The Day After the AGM

Back home after the trip to Criccieth. What a sea we had looking out fro Criccieth Castle which is just opposite the Marine Hotel where we had our Council and AGM meetings. You will have gathered from the previous posting, that I was able to get online at the hotel and actually blog live from the AGM meeting. I was sitting at the back of the room with the laptop on a table typing away - it did seem strange when I realised that I was in fact reporting the meeting "live" as it was happening. I suppose, with all the right equipment, you could all have been there, watching proceedings on the screen and even contributing. I wonder if that will happen one day?

It was good to actually meet up again with old friends that you haven't seen for months or even years. For instance, in my case, our old friends of the Obs., like Dafydd Phillips and Dafydd Thomas and make new ones, like Liz James, some of whose photos of Bardsey and its birds you will see on the website. Christine Evans was there as was also a host of other friends of Bardsey. It was great to seem them all - and for them to meet our new Assistant Warden, Richard Brown (another Yorkshire lad) and of course, our newly married Warden Steve and his lovely wife Emma.

Practically all Council Members were there (travelling from all over the UK), including our Bookings Secretary Alicia (who actually gave a fascinating talk about bees after the business part of the meeting - we now have a couple of hives of honey bees just behind the Observatory and you can buy and eat Bardsey honey if you visit the island).

And Denise Healey was there selling our selection of unique Bardsey clothing and launching new items, like the cut glass whisky tumbler which you will be able to purchase shortly (did you know there is a Single Malt Whisky made in Wales?).