Saturday 11th of April and we are in the lovely Isle of Lewis for the 50th Charter Celebrations of The Rotary Club of Stornoway. After a nice short flight from Edinburgh we arrived on Lewis to be met at the airport by club secretary Kenneth, who took us to our hotel. As the rest of the day was ours Kenneth kindly gave us the use of his car, which allowed Rita and I to tour around part of the island. The evenings proceedings were superb with a drinks reception followed by a magnificent dinner. President Jane and Allan kept us well entertained for the whole of the evening. I was very privileged to present three worthy recipients with Paul Harris Fellowships, all three were non Rotarian's and were members of RNLI in Stornoway. They have played a very important part in making the seas around the Western Isles a safer place. Sunday saw us attend a very uplifting church service in St Columbus Church with Sunday lunch provided by Jane's mother and father at their home, a very pleasant afternoon. A further trip around another part of the island followed courtesy of Jane and Allan culminating with us arriving back at the airport for our return flight to Edinburgh. A huge thank you to all of the members and friends for making this weekend a very special one for Rita and me.
