core objective is to be the World’s Lunch cluB leading gardening charity by inspiring passion and excellence 28 29 30 31 in the science, art and practice of horticulture. The society aims to inspire, involve, inform and improve. Spring Bank Holiday Lunch club June / mehefin 2017 Thursday 29th June Venice
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Whit Sunday Whit Monday 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Orient Express
In 1882, Georges Nagelmackers, 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 invited guests to a railway trip on his ‘Train Eclair de luxe’. The train left Paris Gare de l’Est on October Father’s Day 10, 1882, at 18:30 and arrived in Vienna the next day. The first menu 25 26 27 28 29 30 on board consisted of, oysters, soup with Italian pasta, turbot with green sauce, chicken ‘à la chasseur’, fillet Lunch cluB of beef with ‘château’ potatoes. Lunch club Thursday 27th July July / gorffennaf 2017 The Carribean
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 30 31 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Caribbean
Food in the Caribbean is based on mostly African, Spanish, Chinese, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 and East Indian cuisines. Spices, peppers and herbs are heavily used. Popular dishes here are jerk chicken, fried flying fish, seafood and stewed peas and beans, like 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 pigeon peas. Callaloo soup, which is made of dasheen leaves, okra and crab, and is eaten with rice. Lunch cluB Lunch club August / Awst 2017 Thursday 31st August
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Kings and Princesses This month is a celebration of Elvis and Princess Diana, August being the 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 anniversary of their deaths. Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer, ‘the King of Rock and Roll’. Regarded as the most significant icon of the 20th century. He died on 27 28 29 30 31 16th August 1977. Diana, Princess of Wales, was the first wife of Charles, and mother to the future King, she Bank Holiday Lunch cluB tragically died on 31st August 1997. Lunch club Thursday 28th September september / medi 2017 Stradey Castle
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Stradey Castle
Stradey Castle is the home of the Mansel Lewis family. The Stradey 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 estate, on the edge of Llanelli, has been in the family for some 200 years. The present House has remained virtually unchanged since it was built around 1850, and 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 extended in the 1870’s. Lunch cluB Lunch club October / hydref 2017 Thursday 26th October Vineyard in Beaujolais, France
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Beaujolais Day
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Beaujolais Nouveau is a fruity, very young red wine that is released for sale every year on the third Lunch cluB Thursday of November, on the stroke of midnight. The uncorking of the bottles in France is marked 29 30 31 by parties, fireworks and other festivities. Halloween Lunch club Thursday 30th November november / tachwedd 2017 Brecon
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Christmas Fayre The most famous Christmas markets and fayres are held in the cities of 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Augsburg, Dresden, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Stuttgart, making them popular tourist attractions during Christmas holiday season. Stradey Park Hotel will host an 26 27 28 29 30 exhibition of handmade Christmas gift stalls, great unique gift ideas available to purchase. Lunch cluB Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda from all at december / rhagfyr 2017 Stradey Park Hotel & Spa
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 31 1 2
New Year’s Eve 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Merry Christmas
Our Christmas theme this year is 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 based on the stunning Northern Lights. The Northern Lights, otherwise known as the Aurora Borealis, is a vivid demonstration of the Earth’s magnetic field interacting 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 with charged particles from the sun. It’s also beautiful, and worth braving a cold night out when visiting the Christmas Eve Christmas Day Boxing Day high northern latitudes. STRADEY PARK HOTEL & SPA
Stradey Park Hotel & Spa, Llanelli, SA15 4HA T: 01554 758171 E: [email protected] W: www.stradeyparkhotel.com