22/05/2010 by Steve Barclay.

A great evening on Friday watching The Anglian Players at the March Community Centre present See how they run.  It was a brilliant performance and their excellent acting and comic timing shows you do not need to head to the West End for a night of quality theatre.  Wendy Hart as Miss Skillon and Theresa Winslow as Penelope Toop were superb, and I really enjoyed their interplay with Steve Tittensor and Alan Hooks, not to mention Nicole Oliver as the maid Ida who all brought this farce to life.  The whole cast were excellent and it is fantastic to see such high quality theate produced locally.  I really enjoyed having the chance to pop backstage afterwards for a chat with them.

Saturday morning was a chance to visit the historic All Saints church in Elm to see the beautiful flower displays.  Each had a theme, and special credit goes to the Alton Towers display of the brownies with their log flume.  There was however a Yorkshire display but no Lancashire one - perhaps it is a challenge for me for next year!  The church looked stunning and it makes me look forward all the more to the Rose Fair in Wisbech. 

In the village shop in Friday Bridge later it was good to see high quality locally produced food being sold, and proving so popular.  The strawberries travel less than 2 miles and tasted so much better than those in the supermarket.

Saturday evening we headed to the March Golf Club for their annual ball and a fun night out.   Plenty of familiar faces and a chance to catch up with people in a lovely relaxed setting.

The photo shows the brownies log flume display at the Elm Flower Show

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28/06/2009 by Steve Barclay.

Knights jousting in full armour, medieval musicians, and glasses of mead provided the backdrop to a fun medieval dinner in Chatteris. The medieval fayre was a great success last year (unlike my attempts at archery with the authentic long bow) and this year the week-end included a medieval dinner with a host of characters in medieval dress. Sat next to Chatteris Mayor Peter Murphy and Cllr Alan Melton meant plenty of great anecdotes over dinner as we enjoyed the sights and sounds of the medieval games. A fun evening and am sure now a fixture in the Chatteris diary.

Take time off on Saturday afternoon to watch the key 2nd British Lions rugby test against South Africa in The Griffin in March. Great match and the Lions were hard done by losing 28 - 25 with the last kick of the match. Simon Shaw was outstanding. Then on Saturday it was dinner of a different kind as Karen and I headed over to the East of England Showground in Peterborough for an NFU dinner. A chance to catch up on the farming news amongst friends, although conversation frequently returns to the rugby.

Sunday meet up in Wisbech for lunch at a friend’s house before heading over to Elm to enjoy a local garden opened up especially for the week-end to raise money for Parkinson’s. A gorgeous garden, and tea and cake on the lawn listening to local singers are a perfect way to round off the week-end.

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