MASTERCLASS AND AFTERNOON TEA WITH AMANDA ROOCROFT AT THE RNCM

A delightfully educational, informative and enjoyable perk at the RNCM for the Principle's Circle members was another of the masterclass sessions opened to us. After the fairly lengthy sessions we had tea and biscuits in Brodskys restaurant. We are still waiting to see how the weather turns out for June as to whether we can get to the end of term concert at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, they have kindly reserved a place just in case. When we got home there were several jobs to catch up with and then it was off to the school for St Oswalds pcc session. Jane Lloyd the vicar is leaving soon and there will be an interregnum, it seems likely that our parish will be wrapped up with some of the other 7 local parishes which have no priest at present. One of the only good things is that our parish share would be likely to fall considerably, that's the cash we have to turn over to the dioceses to cover the incumbents salary, alas this is still payable until a replacement or alternative arrangement is made.

It has been as hectic as ever, the car didn't get finished until this afternoon as it needed a few things sorting from brake pads and fluid through to a new tyre, tracking etc, thankfully there was some spare cash floating around as we made arrangements to take up this years ISA allocation, no wonder not 'everyone' gets the benefit of all the financial options as even with the money getting the different accounts and through the security can be very daunting especially as you get older and you forget passwords and the like. I did all the gloss painting in the new office, not a lot to see on a picture but in reality it looks much more a 'finished' room and the carpet will be fitted next Monday. I'm looking at the weather and film options for tomorrow so still not sure what if anything will get done. I'd like to have a special DVD ready for the Ribble 100 events the next weekend. Lots of things depend on the weather, a possibility is a couple of days filming in London next week. Meanwhile some shots from Glasgow.