This weekend fifty of our members will be in York for our Annual National meeting. It is always a great weekend full of fun and laughter meeting up with old friends and catching up with each others' news. It is amazing how quickly you pick up from when you last met and soon the room is filled with chatter and laughter. It is a very informal evening and a nice way to start our weekend as many of us have travelled that day from various parts of the UK.
Saturday morning we have our general meeting when we hear about all the things that the various branches have done in the past year. We also get a report from the National Chairman telling us about the various events that she has represented us at. All the ladies love a bit of shopping and sightseeing so we make sure that we have plenty of “free time” to enjoy the local attractions and do your own thing. The dinner on the Saturday evening is a bit more formal in as much as we have a wine reception beforehand and usually a guest speaker. The formality doesn’t stop the fun and laughter and the comments we always get from guests is that they have never met such a happy group.
We do enjoy getting together and these annual weekends are such an important part of maintaining this friendship and support for each other. We are all very individual with different likes and dislikes but what we have in common is the seafaring bond and it is just lovely to be with people who are in a similar situation. It is like having “me time” where you can just relax in nice surroundings with good company – not forgetting a bottle of wine or two!
If you think this circle of friendship and support is for you then please get in touch we would be delighted to meet you. You can send in the enquiry/contact form and we will respond within 24hrs and if you are near York this weekend why not come and meet us.