ON A HILL FAR AWAY STOOD A ...?
If my mother were still alive she would have continued with "... An Old Rugged Cross" - one of her favourite songs, and one played at her funeral.
But last Tuesday Gay and I travelled to The Hut on the Hill, at Parbold, to give a talk to Parbold U3A. This went down very well. The audience seemed to find it very entertaining, I autographed several books, and funds were raised for Pancreatic Cancer UK.
We just had time for tea and a tabnab at a lovely cafe in the village before we had to travel across to Blackburn, the land of my father, to give a similar talk (no two talks are exactly the same but they are all about my 70-day walk from SW France to NW England) to the recently formed and very go-ahead Blackburn Bees WI branch. We were enthusiastically received there as well.
For the day's work, we raised £300 for the vital work of PCUK, had a great time, met some lovely people, and hopefully entertained them for a couple of hours. They said we did, anyway.
Yes, we can come to you also. Just holler!
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