The Weekend and Last Week at WI

I 'spoke' too soon!!

 On Friday afternoon when I scheduled Saturdays post to appear at 6am as usual the electric was on and it looked as if the village had escaped any cuts, but at 4.30pm as the wind was dropping it went off flicked on and off and off again.. I rang the UK Power Network and got registered for text messages and at first it said Midnight Friday/Saturday then later it said 4pm SUNDAY.(Yikes, that would have been 48 hours!).

 I put on layers, filled a hot water bottle from one of the flasks of hot water and a hot drink from the other, lit several candles and snuggled for the evening. Saturday morning I got the little camping gas stove going but the silly thing would only work on low and slow, so a hot drink eventually!

 Thank goodness the electric came back on Saturday, 24 hours earlier than they said, except the boiler didn't! At least I could use the convector heater and boil the kettle for hot water bottles.

I don't think I like this "everything needs electric" home so much! Next door neighbour said it's the longest he has known it off in the 10 years they have been there.

 

On Sunday morning a surprise phone call from Brother-in-Law saying he would come over and sort the greenhouse glass.....no idea how the huge panes didn't break......... before we got more wind that was forecast. When I told him the boiler hadn't come back on when the electric did and the Low Pressure light was on, he said he would ask a friend who had a combi boiler what needed to be done to reset it (The Owners Instruction Manual said if the Low Pressure light was on it needed resetting - but didn't say how to do it!). And Thank Heavens he sorted both the glass and the boiler- I don't know what I do without him!

 Last week at WI there was birthday cake (96 years for this WI) and sherry (ugh) or orange juice. We've been taking our own mugs due to covid so as I was on kitchen duty I went and made a coffee. "We're not having coffees or teas this week"one  lady in the kitchen said, and when I said I don't like sherry and don't drink orange juice she gave me an odd look and sort of sniffed at me disapprovingly. As it happens a couple of other members joined me in the kitchen to make a tea or coffee.But that is one of the things I don't like about WI - you sometimes feel you have to fit in or else!

After saying I never win anything in the raffle, I won a box of biscuits. If you are on kitchen duty you also take a raffle prize and I'd taken a boxed set with a re-usable cup with lid and matching fold up bag  that I found at a car boot sale sometime so was pleased I didn't have to win it back!

Yum

This WI has it's own Flower and produce show in August and we got the schedule . No classes for vegetables though. Apparently the village once had 3 different Produce shows  organised by the - WI, Over 60's Group and the Community Council.

who all vied with each other to be the best show! which resulted in things getting nasty so that only the WI one continues - for members only. This is different to Bacton, (my other WI village when I eventually get back to going) where they have the big Fayre and Produce/Flower show every year, that I've written about before. I need to look out for information about that one, it will be on the first Saturday in August. The WI show is on normal WI evening in mid August.

We didn't have a speaker for the February meeting but were asked to move round the hall talking about ourselves to people we didn't know - like speed dating someone said! The idea was to get to know different people, but it felt a bit odd.

No meeting here next month as there is a birthday meal out - not something I will do as it means eating late and quite expensive too. So I really must get back to Bacton WI next month.

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Sue