Today we held County Day - for those who don't know, this is our biggest event each year when more than 300 Leaders come together for a day of training and workshops. It also our chance to present County awards.
With the snowy weather this week, it has been touch and go about holding it or cancelling. However, if we cancelled we would have to start again from scratch and the sheer scale of the planning and other arrangements made this less than appealing. So we decided to go ahead. The day started very cold and icy but warmed up through the morning. Most participants made it although there were tales of icy roads, traffic jams and road closures. Unfortunately the trainers, who travel from further afield, had more of a struggle. However, our marvellous committee juggled numbers; joining groups together as well as accepting the offers of three brave ladies to facilitate sessions at a minute's notice - Thanks Catriona, Cindy and Julie. Most of the afternoon workshops went ahead as the leaders came from Surrey West and travelled later in the day.
Leaders seemed to realise just what we were struggling with and greeted it with good humour. So thank you everyone who came for the wonderful "Blitz Spirit" and particularly to Jill, Sheila and Lesley who managed to organise things when it looked like we had chaos on our hands.
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