Thank you

Thank you for all those who have voted for us on the NatWest Community Force. Votes are being counted and checked and wionners will be notified after November 3rd so....fingers crossed

SWITCH

I must have been so tired after SWITCH because I am sure I posted something about how wonderful it had been but it is not on the blog anywhere.....so, rather belatedly, thank you everyone for helping to pull together a wonderful day. We had very few complaints and very few hitches - or not that you need know about!

SWITCH

This time last week we were still trying to recover from the IT problems that bedevilled the booking system for SWITCH. We were still trying to find out who was coming and what they wanted to do. We were still trying to find trainers for sessions we were suddenly going to put on. Yet today SWITCH ran smoothly with high attendance, few complaints and a degree of smoothness we would not have predicted. So I would like to thank everyone including the organising committee, trainers, stall holders, those helping with set up and clearing, etc and everyone who came and had a good time.

Just a last reminder - Don't forget to vote for Heronswey....
communityforce.natwest.com/project/348
Voting closes on October 23rd.

Fungi

Last week I had an interesting conversation with my optician who, it turns out, is a keen forager. On Tuesday I went to River Cottage and did a day of mushroom foraging....although most of what we spotted were poisonous or inedible. Anyway, that cost £165 and it took 3 hours to drive there. The optician, on the other hand, works in Hersham and has offered to do a fungi foray free of charge on October 22nd at Heyswood. Because it is the first time he has done anything like this he is only going to take 12 of us. So if you want to come you need to sign up on the list I will put up at SWITCH.
PS in case you are wondering about why we are going to Heyswood it is because that is the woodland he picks in and it is close to where he works so he can come along after his clinic finishes.

Votes please!

Please circulate this as far and as wide as you can.....

We are applying for funding from NatWest Community Force to pay for PV panels for the new building at Herons Wey. For details please look at www.heronswey.org.uk/fundraising

The projects with the most votes will get the funding so we need your help. To vote please follow this link http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/348 and then press the button "Vote For Us" - that is all there is to do!

Please forward to your Leaders, parents of the girls, your friends, families, work colleagues.........You have until October 23rd to vote. Thanks (when I last looked we had 1091 vots already and it only opened at lunchtime today....Brilliant but we need more.

This made me laugh

Sometimes the questions parents ask make you wonder about their parallel universe. I was recently told the following which took place at a parents evening before a Browie residential. On coming to the end of the usual briefing, the Leader asked for questions. One parent responded with the following "If what happened in Norway happens at your Pack Holiday what will you do?" The leader's response was "Until the Guide Association issues me with a gun, I guess I would just have to call the Police!"
Well, it might happen........but we will have done a risk assessment to minimise the risk, after all.

Welcome back

Welcome back after a Guide-free August. I expect this is your first week back as it is for me.

I got quite a bit done over August including:

• Applying for a grant from NatWest - the next stage is to get as many as people as possible to VOTE for us. More details later


• Organising a Christmas Raffle for Surrey West, Surrey East and Greater London West to support campsites and properties in Surrey. You will hear more about this later this month.


• Getting quotes for PV Panels for Herons Wey


• Reseeding part of my lawn


• Creating a new flower bed


• Doing lots of cooking


• Increasing my cycling distances - now 15 miles.


• etc etc

So quite productive.