Week 43 Daffodils & Leeks?

Rotary Engagements since July 1                              291

Well it was Easter this week wasn’t it?  So that explains the daffodils, although with Easter being so late this year the rhododendrons in the garden are now blooming nicely.

 

As well as Easter, Wednesday was St. Georges Day for those of us who are proud to be English (as well as British).  And what better place to celebrate St Georges Day than with the Rotary Club of Windsor who did us proud with a dinner complete with bunting and roses, not to mention their speaker, the excellent Phil Packer who took us through his personal journey of recovery from devastating injuries in Iraq through to his support for many charities concentrating on young people – a remarkable man.  It also seems to be a tradition for the club that they present Paul Harris Awards to deserving recipients, both Rotarians and non-Rotarians.  It’s always a delight on these occasions to watch as it dawns on the recipient that the person about whom kind words are being spoken is actually them – see the pictures below for an example!!

 

 

Thursday saw me off to participate in RC Princes Risborough’s Golf Day for the Princes Centre, a community project writ large, with an eventual target of over £300,000.  In company with PDG Tony Bacon and Conference Chairman Jean’s husband John we enjoyed the day out in kind weather (you may notice that I’m not talking a lot about the golf – there’ll be a reason for that!).  As I say, a great day on which over £5,000 was raised and some people clearly played pretty well (but not me, sadly!).

Friday through to Sunday we were away with our club for our President’s Weekend.  This year’s venue – Cardiff.  Haven’t been to Cardiff since District 1090’s conference there in 2003 and as ever, we didn’t actually see much of the city then.  So this was a great opportunity for a good time with our fellow club members.  Saturday morning we had a private tour of Cardiff Castle, which was a surprising delight, probably at least partly due to our guide, Sam.  We followed that with a quick tour of the Davis collection of Impressionist art at the Cardiff Museum.  Sunday we congregated for drinks with former club member Dan Evans who recently moved down just outside Cardiff.  All in all, a very pleasant weekend.