We have Ernest Morris to thank as our host again this year.

Many thanks to Bryn O’Neal, Lloyd Jones and some very generous friends of Kay Day who lent us their gazebos for the event after we double booked with the Longshaws.

Sunday morning on 2^nd July started with Ernest welcoming the gazebo team who set to work putting up the 4 tents, seven tables and forty chairs in record time. They then all rushed back home to get washed and dressed and return for 12:30.

In the meantime, Ann Evans, Kay Day and Ann Tennant laid the tables and prepared the food.

Numbers were a little down this year, with some last minute cancellations reducing our number to below 40.

At 1 o’clock, Ann Evans welcomed everyone to the event – our 23^rd year and everyone found a place at the tables.

We were all a little worried that the wind would catch the tents and send them skywards.

At one point the catering gazebo was caught by the wind and had to be weighed down with bricks.

In the end there was more of a problem with the paper napkins and tablecloths which seemed to want to take to the skies, but it remained dry, which was the main thing.

Ann Tenant had prepared a really delicious and substantial salad, with many of us returning for seconds, and there was a great choice of desserts.

In the absence of our chairman Gwyndaf, David Powell thanked the tent team, Kay Day for organising everything, Ernest Morris for once again being our host and Ann Tennant and her team as caterers for their efforts in making the day so successful and asked that anyone who could, to help dismantle and put away the gazebos, tables and chairs.

We had a great many volunteers to help, and in no time the tables and chairs were cleared and put into Ernest’s garage, and, after some puzzling we worked out how to get the gazebos down and back into their carriers.

Thanks to everyone for making another successful Summer Lunch!