OUR TRIP TO CABOURG

On Friday the 15th

of June a

group of Fareham Rotary Cub

friends comprising Rotarians,

Palmer, Eldrid, Bell, Ayres,

Colin-Jones, Esnault and

Swinburne and their ladies set

out at a very early hour to visit

our friends in the Rotary Club

of Cabourg. What I say below

is but a taste of this most

memorable event.

We were met at the Ferry port

and shown the way over Pega-

sus Bridge to the homes of our

hosts At 4p.m.we all met up at

the hotel L’Argentine on the

beach at Cabourg. Here the

festivities began! Our Hosts

plied us with much wine and

the festivities commenced.

The hosts then took us to their

homes for a few moments of

relaxation before taking us to

the Welcoming Dinner at La

Ferme St. Hubert at Colleville

Montgomery. Did you know

that one of the French Knights

accompanying William the

Conquerer was named Mont-

gomery? Many generations

later our General Montgomery

made the reverse trip back to

Normandy on the 6th

of June

1944! The meal was three

courses of excellent French

cuisine. Our President Elect,

Duncan, standing in for Presi-

dent Linda made an impressive

response in French to the wel-

come from their President Dr.

Alain Muenier-Guttin-Cluzel.

He is a surgeon specialising in

facial matters so our two Team

Leaders had much to talk

about. After the Dinner, hav-

ing changed into a Lounge Suit

I could not find the Blazer I

had come in. I wondered

whether I’d left it on the boat.

The next morning I discovered

that my host had gone into the

wardrobe where I had hung my

blazer and taken it thinking it

was his and wore it to the Din-

ner. We all had a good laugh

about that!

The next day they had us up

bright and early to get on a

coach to visit the HARAS du

Pin some 60 k. south of Caen.

A Haras is a horse breeding

station which has about 30-40

stallions of various breeds

ranging from the massive

Pecheron animals which could

weigh in excess of a ton and

are used for hauling logs and

trees in the forests of France.

This is a draught horse stand-

ing up to 18.1hands high. The

origins go back to the 8th

Cen-

tury.

We had an excellent guide

who spoke in French initially

but gave us a summary in Eng-

lish. We made her smile when

we told her that the English

The Fareham Flyer President Duncan Colin-Jones

Service above Self Bulletin Number 348 JULY 2012 www.farehamrotary.com

loved horses the same as the

French but we do not eat them!

Some Percherons are bred for

their meat which can produce

tastier and les fatty meat than a

beef steer! We saw also Thor-

oughbreds used for racing on

the Flat – trotters. Trotting is a

popular sport in France. We

saw French saddle Stallions,

what we would call Heavy

Hunters standing 16.3 hands

high. We also saw beautiful

Arabs and Barb horses of Al-

gerian origin.

Our guide gave us a sort of

menu from which these mighty

animals produce. If you have

a mare from which you wish to

breed and choose one of the

stallions you can have her

“covered” (that is the term

used) for real by the chosen

Stallion, or you can choose

Artificial Insemination which

is cheaper. You do not pay at

the time of the insemination

but only when the foal arrives.

They have the expression “No

Foal No Fee” which seems

very fair!

The Stud Farm which houses

these magnificent animals

dates back to the 17th

century

and is the first to be built in

France. It is a fine example of

French Architecture. We were

also shown fine examples of

Horse drawn carriages.

We all felt that these pampered

stallions have got it made. On

their stall there was a menu for

the day, some outside exercise,

but not too much and a stream

of ladies waiting to be covered.

You can’t complain about that!

We then were taken out for an

excellent Lunch and then on a

small Chateau where we had a

conducted tour and then to the

Lace Museum at Alencon.

This was of interest to the la-

dies but most of the Males

were not that enthused. At

6.p.m.we arrived back in

Cabourg and after a short rest

in the homes of our Hosts it

was off again for a magnificent

Dinner at a sea side Resturant

called Beausite overlooking

the sea with a beautiful sun set.

