Last night's travels took me back up to the north east of the District, together with Extension Officer PDG Bill Leslie, to visit the Rotary Club of Central Buchan. For me, it was a chance to visit them again on their 'own patch', my previous meeting with them having been a joint one with the Peterhead Club in Peterhead. For Bill, it was a chance to re-visit the Club with which he had been so involved, in bringing them into existence. One of the main reasons for being there was to cast the Club loose from their probationary period, during which they retained a very close relationship with their parent Club of Peterhead. I hope that they will continue to have this relationship but the Club is now free to chart its own direction. The Central Buchan Club has enjoyed a very successful first year, with excellent fund raising, good social events and the introduction of further new members. Above all, they are still the same well-knit, happy group which I first got to know some fourteen months ago. I wish them every success for the future. One of the duties of a DG is to judge various competitions, something which can induce serious trepidation to say the least. Last night was no different when I had to judge the 'most outrageous tie' competition, part of the Club's fund raising activities. With a well preserve sense of survival, one's frequent and initial reaction is to determine the whereabouts of the quickest exit. However, the event was conducted in a very good spirit and I was not lynched for my comments on some of the more way-out ties. It simply served to show yet again, the wonderful fellowship which exists in Rotary
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