Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2024

Thanks Ladybird.
It was a very full meeting as the club is still transitioning into a registered charity, property owning club. The amount of paper work involved has been phenomenal and time and effort needed unbelievable. We have an AGM coming up shortly requiring not only committee member nominations but the election of a new squad of trustees as well as needing a lot of money to be raised to cover ground keeping machinery and building maintainance. The club house is only a wooden chalet style building needing new windows, £5,000 excluding labour, the roof needs refelting etc. etc. I am amazed we managed to raise £65,000 for the purchase of the club, in such a short time.
One of our main problems is finding volunteers to take on the multitude of jobs required to keep a club running as the majority of our members are senior ladies. Fund raising is an ongoing challenge as well. Nothing comes cheap these days. Just the maintainance of 3 lawns equivalent to 3 tennis courts, the verges and surrounding land and hedges is a massive job alone, feeding, aerating, mowing, grass never stops growing down here in Cornwall, keeping the machinery working etc. We have lost so many stalwart members to Covid, poor health, house moves etc. in the last 5 years, there are only 50 odd members so a lot is being asked of people not as young or active as they used to be.
A daunting task but so many recently bereaved widows/widowers have benefited from joining the club it would be a great shame for it to disappear.

 

Oh my goodness @Goldenlily26. That is such an incredibly daunting task. Respect to you and your colleagues who are working so hard to keep your club going. It is difficult these days to find enough younger people to be involved, as they, too, have such busy lives. Many people are unaware as to what has to go on in the background to keep such institutions going. Well done!

 

Morning everyone, dull again, but supposed to brighten up. Volunteer day at Capel Manor yesterday, mostly leaf clearing this time .
After much research I have ordered bulk bag of compost mulch, not got a delivery date yet, hopefully tomorrow.
@Goldenlily26 I wish you all the best with the club. Our council "devolved" all the Allotments, bowls clubs etc and gave us long lease deals. In some ways it has been favourable, in that we control all our own maintenance of trees etc (which the council never did) but getting people willing to be on the committee, be trustees etc is becoming increasingly difficult. I wish there was an easy solution.

 

Tea and toast with Marmite for me in the morning - sometimes I have porridge when I think to soak the oats, the night before. With brown sugar .....

That is certainly a daunting project to have to organise year after year @Goldenlily26 How's Rob? How did you get on @Obelix-Vendée ? I belong to a club which gives homework help after school. I look after the english side of things. There are always squabbles with keys, lack of ink in the printer but nothing major that can't be sorted.

The sun is shining and I stopped at a young friend's for a flat white (haven't had one for years!!) on my walk with Fizz this morning. I have returned clutching 2 lovely drawings to put onto my fridge door!!

A little afternoon rest and then I should check out a few weeds before the sun gets too low.

 

What smashing photos - especially the inclusive 'topper'.
Driech but dry here. I am going to start sorting some clothes for the charity shop.
The lovely folk at the village garage have called and said they can do the brakes on the car tomorrow, instead of Monday. As hub doesn't drive (never has), we only have the one car, so if it's off the road, we're lost!
I planted the last of the 60 tulips yesterday. Some are not as deep as they should be, but they'll have to take their chance.
@Goldenlily26 I take my hat off to you and wish you every success.
What a great idea @Tui34 - I bet your English is much in demand.

 

G'day everyone. It is very cold here with a bitter wind but plenty of sun. Lovely but not conducive to gardening and I have plenty of indoor jobs to keep me out of trouble.

Our visit to our secretary friend wasn't as bad as I feared. She's just had one cataract done and gets the other eye done next week and needs time to recover. She managed to get some infection whilst away on a "cure" and has been wiped out by the antibiotics but all that is resolvable. Trouble is, her OH has a condition he's only just started taking it seriously and her sister has cancer so she still has plenty to worry about. It never rains but it pours n'est-ce pas?

We'll have to wait and see how she is in January but yes, like @Goldenlily26 and @Allotment Boy our small club of 43 has only ç new members who I can call on for replacements as I know the older members aren't going to volunteer. Similar problems at the 150 strong gardening club - no-one wants to be Pres, Tres or Sec and the existing ones have all given notice. We don't have to manage premises as the councils here provide free facilities to clubs like ours with a majority of retired members but the admin still needs doing and the organisation of activities.

I hope all of you with colds, flu, other bugs and injuries are improving rapidly and getting th esupport and care you need. Hugs to all feeling down and poorly critters too.

 

Goodness @Obelix-Vendée, your Secretary certainly has her hands full at the moment. It does make one think - Carpe Diem. Do you have a little break from your club over the festive season or do you keep going up to and around it? My Quiz league and Card playing do Have a natural break until the new year. Gives me time to plan with others our Christmas Fayre which is on December 8th.