Ed East’s Lamb Dauphinoise and a trio of luscious desserts were on the menu for our annual Volunteers Supper this year and were much 
enjoyed by everyone. The supper is our opportunity to get together with all our volunteers who work so hard during the year to ensure the success of the shop. We had over 40 sitting down to supper this time and when we counted up later, and included those who sadly weren’t able to be there on the evening, we realised we now have 50 volunteers. Anne, our volunteer coordinator, would kill me if I didn’t mention at this point that we are always delighted to have new people on board, please contact her on 841345 to find out more. Many new friendships have been forged and old ones rekindled at the shop and if you’re new to the area it’s a great way to feel at home very quickly as well as doing something that benefits the whole community.
Huge congratulations are due to Roxy Spiller who came home from the European Tae Kwondo championships clutching Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, what a star! We are delighted that we were able to help in getting her to Croatia.
The shop is now full of lovely summery things from ice-creams and lollies to buckets and spades and fishing nets for our younger customers and cans of ready mixed gin and tonic, spicy sausage rolls and fresh strawberries and blueberries just waiting to be taken on a picnic by the grown-ups.
Mary Whiting
