790 riders took part in Gravesend Rotary Club’s 28th annual sponsored bike ride on Sunday (27 April) and were greeted by a cool but unexpectedly dry day. Almost half took the 45 mile route which went first round the Hoo Penninsula and then joined the others who rode either the 30 or 15 mile routes in the
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Purrrrfect. That was how the day started. Beautiful clear morning where you could see forever with the sun drying out the overnight dew. No great hurry as we were teeing off at just after 11:15 so down the M20 to the lovely club of Etchinghill where we joined some 90 other Rotarians and their friends.
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Our speaker on 3rd February, Chris Hare, explained that his career in “light entertainment” was a proper job, in spite of view to the contrary. Following in his father’s performing footsteps and saying that he had is mother’s legs (unproven), he had brushes with many a famous actor/actress. Telling jokes and reminiscing over humorous encounters
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From the moment visiting Rotarian Diane Marsh got up to talk to us at our lunch meeting on 27th January, everyone present knew that she believed in the local Foodbank project with a passion. Explaining that a visit to a former Rotarian that had fallen on very hard times had galvanised her resolve to help
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As Ashley Davies rose to take the floor, the audience immediately experienced the buzz and colourful excitement as he talked us through the festivals that he initiated with the Chinese community of Medway in recent years (even to the extent of getting President Adrian to operate a festival lion). He then expanded his talk
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