WI Swimmers!

 We had a very good swim this morning, four of us met at the pool at 8.30 am - and a couple of us came back to my house for a coffee and a chat afterwards. Very civilised and sociable! Thank you to Wendy C and Annie for organising - and for everyone’s company! 

The social distancing etc measures at the pool are excellent - no worries on that score whatever. 

We also came up with a few good ideas for WI activities ... and I learnt that a frozen lemon drizzle cake makes an excellent choice for soothing a bashed and bruised elbow. Who knew? 

The last zoom of October 2020!

 Well, despite my inept organisation this week, we had a most enjoyable zoom chat today! Barbara’s challenge was absolutely top notch, enjoyed by all. The highest number of words achieved was by Mike C - 130 - even though we weren’t going to include others, you can’t knock a score like that!

Incidentally, if you would like to have a go: how many four letter or more words can you get from Women’s Institute? No plurals or proper names. 130 is your target!

Wendy Mac

’s quiz was absolutely brilliant! Thank you both, and thank you everyone else for your company!

Resolutions!

 Copied and pasted from the UWI FaceBook page: 

VALERIE PEDRICKUNOFFICIAL WOMEN'S INSTITUTE - UWI

A lot of work has already gone in to preparing and selecting a shortlist of resolutions for next year. The list of resolutions has been released for discussion and voting within each Federation. I’d like to urge everyone to look out for these meetings, read and discuss them, and prepare to vote on them. The Federation meetings this year are online, and some are happening quite soon, and are already open for bookings. Please check with your Federation, and take part; resolutions are a huge part of who we are as an organisation.

Barbara’s cards

 Barbara has been busy again, making her cards - first one using a hot foil technique learned from Beryl:

And the second one using her flash paper cutting machine and a piece of the encaustic wax made at one of Mary’s workshops.

Aren’t they great? 

Fancy a dip, anyone?

 WI Swimmers are increasing! There were four of us at the pool today! (And only a few other swimmers, so it still feels quite exclusive!) Next week I invite the WI swimmers to my house for coffee afterwards (max 5, obvs!). (Not a full English, I’m afraid, Wendy C! )

WI Walks!

 

This very wet morning, Margaret Thomas, Gail, Mary Williams and myself (Hilary Bligh) had a long but enjoyable walk from the quay, to Fishcombe, across the common to Churston Hotel for coffee. Then a walk back. Thoroughly enjoyable and all thanks to belonging to an active WI, which we love. 

A new twist on the quiz today!

 The quiz organisers thought of a new way to run the quiz at our zoom meeting today - she had the questions prepared but no answers! Oops! It seemed to work ok thanks to other people in the room and our old friend google! Sorry if I forgot to invite you, and if you couldn’t make it today! Hope to see you next week, with a two part quiz! (Questions AND answers!)