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I spend time with Fran, Dawn, Tonya and Karen from Cats Protection’s branch in Bolton and Radcliffe to chat about volunteering and what it means to them.
A Mid-Year Gathering with Fellow High Sheriffs
I was delighted to join colleagues at Monkey Island today for our mid-year gathering – always a highlight of the Shrieval calendar. Although I had to slip away after the first course to reach an afternoon engagement, the time I spent with the group was enormously worthwhile. Pippa and Sean offered thoughtful and energising mid-year…
Speaking at Oxford Brookes University’s Law School
Last night I had the enormous pleasure of giving a lecture to students and staff at Oxford Brookes University’s Law School — a brilliant way to round off their semester, and a genuine highlight of my shrieval year so far. I was truly delighted to have been invited by Charlotte Houghteling and Marc Howe, whose…
Contrasts…
I am so lucky. My job gives me extraordinary views of life. This morning I waved off an exceptional group of young people on their Gold Adventurous Journey / Expedition. Students at the M-pesa Foundation Leadership Academy, they are drawn from what they themselves describe as humble backgrounds. The Academy provides them with a world…
Walking the Wall – Day 3
Humshaugh to Twice Brewed I started the day with a bit of a detour, thanks to my longstanding friend and co-mischief maker, Gwyn Mckenzie. Gwyn is the ADC General Duties for Hadrian District (though I can’t think of her as anything other than National Akela to the UK’s Cub Scouts back in the nineties.). She…