More speeches, and much hi-

larity, especially when Roger

and Ursula came in wearing

face masks depicting Price

William and Kate. Having

topped their own Royal Family

it is difficult to understand

how the French love our own

Royal family. But they do!

After the Dinner the Cabourg

President gave each of the vis-

iting Fareham members a de-

lightful cased bronze

medallion commemorating the

Twinning. Such generosity!

This was the 18th

Anniversary

of the Formal Twinning which

had started two years earlier

and I am proud to say that I

have attended most of them

starting with the abortive trip

to Caen organised by Brian

Evans when we were told

“Sorry, We are already

twinned, but you might like to

approach a new Club which

has just been chartered in

Cabourg.” The rest is History!

The Cabourg Club has prob-

lems with falling numbers but

I am sure that the Fellowship

between the two Clubs has

never been better.

MIKE SWINBURNE

ll seven cruise ships of P

& O Cruises will sail

from Southampton on 3rd

July

for a special Royal Fleet Re-

view to mark the 175th

anni-

versary of the granting of an

Admiralty mail contract to

what became the Peninsula &

Orient Steam Navigation Co.

The Princess Royal will join

guests on the Oriana for a re-

ception, and after will join the

Trinity House tender to con-

duct a review of the fleet.

The Fleet comprises Oriana,

Adonia; Arcadia; Aurora;

Azura; Oceana, and Ventura.

You too can watch this fabu-

lous occasion from the com-

fort of our own Wheelhouse!

Tony Cove writes:

……..a spectacle worth ob-serving and from the at-tached you will see the procession of ships is sched-uled to begin passing Hill Head at 7.20pm with the Red Arrows performing overhead between 7.20 and 7.45pm so the Wheelhouse would seem to be an ideal location from which to view, weath-er/visibility permitting.

Time of Arrival - Wheelhouse will be open from 6.00 pm, suggest you arrive soon after to stand a chance of securing a car parking place. To join forc-es with lifts is recommended.

Need to bring - Your food and drink with your own crockery and cutlery (the Wheelhouse has both but let’s have an

evening where no one is required to stand at the sink washing up) Try to bring a guest who may be interested in Rotary, it would be good for a potential member to see us in fellowship.

What will be provided - Hot water should you wish to make teas or coffee, perhaps a 'Din-ghy Drive' or a Quiz and some good fellow-ship.

Cost - nil

Need to book - not exactly but a board will circulate at Club lunch next Thursday as an in-dication of numbers is re-quired

A

KidsOut Report for Joint

Council meeting 19.6.2012

KidsOut Day 2012 was held

on 13th

June at the usual venue

of Paultons Park.

We facilitated the attendance

of groups from St Francis Spe-

cial School and Oak Meadow

Primary School comprising 13

children/8 staff and 8 chil-

dren/4 staff respectively. The

Mayor and Mayoress of Fare-

ham Cllr Dennis Steadman and

Mrs. Carole Steadman attend-

ed the send-off from St Fran-

cis,

where the Club was represent-

ed by President Linda, Presi-

dent Elect Duncan and Vice

President Pam who were

joined by a representative of

Locks Heath Club. Rebecca

kindly undertook the photog-

raphy.

Roger and Gerry Ayres attend-

ed the Oak Meadow School

send-off of which Roger ob-

tained some good photographs.

In addition to the contribution

of £275 required from all Dis-

trict Clubs the cost to us of the

T shirts and caps was £74.08

after sharing

the St Fran-

cis element

with Locks

Heath, thus

a total out-

lay of £349.08 against the

budget of £450.

The District KO Co-ordinator

sought the assistance of our

members at Paultons on ac-

count of their past experience

and it was fortunate they re-

sponded well for we became

the main stay of the day with

control tent provision/erection,

admission control administra-

tion, turnstile and other mar-

shaling, balloon engineering,

festooning, etc.

