The weekend. On Thursday night, Andrew went to his first meet of the local running club. A successful six miler, and he reported a really friendly, welcoming bunch. So much so that they invited us to their social evening at the Greyhound on Saturday night. Nice to be able to walk there and meet a good bunch of friendly people. The organiser came over for a chat and she and Andrew were talking about preferred length of run. Very casually, she said she liked doing marathons, and had recently done the Snowdon one, at which her eyes lit up, and she enthused over it, mentioning there were a "few" hills. Hmmm. We are not worthy. I was awestruck. Rather like the film "Local Hero" it also turns out that half the running club wear a variety of different local hats. One works at the estate agent we rented the bungalow from, another sells us our morning paper and my cross stitch magazine, the list goes on.

Sunday was a long day as it was the AGM for GRW. We got up early, fast walk with woofs, then into the car and down to Cardiff house. Sorted out post that had arrived, including some nice ATCs for me and woofs had a good sniff. Picked up friend Paula and then trundled up to Ponty for the AGM at the Commercial Hotel. Last year, it was freezing, so I wrapped up warm, but this year they actually had the heating on, hurrah! Good turn out and great to see lots of lovely hounds. Sadly the guest speaker wasn't able to attend at the last minute. Felt very emotional seeing Sandra stand down as Chair, although Penny is lovely and I'm sure she will do a good job. It was my first public outing for my reading glasses - I'm still mastering the art of peering over them so i can see anything more than two foot away! After the AGM, we held an Exec meeting, and then we travelled back down to Cardiff. Woofs delighted to see us, loaded them in the car, and then back up here. Roads quiet and empty and beautiful views of mountains at dusk on the way back up. Andrew had been super-organised on Saturday and had pre-cooked a beef casserole with Pumpkin Ale, so he reheated that and did some potato boulangere while I had a large gin and looked at the paper, being exhausted after all the travelling and the AGM. Early night and a very quiet day - I must admit I actually nodded off while doing the crossword. Now made an attempt at the minutes, and will hopefully complete by tomorrow. The heron was on the river this morning, opposite the window, fishing - I really enjoyed watching him for a while.