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March 2026
We buried Lois’ sister,
Rachel, early this month. It was a
lovely funeral, if that’s the right word, in a meadow of wild flowers
with Rachel’s family and friends around her. It was good to take the opportunity to
say “goodbye” and to meet up with people we hadn’t seen for a long time –
funerals are like that, but this one was particularly nice with its
venue.
Ian was very busy with
British Science Week again, he being the RSGB’s national lead for their
part in the week. Following the
week itself, which was very successful, he dealt with many, many reports
and photographs from the various groups that took part to get them ready
for publication alongside his own writing in the Society’s magazine. His own involvement which this year
should have been with RAF Cadet had to be postponed because of an
electrical certification issue at the squadron meeting room, but he hopes
to run a Morse code session, including building of Morse tutor kits,
later.
We both attended an
excellent Durham Cathedral service in thanksgiving for the work of Dame
Sue Snowdon, who stepped down as His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant at the end
of the month. This was followed by
an lovely reception at the Durham Town
Hall. Again, it was an opportunity
to catch up with old friends and fellow Deputy Lord-Lieutenants.
If that lot wasn’t enough,
we had the second part of the roof replaced (you’ll recall that the rear
part was replaced last year), so scaffolding went up, and there was lots
of disruption. We have to say,
though, that Steve of SB Roofing Services once again did a fantastic job
and although it was inevitably disruptive, this was kept to a
minimum. We are delighted with the
outcome! Not only that, as we write,
we suffered Storm Dave last night with 62 MPH gusts of wind – it was a “wild
old night”! The roof sustained
really well and there was no damage at all – plus it was a lot less
draughty than it would have been.
It was a really busy
month!
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