Thanks should be recorded to

the team for journeying to

Paultons and working so dili-

gently, a credit to this Club,

they were Terry Eldrid, David

Sanders, Chris Courtenay,

Dave Barclay, Gary Willcocks,

Sam Das, Michael Eastwood,

Mike Hurley and Tony Cove.

Thanks also to John Gauntlett

for the storage of the 50 bread

trays used for the packed

lunches.

A day very much enjoyed by

the children equally so by the

Rotarians involved, a most

worthwhile Club project. A

report with photos has been

sent to the News, we hope for

publication.

Tony Cove

Three Jolly Rotarians

Happiness at Lunchtime.

Past Member Bernard Joyce

Bernard and Hilda at Fifth

Thursday dinner

We were all saddened to hear

of the death on 30 May in

Perth, Western Australia, of

former Fareham Rotarian,

Bernard Joyce, aged 82. Ber-

nard, who had lived all of his

life in Portsmouth and Fare-

ham, had emigrated in the

1990’s to Australia with his

wonderful wife, Hilda, to be

with family but they have nev-

er been forgotten by friends in

Fareham. In fact many mem-

bers have called to see them

when visiting Australia and

have been made very wel-

come.

Bernard and Hilda had re-

turned to England for a visit

some years ago, when Jim

Burrell held a party for them at

their old home, 18 Lower

Quay, now lived in by Jim.

They returned again in March

2006 and attended the Club’s

Fifth Thursday meeting. The

Fareham Flyer has kept them

in touch with Club affairs.

My personal memories of Ber-

nard and Hilda are of two ro-

bust but thoughtful and kind

Borough Councillors, especial-

ly on town planning meetings

and site visits. In 1985/86 Ber-

nard was splendid Consort

when Hilda was Mayor of

Fareham.

In more recent years

Bernard has been in

nursing care but we

were delighted to learn

that he had been asked

in April 2010 to lay the

wreath at the ANZAC

service in the Beach-

side Community in

Perth, marking the

ANZAC battles in Gal-

lipoli, on behalf of the Re-

turned and Services League,

the Australian equivalent of

the British Legion. Bernard

was proudly wearing his Para

beret and his medals.

Bernard laying his wreath.

Hilda tells me that, just before

Bernard died, she had taken

him the Fareham Flyer to read

to him.

All our thoughts are with Hilda

and also Bernard’s family in

Fareham and Australia.

Linda

CLUB ASSEMBLY On Thursday 31

st May we held

our Club Assembly, with an

evening meeting at Cams golf

club.

On this occasion we were hon-

oured with the presence of As-

sistant Governor Maurice

Turner, who acted as the Dis-

trict Governor’s representative

for the ensuing meeting.

This is the time when the in-

coming president and his team

present their plans for the com-

ing year to the Club members.

President – Elect Duncan

Colin-Jones gave the following

report:

THE COMING ROTARY

YEAR

This year is a very special one

in the life of our country, with

the Diamond Jubilee celebra-

tions to be followed by the

Olympics (London 2012) and

the Para-Olympics. These

events have great potential for

drawing our society together.

Our President, Sakuji Tanaka

wishes Rotarians to embrace

‘Peace through Service’, and

whilst mankind would be

much happier were the disturb-

ing number of armed conflicts

around the world to cease, that

is beyond individual club

members; but peace within our

own communities is something

where we can play a part, help-

ing the deprived and disadvan-

taged, contributing in a great

variety of ways. The RC of

Fareham has an impressive

track record for doing just that,

and in the coming year, I know

that we will maintain that ser-

vice for our community. Being

aware of what

is happening

locally is im-

portant and to

achieve this,

and we are

planning to

have talks on

local issues at

our regular

meetings and

also to invite District speakers

to contribute to some of the

monthly Rotary themes, in-

cluding Peace.

Our retiring President Linda, at

the start of her year placed

emphasis on the importance of

fellowship as well as service

and is an approach that I com-

pletely endorse for the coming

year, strengthening friendships

and enjoying that fellowship.

