WI Notes
Several of us attended the W.I. Group meeting in Swaffham Bulbeck when the
Institute competition was a tableau consisting of a May Queen and her
attendants. Thanks to Betty Fox's idea of making our entry a bit different
we had our oldest member, lovely Rhoda Goddard (Ruth Scovil's Mum) as our
May Queen. She was dressed in a flowery frock and a velvet cloak with a tiara.
Her two attendants, Pat Airey and Gwen Verlander, were in pretty kaftans with -
wait for it - wellington boots, and golfing umbrellas held aloft prepared for
the British weather. And we won the cup! Thanks to all of you - it's a few
years since we last won.
At our meeting on 19th May our President, Pat Airey, told us about her unusual holiday in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. I say unusual, because Pat and Keith don't go on the usual tourist holidays, they back pack and visit out-of-the-way places.
Pat showed us slides of beautiful temples and palaces and statues covered in gold, really magnificent. They travelled on a back-pack overnight sleeper train from Thailand to Laos, then in small boats (each taking no more than four people) for 100 miles up the Mekong river. Sometimes they were too hot, sometimes freezing cold and soaking wet. Nevertheless Pat assured us it was a fantastic holiday and it made us realise how "stuck in the mud" some of us are.
Next month on 23rd June - a week later then usual, we shall be visiting the Gifford's Hall Vineyard (hic!) to see, among other things, their wonderful sweetpea collection. Members please meet at the village hall at 6pm.