Chers, Amis,
It was with deep regret that we cancelled the French inspired
car tour planned for Sunday, 15 August.
The event had been enthusiastically received by our
members and 31 people in 8 teams had registered to participate on the day. Of course, everything came to an abrupt halt
with the imposition of a lockdown in NSW due to a rise in the discovery
of Covid cases in regional areas. The
good news is that all of the work by Sylvie and Wal which was put into
organising the day has not been lost.
Nor has all of the work that kept the participants up late at night studying
French geography, history, wines, food, poetry, literary allusions, cinema and
popular culture in order to decode the cryptic clues
which were going to guide us to our destination. Rest assured, we will reschedule the
car tour as soon as circumstances permit. While on the subject of upcoming events I
should mention that our AGM and French Film Night is scheduled for Monday, 27 September. We will use the same format that proved
popular last year and will start with dinner in the Club
Sapphire restaurant at 6 pm with the meeting starting at 7pm followed by the
film at 7.30pm. Let’s keep our
fingers crossed that regional lockdowns will be a thing of the past by then so
mark the date in your diaries. I hope that you are all well and coping with
the current restrictions. I know that
it’s a second best option but if you are aware of any
of our members who are finding things a bit tough, give them a call or a text
and let them know that they are not alone and that we are
thinking of them.
Best Wishes, Rob McCombie
