Reporting from Criccieth LIVE

I am sitting here in the hotel at Criccieth two and half hours into our Council Meeting. 19 Council Members have come together here today for the first of our three meetings this year. Steve Stansfield, our Warden, and his wife Emma are also present, as is our President and one of our Vice Presidents.

We have been discussing the work of the Observatory and particularly receiving reports and making decisions for the coming season so that the Observatory will run smoothly. Our work will continue, including, of course, continuing to provide accommodation for visitors who stay and help us record and study the wildlife of the island.

In case you think I am not paying intention at the meeting, I would add that it is now lunch time and I am enjoying a bowl of soup.

Finally, there was an apology from one of our Vice Presdients (no names no packdrill as they say) and I thought you would be interested in his reason for not being here today. It appears his son persuaded him to take him to the Test Match in Barbados! No comment from a fellow Vice President :-))