Week Nine

Monday 26th:

A Public Holiday, even for a DG!!

Tuesday 27th:

Trying to catch up with the backlog of emails and other correspondence plus reading all the minutes and reports which seem to cascade onto my desk. I really should tidy up my desk but as a good friend once told me, if you know what you are looking for is in one of the piles it saves searching in the filing cabinet whilst trying to remember where you have filed it!

Wednesday 28th:

John Carr accompanied me to the Rotary Club of West Bridgford at their meeting place of the Country Cottage Hotel in Ruddington.
President Dennis was at a Council Meeting so we had the pleasure of socialising with members at the bar.  Dennis and the Council joined us at 7.20 and we all adjourned to the Dinning Room for a nice meal and chatty fellowship. I was sat next to Rtn Peter Hewlett, who to my astonishment lives in Gwynedd in Wales and had travelled to attend his Club knowing I was due to visit and wanting to hear what I had to say! What dedication, makes my journey from south Derby seem like a walk in the park.

Presenting President Dennis with
the Clubs 2013-14 Theme Banner

Peter enquired about my family name and what I knew about its origins, family names are of particular interest to him. Subsequently he sent me an email containing an interesting trawl of information based around the anglicised version of my name.

After my presentation club members joined me in a interesting question and answer session on Rotary and District issues. These visits are a constant source of very useful information for me and which I hope is two way exchange.


Thursday 29th:

I chaired the first District Team Briefing Meeting of 2013-14 Year at the Novotel in Long Eaton. It was meeting with a very full agenda, fortunate I was able to generate the interchange and exchange of ideas between the Team Members, the whole objective of such briefings, most of which was positive. I thank all the Team for their attendance and active participation, hey really are a great bunch! We broke up after 10pm with side discussions continuing well after that.


Saturday 31st:

Carols Birthday but, she insisted I go to the Derby County home match against Burnley and celebrate her birthday in the evening with the family. How I wished I had stayed at home, lost 3-0. Still Forest and Leicester fared no better, Burton Albion continued with their success, something to cheer about! The evening with the family did make up for the earlier disappointment, and Carol blew out the candles with the help of the Grandchildren. A relaxing and great night of celebration.