As ever, the summer has flown by. Our June and July meetings took us out of our normal venue of St. Anne’s with a timely women-focused guided walk around Westminster in June – only weeks before the General Election. This was followed by a lovely evening picnic in July kindly hosted by Jan in her garden. We were back indoors for our August meeting when we were guided through the basics of DIY by Tom Fleming & his colleague Jason.

Walking Club took us from Leigh to Hever in Kent with highlights including wonderful views of Penshurst Place, fabulous cakes at a National Trust café, and visiting the tomb of Anne Boleyn’s father in St. Peter’s church Hever.

Culture Club had a rousing evening at Sadlers Wells in June seeing ‘Ballet España’ – part of the annual Flamenco Festival, and over the summer Book Club enjoyed Loved & Missed by Susie Boyt, and Ruskin Park by Rory Cellan-Jones. Dining Group had an excellent meal in July at ‘Brasserie Blanc’ on the Southbank which appears to have included a visit from the great chef himself…

As well as weekly Doubles Tennis and monthly Craft Club evenings, two of us attended the NFWI Annual Meeting at the Royal Albert Hall in June, a few of us tried a Lawn Bowling taster afternoon (on a ferociously hot day), and a larger group were given a private talk at Kelmscott House by a guide at the William Morris Society in August.

So even though a few of our activities have been paused over the summer, we still managed to pack quite a bit in!