THE BEACH PARTY

The Annual Summer Social, for the second consecutive year, took the shape of a beach party using Ruth and Andrew's beach hut as the focal point.

After a bitterly cold evening in 2006, we watched the weather with trepidation as Monday evening was a very cold, wet and miserable night and despite the hopes that the weather would be better on the Tuesday, it was a case of keeping our fingers crossed that the forecasters had got it right.

Tuesday came, a glorious sunny day with the weather doing exactly as we wished, staying fine through into the very late evening. It really was lovely, clear blue sky, a calm peaceful sea, plenty of food and drink courtesy of our members, atmospheric background guitar music and song or two from from Andrew together with crooner extraordinaire, Tony, a rare poem from Dave and, of course, some really wonderful company.

It was great to see Scott and Aimee back from their honeymoon allowing Dave to present them with a small wedding gift from all the Felixstowe Scribblers, of a specially designed heart shaped plate as a memento of their marriage.

It was nice to see Barry and his wife along with Liliane, Alex, Zoe, Rosie, Kay, Morag, Tony, Ruth and Andrew and Dave.

Special thanks to Ruth and Andrew for hosting the evening and allowing us the use of their beach hut.

Here's to 2008!