60th Birthday Lunch

Sue Morton writes: The Club is 60 years old this year, and we marked the occasion with a lunch on 3 August at FarmEd, near Shipton under Wychwood. 

We chose a larger venue than usual so that we wouldn’t have to limit numbers, and 46 members booked, with some of them also going on the optional guided farm walk before lunch.  We had a small display of photographs of Club activities and newsletters from the past 60 years, and it was fun to revisit past events and in some cases to see what some of us looked like before we had grey hair!

After a very good lunch, a large and magnificent cake was wheeled in and admired, before being cut by Malcolm Brownsword, one of our Vice Presidents.  It was then expertly cut up by one of FarmEd’s staff before being distributed to those present. 

Before everyone dispersed, we had a group photo outside, overlooking the lovely view of the Evenlode valley.  The finishing touch for me was a speckled bush cricket that hitched a lift on someone’s shoulder and was removed outside to have its portrait taken before being released back into the long grass!

Sue Morton 5 August 2023