GUILD PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION    (National Convener’s Challenge, 2020- 2021) The subject for the photo entries is  trees and/or rainbows and we are wondering if there are keen photographers among our Guild members who would like to take part.  Anyone interested please contact Celia Massicks or Margaret McLeary for further details.

24 Walking along the Quay this afternoon we were enjoying watching a family of 8 ducklings when a gull appeared and then there were 7. Nature red in tooth and claw, but you still feel sadness and anger that something weaker could not defend itself, and something with so much potential ahead of it had

23 Today would have been William Shakespeare’s birthday. Most of us probably studied at least one of his plays at school – and, if we are honest, probably didn’t really appreciate it/them much, as going round the class reading a line or two did absolutely nothing to bring the play to life. Yet many people,

22 Earth Day Earth Day was established just over 40 years ago as a focus to co-ordinate and mobilise those concerned for the future of the planet. Perhaps its main claim to fame this year is that President Biden has chosen it as the date for the virtual international summit on climate change. We hope

21 HM The Queen’s birthday The media have been remarking on this being the first birthday the Queen has had since being widowed earlier in the month. As with so many people we know who have been in a similar position, saying ‘Happy Birthday’ (or when the time comes, ‘Happy Christmas’) is not being sensitive

20 What is a football club for? Is it a business offering entertainment to its customers, and a good return to its owners? Is it an expression of local community identity, bringing together people from a range of backgrounds around a shared interest and identity? Is it part of a country-wide/world-wide network promoting sporting skills

19 Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Week 19-25 April Over 130,000 people in the UK have MS. Many of us will know someone who has it. It usually starts to develop years before it is diagnosed. MS causes a person’s immune system to attack the coating (myelin) that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, affecting the

17 Various parts of the media, thinking of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral this afternoon, comment on the Queen having to sit alone, there being no singing at the funeral and all those attending having to wear facemasks and sit 2m apart. Sadly those are arrangements that many people have experienced over the last year