Food fair car parking at Aardvark books
Sat, Jul 12th 2014 at 10:00 am - 10:00 am
We spent the day helping with the car parking and collecting a little money for our charity account.
This was a long day but the weather was beautiful, people in general were friendly and Jo Brand was there to open proceedings. It was a bit like herding cats on the M25 at times, but we did our best to keep a good flow of traffic in and out of the car parking field. Much easier than a few years ago when it rained and we had to make sure people did not get stuck in the mud! A big thank you to all those that put a few pennies in the bucket and to all the Rotarians who gave up their time to help out. The total raised as of today ( Sunday 13th ) is
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