Summer frolics

5th August
This evening the local WI decided to use our usual monthly meeting date for an extra rather frivolous get-together. We hired the community bus and filled some overflow cars and sallied forth to another Bucks village. There were probably about 25 of us who descended on a private house to try on hats. Yes, I must admit I went thinking whatever is going to hold my interest until 10 o'clock this evening trying on hats.Of course I reckoned without the supper and the wine thrown in too! It was great fun. The rain held off we were sitting outside eating and drinking until 9.30pm and everyone had a great time amongst 400 hats and fascinators. Some were downright silly hats, others very glamourous and some were fashion statements in every sense of the word.What a pity that the WI members don't still wear hats for the AGM! I saw about 10 this year---mind, some of those we tried on this evening would have well and truly blanked out the stage for those sitting behind! Much of the success of this event lay in the fact that we all had time to talk to each other and not feel rushed to meet the demands of a formal WI meeting.
I am slightly concerned about whether the photos taken will be brought out for our next WI meeting on scrapbooking.Some will need censoring, I think.
12th August
Oh dear! Another social event to report on. The local WI held its second Barbecue of the summer in a member's garden as requested on the questionnaire conducted in the winter.Once more the rain held off and once more we all enjoyed ourselves sitting around eating, drinking and talking. Perhaps in order to mollify the Charity Commissioners our hostess had devised an educational gardening quiz. The answers were very entertaining and revealed a knowledge of horticulture which probably warrants a few gardening subjects to be included for next year's WI programme. It was a pity some of those who requested a barbecue once more failed to attend but that was their loss. These social "dos" were not planned to raise funds but just to cover costs and both events were important for the friendship side of the WI.