The end of the week saw Daphne and I heading north to Brora for the 21st Charter celebrations of the East Sutherland Club. There is a particular affinity there as the Club was established by a member of my own Club, Robert Clarkson, when he was District Governor, and current President Alistair Risk is a former member of the Dundee Club. The event was wonderfully organised with Alistair's well known management and entrapreneurial skills very evident. I have never seen such a stunning array of prizes for the raffle and the auction. Many of the nearby and not so nearby Clubs were present and it was a wonderful evening of humour and great fellowship. Events such as this are a wonderful way of getting Rotary Clubs together and I know that a lot of the northerly Clubs will be heading to Orkney in the near future to further this process. Charter dinners are also an opportunity to reflect on the past, present and future of a Club, and East Sutherland have many good things in their locker in all three categories. Their wonderful trip round the coast of the country to raise funds for Foundation and their superb fund raising to send Shelterboxes to Haiti, are just two of their recent successes. I have no doubt that their next 21 years will be every bit as successful as the first. They live and work in a very beautiful part of the world so please do not pass them by in your travels . You will be made very welcome at their Club meetings.
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