Members of Tenby’s Lower Landsker Trefoil Guild have enjoyed a busy few months while waiting for summer to arrive!
For their May meeting they all caught the bus – thank goodness for bus passes- to Saundersfoot where they enjoyed coffee and shortbread in the pleasant surroundings of St Brides Hotel while planning for the following few weeks.
Some members then walked on in to Saundersfoot to admire the Harbour area and eat lunch before catching the bus back to Tenby.
Part of the ethos of the Trefoil Guild is helping others so the following week a tea for Ty Hafan was held in the Guide and Scout Hall. A delicious spread was provided by members and £100 was collected for Ty Hafan. A good cause helped while enjoying good food, and more importantly, good company.
The June meeting is traditionally a trip to Caldey, and, in the midst of all the dire weather, Wednesday the 3rd gave sunshine and fair winds. Members enjoyed walking up to the lighthouse and back around to the Priory, and on to the village where they ate their picnic lunch in warm sunshine on the village green. Although no seals were spotted this year there was great excitement on the trip back when a dolphin decided to show off near the boat.
Four members travelled to Portsmouth on the following Friday to the Annual Meeting of Trefoil UK. It was poignant for them that the weekend coincided with the end of the D Day celebrations and they managed a visit to the D Day Museum on the Saturday morning which proved quite moving, particularly actually standing in one of the last landing crafts in existence.
The Overlord Tapestry was quite breath –taking and the whole experience was memorable. In the afternoon at the Annual Meeting the guest speaker was an intrepid lady called Sue Riches who had been the oldest member of a group of women who skied to the North Pole. Her experiences filled the members of the audience with admiration, as well as causing much laughter with many of her stories.
In the evening the 1,000 members of Trefoil UK from all over the UK were treated to a superb concert given by the Royal Marines Association Concert Band, which again, considering the significance of the date was very apt and all were provided with flags to wave at the playing of Rule Britannia!
Before leaving for home, Sunday morning was spent enjoying coffee in the sun on Gunwharf Quay and gazing in awe at the mighty Spinnaker Tower. Many thanks go to Liz for booking such an excellent Air B and B, and for driving us there and back in safety and in style.
Members are now looking forward to joining with the Guild from Haverfordwest to enjoy a meal at Blackpool Mill next week, and future plans include a visit to the Haydn Miller, and to the Heritage Centre in Pembroke Dock.
Of course the Wednesday walks, talks and coffee will continue throughout the summer as will the fun and friendship that we all find in Trefoil.