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Change in heading to the post this time – having completed
all the official club visits there won’t be any change there so I’ve taken
those bits away. However, I am still “keeping
score” of the engagements and as we enter the second half of the Rotary year we’ve
had 189 days, so the number of engagements isn’t quite keeping up with the
Royal Family, but at almost one a day it’s not so shabby!
Started the New Year with a first outing for me to the
Ascot Charity Wheelbarrow race in Sunninghill.
It’s a bit of an understatement to say that I could have picked a better
day for my first visit. And to be
honest, I was expecting a small handful of entrants and my fellow marshals to
be all that appeared.
Well I’m happy to report that the world, or at least this
part of Berkshire, is completely bonkers!
20 teams braved the torrential rain and strong winds & to their credit
a large contingent of the community turned out to cheer the teams on and to dig
deep into their pockets, raising close to £6,000 for the Day Centre and other charities. 
Fancy dress was the order of the day – very damp
fancy dress, with the undertaker fittingly bringing up the rear. Wet it might have been but the spirit of the
day was not dampened in the slightest.
Well done all of you!!
Friday saw the annual Mid-Term District Executive Dinner. 40 of us gathered principally to wish DGE Tim
Cowling and Linda bon voyage as they prepare to jet off to San Diego for
training. Seems hardly possible that
Joan & I were being wished well before we went! Regardless, we had a great evening.
Sunday and another annual event, this time the RC Elthorne-Hillingdon
President’s drinks, otherwise known as a chance to see how much weight we’ve
all put on over the Xmas period. Great
to be with fellow club members for the occasion, for which we were graced by
the Mayor and Lady Mayoress – getting to be a habit (in a good way).
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