Our Christmas celebrations took the traditonal format. We met at 10am at the Unitarian church hall for tea/coffee and presentations given by Margaret and Stuart. Margaret's presentation was entitled "Across the North Face of the Eiger- the flowers and scenery of the Bernese Oberland". Margaret showed us her pictures of the wonderful flowers of the alps. They included images of the trumpet and spring gentian, the white and yellow pasque flower, the alpine forget me not, the alpine snowbell, the lady's slipper orchid. martagon lily and snowdon lily to name but a few.The flowers were growing in the magnificent backdrop of the mountains the Eiger and Jungfrau. Stuart complemented this presentation by taking us on an adventure down under to Tasmania and the north Island of New Zealand. His talk could have been entitled "In the steps of Samuel Marsden " a wool merchant/entrepreneur and clergyman who orginated from the Leeds area and had ventured to Tasmania and the North island of New Zealand.Thanks go to both for entertaining us so well.
We climbed the heights to Thornton to enjoy our meal at the Raggalds. we were joined by several guests as well as regular supporters of the group. Margaret