Week 2 - Varied, Fascinating, Inspiring, HOT!!

Well summer's definitely arrived then!  Although at the Eastern end of Rotary International District 1090 where I live many days were quite cloudy even up to lunchtime up to & including Friday.  But you won't want to hear about the weather you want to know what I've been up to.  Well here's some statistics after 14 days:

Club Official VisitsYear to date:           6
Rotary Engagements to date:             16

Monday evening I was out at RC Easthampstead sepcifically to hear Amardeep Kainth, our Rotary Peace Scholar, who'll be off to the International Christian University in Tokyo in September for two years.  Amardeep is a very impressive young lady who has a tack record of achieving exactly what she sets out to do.  She' going to be a fantastic ambassador for District 1090






Tuesday I went out to Islip to meet the ever-agreeable Oxford Spires club and new President Rich Fuller.  Always impressive the Spires crowd - ever busy, and a first for my year - new members inducted during my visit - wlecome to Rotary Lorraine & Carol.  Spires will be at Truckfest this coming weekend (19-21 July) serving up their delicious (I'm anticipating here!) vegetarian curry.  Looking forward to that - will let you know next week how we get on. (also looking forward to seeing club members from Wallingford Sinodun, Didcot & Faringdon there)


Then on Wednesday it as off to Oxford North at lunchtime (deeep in discussion with President Richard Alden on the left) and Burnham (with President Vivien Crump on the right).  Thoroughly enjoyable day.






Saturday, Joan & I were privileged to be at the celebration of the 35th anniversary dinner for RC Faringdon.  Close to 90 of us in the room and the temperature was even hotter! (I'm still working in old scales - over 32 to you more modern people). Splendid atmosphere, lots of banter, and lots of serious Rotary reflection as well, topped off by speaker Lt. Col David Couzens, who didn';t talk about dog training (you had to be there)

 I always think it's hard for clubs to venture into uncharted waters with a brand new event and Banbury Cherwell really excelled themselves with their inaugural Broughton Castle cycle event.  Organised in conjucntion with Banbury Star CC (very smart move for both clubs I think) riders completed up to an "Epic" 70 mile event (rather them than me in that heat) while their families either did a couple of shorter routes or enjoyed the sunshine and the stalls and entertainment laid on.  It was a real family occasion with Rotary family involvement - super stalls from the Rotary Club, their Inner Wheel Club and Banbury Rotaract.  Well done all! (Pictures with the Mayor of Banbury - big bloke wouldn't argue with him! and with some competitors).




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