Sunday 3 July 2022, Chiltern Welsh Society: Summer Lunch.
Venue: Di & Colin Thomas’ Windsor Road, Gerrards Cross.
Yet again the weather made its usual contribution to a most convivial get together. The gazebos were all in place and looked their sturdy best- thanks to Alan Longshaw and his team. Some 45 guests were quickly catching up on the major issues of the day – especially how Wales were robbed by an over zealous Georgian, – yes Georgian, referee, in their opening Test Match in South Africa. Covid continues as a subject of note, & indeed there were a few casualties on the day, – including our President- Ann Evans; get well soon Ann.
Colin Picton welcomed everyone, including a few new members. Good to see new faces and that they were all such help in the removal of tables and chairs- thank you & well done. As usual the meal was excellent and provided with a smile from the Company of “ To Dine For” ; in your absence Stephanie- they all did you proud. Colin & Di were enthusiastically thanked for hosting the event and looked most pleased with gifts of bouquet of flowers (for Colin) and a bottle of Barolo ( for Di) – only joking !
The rustic garden with mulberry tree, – plus apples and pears gradually ripening from their infancy added an appropriate background to a relaxing afternoon. The camaraderie was wonderfully evident and was most suitable for the 22nd Summer Lunch of the Society. The day was a real success as it was efficiently managed, in both preparation and delivery, by Kay Day .
The Committee is to be congratulated . Da iawn.
Gwyn Owen
Pictures – courtesy of Colin Picton – there are more to see here.
No-one was absolutely sure whether our 2021 drinks party would go ahead, due to rising numbers of Covid.
Bright blue matching chairs and, cheerful garden flowers adorned the crisp white tablecloths. At this juncture, our thanks to the ‘flower girls’ as they were referred to. The guests had come laden with their own wine, fruit juice, beer and fizzy water and people on the tables introduced themselves. I maintain that Welsh is my first language and, was fortunate enough to be educated through the medium of Welsh from the age of 3 to 21. I was especially pleased to catch up with a few people who spoke Welsh and spent a while chatting to Bill Jones about the delights of Amlwch and Anglesey in particular!
Table by table, we were invited to the serving area, where the To Dine For ladies had set up a veritable spread. Our food had been pre-ordered, I had salmon, others had chicken and there was a vegetarian option, all adorned by a variety of salads, I have to say it was very tasty. We had olive and chilli bread, which you could wash down with the drink of your choice. Extra food was available if you wanted a top up. Chatter, covering a multiple of varied subjects, was constant. David Powell managed to pop round each group to photograph everybody deep in conversation. For dessert there was fruit salad, tiramisu, chocolate tart with lashings of cream, should you want it. To round off the meal tea and coffee were served with some lovely chocolate mints. All in all, I would say the afternoon was a massive success, everybody was pleased to catch up, after such a long time of being at home.
I would like to give a special mention to Ernest Morris, whose delightful garden we enjoyed and for the loan of the gazebos by Alan Longshaw. Thanks too to David, Gwyndaf, Alan, Peter Johnston and Colin Thomas for erecting these and, getting the furniture in situ; hopefully it was dismantled a bit quicker than it went up. Thank you very much to Kay for her organisational skills and making the afternoon such a success, we all know that these events, don’t ‘just’ happen.
