Keith Saunders

It is the last day of March as I sit and reflect on this month’s activities and what a whirlwind of a month it has been. We have been walking, lunching, visiting Portsmouth Guildhall where the afternoon speaker was Libby Purves, the novelist and broadcaster, heard about fine cell work at the Danebury Group Spring …

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Unfortunately, the snow put paid to our walking group venturing out this month, although not deep, crisp or even there was enough for us to decide not to take the risk as we don’t bounce back-up again so easily should we slip up. Shame, but we hope to pull our boots back on next month. …

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Members were delighted to be back in the Village Hall for a post-Christmas meal early this month, now that Christmas had come and gone once more, it was a delight to have our favourite caterers return to provide a lovely hot buffet. There was plenty of choice to suit all tastes, followed by scrumptious desserts. …

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Following a busy year, the members of Abbotts Ann WI had a relaxed December meeting. Pat Balam and Wendy Casson had kindly gathered together various snippets of information, amusing anecdotes and poignant memories with Christmas as the obvious theme. With help from a few other members, and with just one evening’s rehearsal, they were ready …

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The owner of Loosehanger Cheeses gave an interesting talk on how cheese is made and finished this off with a lovely tasting session. This small company is a true artisan cheese maker employing just seven people and all cheeses are handmade as witnessed from the photographs and presentation by its owner. Quite a few of …

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