The Buzz

Hong Kong was the first stop off with a trip around the harbour on a floating restaurant boat, then onto New Zealand visiting Auckland, home of the maori and the haka dance. Wellington was the next stop, where Lord of the Rings was filmed. We also saw slides showing whale hunting and panning for gold. On to The Franz Josef glacier, which we walked around without feeling cold! A visit to Dunedin and St Paul's Cathedral, Margaret met people with the familiar Scottish accent. Flying on to Fiji, we visited the Garden of the Sleeping Giant where gorgeous orchids grow.The views from her bedroom in Kuala Lumpur were breathtaking, looking at the Kings Palace and the six-storey Pertona Towers mall, a shopper's paradise.

June 2 was our summer outing and 38 members left for a visit to the Cocoa Bean Chocolate Factory in Twynholm. This is a small, family-run business producing award-winning chocolates. We were given a demonstration of how the chocolates are produced with one member helping. We finished our visit with afternoon tea, home baking and buying some chocolates!

On June 16, Jeanette opened our meeting with apologies from our speaker for the day Mrs Ellen Bell who was unfortunately ill. Mrs Kathleen Greer kindly played her clarsach for us and delighted us with various tunes from musicals. After our sing song we lubricated our singing voices with afternoon tea to finish a very enjoyable session.

Future meetings: July 14 The Seychelles with Andre, July 28 Natural Habits with Ann, August 11 Clarsach music with Kathleen Greer, August 25 Speakers Club with Helen Little. We are always happy to have new members, so whether you attend our church or not you will be made very welcome. The Buzz meets every second Monday at 2pm in the church halls.