| Good morning from a much drier Somerset than we had yesterday! In typical Pattisson fashion we spent the late morning setting up Stan’s School Fete in a monsoon and the late afternoon clearing it up in the pouring rain, by some miracle the actual event itself was relatively dry! Stan informed us that this was not a miracle at all as he “had had a word with God”! Mrs P was in charge of organising the event which she did brilliantly and the rest of us were set to work … Nancy, Edith and I were put in charge of ‘Children’s Activities‘ which effectively meant we were in charge of hoopla, score a goal, limbo, hook a duck, knock the cans down and lucky dip all at the same time! Having recognised a very long time ago that multi tasking was something as foreign to me as Ancient Greek, trying to get around 40 children to do things in the right order, stop kicking footballs anywhere they liked, using the limbo bar as a sword and the plastic ducks as missiles soon became clear was a million miles away from my pathetically small skill set! Despite my own appalling personal performance and brief removal of my sanity. It was a huge success and Mrs P and her helpers worked a wet weather miracle and raised a superb amount of money into the bargain.
I must away as Bertie has another cricket match and breakfast is yet to be taken!
I hope you have a very restful Sunday.
My very, very best regards,
Jess |
Bowdens Farm, Hambridge, Somerset, TA10 0BP, England
