We met at Windmill Barn, courtesy of our chairman Ruth Bottomley, for our garden meeting, a delightful occasion with the opportunity of exploring outside before being regaled with pizza, cakes and coffee indoors.

The next meeting was a new experience for most of us – a silent auction. This was a mystery to us, almost to the last moment, but once the procedure had been explained by the organisers, all became clear and a happy time of bargaining followed, with most of us delighted with our going home purchases.