New Year & alternative Norway
The month of January is now, traditionally, Asby WI’s ‘holiday’ month. However, that doesn’t mean the ladies don’t get together. This year, they met at the ‘Crown and Cushion’ in Appleby for a very tasty meal and social evening with just the merest ‘hint’ of WI business.
In February Asby WI were expecting a repeat visit from Vivienne Tredidga for part two of her ‘Life in the Arctic’ talks. Unfortunately her mother was taken ill and Vivienne had to cancel her visit at the last minute. However, that didn’t stop the ladies meeting as usual.
Business Matters of the afternoon included making catering arrangements for the Open Meeting (Riding for the Disabled with Federation President, Karen Hanks) and the afternoon teas which will raise funds for the Ankoma Project and Hospice at Home. Both of these events are being held in March.
WI Member, Pat Bevan, in the Autumn, had been on an expedition cruise along the coast of Norway and to Svalbard. So that members had a ‘taste’ of Norway after all, and using her holiday scrapbook log as an aide memoir, Pat described her trip which included very rough seas; lots of walking; changed itineraries (this regularly expected on expedition cruises!); calling in at small fishing villages where larger ships can’t moor, as well as some bigger ports of call such as Honningsvag (for Nordkapp) and Bergen; plus walking on glacial moraine and close-up glacier encounters. The latter were reached using zodiacs for beach landings and fjord cruising.
Concluding the afternoon, Susan Renshaw and Joan Nettleton won the quiz on hobbies that had been prepared by Anne Hulse. Wendy Fairey won the raffle.
