October 10
Another busy day . Lis and I had been in Wales for over a week and came back this morning to Denbies wine estate  near Dorking for a lunch organised by Roger North our Fleet Warden and his wife Chris. We missed the vineyard tour but enjoyed the food and company of about 30 others . This proves that the notion of regional  Company lunches is very good and we will have more . Well done and thanks to Roger and Chris. 

Roger and Chris dropped me off  at Dorking Station , now changed into black tie and I made my way to the  Worshipful Company of Musicians Annual Masters' and Clerks' Dinner in Armourers Hall. The Master is of course Ald Andrew Parmley  , who we all know from our Company , and he gave a most witty speech in response to the guest speaker Sara Mohr-Pietsch radio three presenter and broadcaster . She was a former pupil of the Master and beween them they recalled some very happy days .A very entertaining duo - thankyou . The surroundings and the company of fellow members of the Livery made for a memorable evening

Finally thank you to Chris and Roger who agreed to step in for a very early morning event on the 12th - the send off of the taxi drivers sponsored trip to Paris from Docklands  - we all  contributed with the collection from the Installation lunch .