Rotary
I've had four Rotary functions over the last two weeks. Three presentations with different clubs, and a wine and cheese night with Leicester club. It's been lots of fun seeing different parts of the district and meeting so many different Rotarians. I've been to Wreake Valley Club, Ashby de-la-Zouch club and Huntingdon club. It's interesting to see how each club has its own style, while still following the same basic set of routines.
There was a slight mix up that meant that all three of the scholars here at Leicester went out to Ashby. It worked well as the club usually meet at lunchtimes, but we went on one of their evening meetings when partners are invited and the night is generally a bit less formal. We were given a wonderful reception and the club were really friendly (as they all are). Over dinner I sat next to a gentleman who has a farm outside of Ashby. He was telling me about the national forest scheme, where farmers are encouraged, and paid, to return part of their land to forests. It sounded really interesting.
At Huntingdon I was on a table with a Rotarian who was on the committee for the local museum. When he found out that i was doing museum studies he was very keen to grill me about various aspects and after the presentation took me over to the local museum to see what i thought. The museum is all about Cromwell as apparently he was born there and went to school in the buildilng that is now the museum. It wasn't as bad as i thought it might be, certainly not as bad as the tea and coffee museum i saw in london a few weeks back, but it did have a lot of the hallmarks of a small, poorly funded museum. The main problem was that those who know nothing about Cromwell would leave the museum still having no idea why there was a museum about him. I suggested that the committee look at getting in touch with the museum studies deptartment and submit a project for next years work placement. That way they get a free worker for 8 weeks and someone with new ideas might help give the museum the little kick it needs.
Other than Rotary things I have been studying and playing frisbee. The last few days have been decent weather - up around the 20s, so there has been a little bit more frisbee than study. However the thesis work is going well and I have set myself a goal of having the first two chapters written by the end of this month. I guess that means that i have to start doing some writing soon, although with the world cup starting friday who knows if that will happen.
Not sure how much I'll update this over the next month - when not stuck in front of a TV watching the world cup I'll be doing thesis work. Sorry to be so boring. I'll be moving to Bristol at the start of July and should have something interesting to write then.
There was a slight mix up that meant that all three of the scholars here at Leicester went out to Ashby. It worked well as the club usually meet at lunchtimes, but we went on one of their evening meetings when partners are invited and the night is generally a bit less formal. We were given a wonderful reception and the club were really friendly (as they all are). Over dinner I sat next to a gentleman who has a farm outside of Ashby. He was telling me about the national forest scheme, where farmers are encouraged, and paid, to return part of their land to forests. It sounded really interesting.
At Huntingdon I was on a table with a Rotarian who was on the committee for the local museum. When he found out that i was doing museum studies he was very keen to grill me about various aspects and after the presentation took me over to the local museum to see what i thought. The museum is all about Cromwell as apparently he was born there and went to school in the buildilng that is now the museum. It wasn't as bad as i thought it might be, certainly not as bad as the tea and coffee museum i saw in london a few weeks back, but it did have a lot of the hallmarks of a small, poorly funded museum. The main problem was that those who know nothing about Cromwell would leave the museum still having no idea why there was a museum about him. I suggested that the committee look at getting in touch with the museum studies deptartment and submit a project for next years work placement. That way they get a free worker for 8 weeks and someone with new ideas might help give the museum the little kick it needs.
Other than Rotary things I have been studying and playing frisbee. The last few days have been decent weather - up around the 20s, so there has been a little bit more frisbee than study. However the thesis work is going well and I have set myself a goal of having the first two chapters written by the end of this month. I guess that means that i have to start doing some writing soon, although with the world cup starting friday who knows if that will happen.
Not sure how much I'll update this over the next month - when not stuck in front of a TV watching the world cup I'll be doing thesis work. Sorry to be so boring. I'll be moving to Bristol at the start of July and should have something interesting to write then.
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