18 and 20 December 2018
Dinmore Christmas Trees again hosted visits by the children from Black Marston school to Santa's Grotto at Festive Farm.
The club assisted with the visits and made a donation to buy presents for the children. Dick also stood in for Santa when his sleigh had to make a diversion.
The children made us Christmas cards as a thankyou which I have added to the pictures here.
10 December 2018
Our Christmas party at the Bell Inn at Tillington, our regular meeting place.
18 November 2018
We were back with the kind permission of the store manager at Tesco's supermarket at Belmont to make our annual collection of food for local charities at Christmas.
As usual we had generous donations plus £165 in cash. The food was sorted at Anne & Alan's house and distributed to Hereford Open Door and Hereford Women's Refuge. A donation in cash was made to Open Door to purchase turkeys.
8 September 2018
Dinner with our guests from Dillenburg at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford.
After dinner we were entertained by Megan Bilsand on clarinet supported by Jon Weller. This was followed by (short) speeches by Hereford Wye Valley President John Barnes and responded to by Dirk Heinrich on behalf of Dillenburg President Klaus Andres who could not join us. Gifts were exchanged.
8 September 2018
After our visit to Pearl Island we had lunch at the Pandy Inn in Dorstone.
Most of us then went on to Hay on Wye which is a small town just over the Welsh border. It is widely known for its second-hand book shops and the Hay Festival which takes place at the end of May each year.
8 September 2018
A morning visit with our guests from the Rotary Club of Dillenburg to Pearl Island Arabians. Most of the horses here are pure bred Arabians, many given as gifts by the Bahranian royal family to the Queen and Price Charles (plus one as a gift to the RAF).
We we hosted by Amanda who gave us the story of how the farm was set up by her mother with the support of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Sulman Alkhalifa. The new livery stables was a recent gift from the Sheikh.
Afterwards we were treated to coffee and cake in the farm house.
7 September 2018
Our guests from the Rotary Club of Dillenburg arrived today to visit us. We picked them up from Birmingham airport and provided a light refreshment of English sparkling wine, ably served by Alan.
We gathered at Dick Makins farm for an afternoon tea (with further wine) before the hosts took their guests to their respective homes for the evening.
27 August 2018
We set up our stand at Love Local at Madley Plants on the bank holiday Monday to show our presence in the community.
Manning the stand were President John Barnes, Secretary Anne Hudson (who took the pic) and Community & Vocational officer Chris Starnes, supported by Alan Hudson and Christine Starnes.
20 August 2018
We made an early evening vist to the Hereford Cathedral gardens. Luckily the weather brightened up and we had a fine warm evening for our tour, with an excellent commentary on the gardens and the history of the Cathedral by Sue.
Afterwards we retired to De Koffie Pot for pie and mash.
5 August 2018
The Herefordshire Country Fair returned to Caradoc this year and we set up our version of tombola once again to raise money for the Rotary Foundation.
We had a hot sunny day with a steady stream of people passing, many of whom we managed to have a go. We raised a total of £295 net of expenses.