October

Roger’s indoor bowling season started with wins at Malvern but defeats at Littleton. Also during the month he audited the Overbury accounts. At the end of the month there was a demonstration of short mat bowling in the new Toddington village hall. An encouraging show of interest from the village, and some very good bowling from the enthusiastic beginners. There was to be a further evening the following month, after which the prospects for equipping the hall and establishing a club would have to assessed. It would be an ideal venue.

On Saturday 10 there was another bowling club quiz, themed on knowledge of the 1950s to 80s. Poor Jay had come back for this, but, of course, it wasn’t her period. But she did do the scoreboard. We came second, comfortably behind the winners.

Jay’s visit was really to take a second car load to Oxford on Sunday 11, after having taken her back from the long vac on Thursday 8. Helen kindly met up with us there to help with the carrying. We had a short look round the shops when we had finished, but Oxford was surprisingly busy, and we couldn’t find a table for the cakes and tea we had promised ourselves, but found some compensation on the M and S food shelves.

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