What's on this Saturday

Children are also invited today to forget

for a moment and head to Greenham Common for the monthly Bushcraft Adventure Day. Here, kids can explore the area’s woodland and learn some basic ranger skills such as building a basic shelter, making a campfire and using it to cook their own grub.
The event starts at 10am at Brackenhurst Lane, the opposite side of the common to the Control Tower Car Park and is suitable for boys and girls aged 8-14 years. Suitable old clothing and sturdy shoes or boots are recommended.
Prices are £15 per child and booking and registration is essential and can be made through contacting the Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre on 01635 874381.
The Mountain Bike Ridgeway challenge in aid of Compton Pre-school will be setting off from Compton recreation ground at 10am on a 25-mile circular route around the Ridgeway. Tickets are £15 for advance bookings and £18 on the day with proceeds going to the school.
There is also a 5-mile family route, mostly off-road, leaving at 1.30pm and a mini wheels ride around the recreation ground for younger children starting at 11am. A BBQ and bar will also open from noon.
The days other charity event is a sponsored martial-arts-athon to raise money for muscular dystrophy charity Action Dechenne and North Hants and Basingstoke prenatal ward.
The 5-hour event starts at 1pm at the Nuffield Health centre in the Nuffield Health Gym at the Newbury Racecourse.
There is music around the district, too, this weekend. In Hungerford, from 7.30pm at The Croft Hall there is an evening of live jazz music from Pete Allen and his Reeds N’ Rhythm band; tickets from £13.50.
The Aldbourne Band will also be performing Grieg’s hugely popular Piano Concerto in A minor at St. Bartholomew’s School in Newbury at 7.30pm for £10 per person.
For a quieter day Tadley and District History Society have set up a special exhibition to mark the centenary of the First World War. The new exhibition provides a personal profile of the 31 service men on the Tadley war memorial.
The exhibition will be open from 10am at the Tadley Community Centre on Newchurch road for those wanting an afternoon of quiet reflection.