Thoughts from a Bucks volunteer

After six months of disruption (snow, holidays and illness) the show’s back on the road for our group! Nine of us (three drivers, four guests and two hosts) shared a lovely tea in a kitchen overlooking a garden with three clucky chickens. Conversations covered the best way to make a Guinness cake (one for you, one for the cake), Dorine’s new knee, Bill’s mobility scooter running out of charge on the way to the Post Office, and how Pat catapulted her future husband over the handlebars of her motorbike and then spent the evening in hospital having her leg sewn up whilst he shared an entire bottle of whiskey with his future father in law.

We also spoke about how to get some new members to come along to the tea parties, as Derek and Violet have stepped down as they’re too ill to come out (but Sarah and I still drop by occasionally to say hello). I’m sure Head Office will come up with the goods, but in the meantime if you know any lonely older people living in Buckinghamshire (or someone willing to host in August), please ask them to get in touch!

p.s. How do you find the most lonely older people, or how do you help them to find us?