On Saturday (8 May) we held the much-anticipated Ladies Afternoon Tea in Westoning Manor to raise funds for my charity, Frenchay Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre.
The planned garden party was changed in the week as the forecast (accurately) predicted cold and rainy weather for Saturday afternoon, so massive thanks go to our very hospitable neighbours, Dave and Becky for completely reorganising their lounge to accommodate 34 guests as below.
There was a humbling amount of generosity on the day - the loan of a smart tea set to the donation of clotted cream and milk, scones, cakes, chairs, washing up, a tent and some teapsoons, You name it, the good people of Westoning lent it.
Mr Tom Bola and Lady Raffle (thanks Jonny and Janet) did a fine job, and as the pink fizz flowed, the tea party atmosphere defied the wind and rain outside.
Despite my brief, and I thought, informative speech to explain why I would be cycling 962 miles, and what on earth JOGLE stood for, everyone still enjoyed themselves and was reluctant to leave as our singer for the afternoon, Victoria, stayed to do a few extra numbers.
The end result was a total of £480 raised, which exceeded all our expectations by about £200. If any of the ladies who attended are reading this I hope you had a memorable afternoon. And don't worry, the diet can start next week!
Finally, many many thanks to my fab wife Jayne and to the hostess with the mostest Becky, for the weeks of planning and organisation that helped everything taste good and run like clockwork.
Not long now...
Paul
The planned garden party was changed in the week as the forecast (accurately) predicted cold and rainy weather for Saturday afternoon, so massive thanks go to our very hospitable neighbours, Dave and Becky for completely reorganising their lounge to accommodate 34 guests as below.
There was a humbling amount of generosity on the day - the loan of a smart tea set to the donation of clotted cream and milk, scones, cakes, chairs, washing up, a tent and some teapsoons, You name it, the good people of Westoning lent it.
Mr Tom Bola and Lady Raffle (thanks Jonny and Janet) did a fine job, and as the pink fizz flowed, the tea party atmosphere defied the wind and rain outside.
Despite my brief, and I thought, informative speech to explain why I would be cycling 962 miles, and what on earth JOGLE stood for, everyone still enjoyed themselves and was reluctant to leave as our singer for the afternoon, Victoria, stayed to do a few extra numbers.
The end result was a total of £480 raised, which exceeded all our expectations by about £200. If any of the ladies who attended are reading this I hope you had a memorable afternoon. And don't worry, the diet can start next week!
Finally, many many thanks to my fab wife Jayne and to the hostess with the mostest Becky, for the weeks of planning and organisation that helped everything taste good and run like clockwork.
Not long now...
Paul
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