Those of you who read this newsletter each month will know how much we were looking forward to welcoming Barbara Parker of Parkers Handmade Cakes & Chocolates to our March meeting. Barbara enthusiastically demonstrated the art of the chocolatière. She advised how best to temper (melt) chocolate to have a good liquid to work with …
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WI Newsletter – February 2007
Most of this month was spent concentrating on our tremendously successful Pancake Morning held on Shrove Tuesday. Thanks must go to everyone who came and supported us on the day and who enjoyed eating our freshly cooked pancakes. We were delighted to see all our guests of course, but it was particularly enjoyable to see …
WI Newsletter – January 2007
By the time our members met at the end of January, they had received their first copy of the controversial W.I. Life and as far as this Institute is concerned, the feedback was positive. As this is our 90th Anniversary year, we have a busy schedule during the next 12 months. Members were urged to …
WI Newsletter – December 2006
Once we have recovered from our Annual Meeting in November and enjoyed our Christmas Celebrations in December we take a well-deserved break, ready to come back fully refreshed in the New Year. Once again our December meeting took the form of a Dinner in the Village Hall, where all our members had to do was …
WI Newsletter – November 2006
We’ve done it, we have now finished walking the Test Way – it has only taken us 19 months to walk 44 miles! That’s not the whole story of course – we actually did it in nine stages – the last one being on the 18 November when we walked from Combe Gibbet to LInkenholt. …
WI Newsletter – October 2006
During October, we have enjoyed the beautiful countryside on our own doorstep, heard all about the liner Queen Mary, attended Goodworth Clatford’s Institute meeting, learnt about the exploits of Col John Blashford-Snell and discovered more about our own members. The first was courtesy of Jill & Mike Reynolds who kindly organised a treasure hunt on …
WI Newsletter – September 2006
On the first Saturday in September, our members were involved in the Village’s annual fete, traditionally the W.I. has always organised the teas and this year was no exception. As always, our members were very generous and provided plenty of cakes, but we were also grateful to others, who had taken notice of our email …
WI Newsletter – August 2006
As mentioned in previous newsletters we do not have a meeting in August – we are only obliged to have 11 meetings a year and it has long been a tradition in our Institute, as do many others, to have a break in the summer. However, please do not be mislead, this does not mean …
WI Newsletter – July 2006
We might have known – our trip to the Isle of Wight had been plagued with setbacks – here we were enjoying (some would say enduring) a long hot dry summer, so of course when 5th July dawned, we woke to a thunderstorm and heavy rain. The original ferry time was put back by an …
WI Newsletter – June 2006
The month began with a specially arranged evening walk on the unique Porton Down which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, as this area of chalk downland has never been treated with chemicals or fertilizers. Unfortunately, we did not see any butterflies and very few birds, but we were privileged to see a Lady …
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