At the SSCBA quarterly meeting today it was reported that the World Federation has announced that it will no longer have its quarterly meeting as these "social events" are costing between £3500 and £5000 per year to run - if this was the case I'm not surprised that the federation is in such a dire financial position.  The church service on the 25th of January 2011 will be around 1.30pm or possible 2.00pm in St.Michaels Church and the Brow Well Ceremony will be on the Wednesday 20th July 2011 with a venue for the following function to be advise later. 

Next meeting is in Gatehouse of Fleet on the 19th March 2011 to announce the venue for the function after the brow well ceremony

 

John Clark, a quite, mild mannered, local artist and poet showed another side at the clubs November talk.  In an audio visual extravaganza  John took us on a tour down under with stunning scenery complemented by poem read from his book and the occasional distant sounds of the didgeridoo and ouigi board in the background.  His in his travels he had encountered crocodile vicious koala bears and many other indigenous species BUT he never mentioned the spiders.....