In planning the club structure I

feel it important that there is

real support for those individu-

als who have responsibilities

within the club, are organising

events or arranging fund-

raising activities. So I am keen

to have deputies who share the

work load and also learn so

that the expertise in the club

grows and no-one is over-

whelmed. This will need a bit

of give and take, thank you to

everyone who has been willing

to adapt and I do hope that it

helps the club to work well

whilst minimizing pressures.

It is vital that the public see

Rotary in a very positive light

for all that has been achieved –

they should! – and so I suggest

that Rotary Clubs should be

working closer together to

raise our profile and to avoid

any appearance of competition

in the public eye.

To that end, President Linda

and I have been meeting regu-

larly with our opposite num-

bers at Fareham Meon,

President Graham Lawrence

and PE James Fullerton, to ex-

plore how we might work to-

gether. It has been fruitful, for

example on Rotary Day, Feb

23rd, we had a group playing

music in the stand in West

Street, and members of both

clubs and Whitely manned the

stand. It went well and each

club contributed to setting it up

– even the weather was kind to

us! This I wish to continue

with PE Pam Bryant in the

coming year.

The Wheelhouse remains the

jewel in the crown thanks to

the dedication of PP/PHF

Chris Thomas and his team

and it has been widely en-

joyed. I am keen that the club

supports this good work and

that as a club we enjoy its

many attributes more. An open

day is also bringing a greater

awareness to other clubs.

The links with Fareham Shop-

ping Mall and the 99p shop

(formerly Family Bargains)

have not only raised money for

charities, but increased aware-

ness of Rotary in the commu-

nity. Our Christmas

Collections outside Sains-

bury’s are a major source of

income for our charities, and

are well organised creating a

seasonal atmosphere which has

increased contributions and

generated support from the

store management – we will be

keeping this going. Events to

raise awareness of our club,

raise funds, and for our enjoy-

ment are being planned.

So the coming year promises

to be special with lots happen-

ing, much to enjoy, and I do

hope that will be the experi-

ence of all our members.

Duncan Colin-Jones Incom-

ing President 2012 -13

ROTARY CLUB OF FARE-

HAM 2012-2013

CLUB COUNCIL

Duncan Colin-Jones (Presi-

dent/Chair)

Pamela Bryant (President Elect)

John Rowlinson (Vice President)

Linda Ingram (Immediate Past

President)

Roger Esnault (Secretary)

Gary Willcocks (Treasurer)

Elected Members

Dave Barclay George Cantrill

Tony Cove Geoff Hillam

Bob Mussellwhite Lyndon Palm-

er

RC Fareham Charitable Trust

Trustees

Lyndon Palmer - Chairman

Chris Thomas Dave Barclay Gary

Willcocks

Jim Burrell Murray Bell George

Cantrill

Auditors Ken Trowbridge and

John Gauntlett

Resource Group Chairmen

Club Administration Resource

Group PE Pamela Bryant

Membership and Fellowship

Resource Group Bob Mus-

sellwhite

Service Projects Resource

Group George Cantrill

Wheelhouse Management

Committee Chris Thomas

Other Core Posts

Assistant Hon Secretary Dave

Barclay

Assistant Hon Treasurer

Lyndon Palmer

Editor Dave Barclay

Assistant Editor Roger Esnault

Collection Licences Colin

Frampton

Collection Liaison Tony Cove

Collection Displays Mike Hurley

Thanks to Gary for this story.

Congratulations to John

Gauntlett, who becomes a

great-grandfather to twin

boys – Oscar & Archie.

I Heard it on the grapevine Vintners in the Hunter Valley

area, which primarily produce Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, and

Pinot Grigio wines, have de-

veloped a new hybrid grape that acts as an anti-diuretic.

This one really has a huge ap-

peal. It is expected to reduce

the number of trips older peo-

ple have to make to the bathroom during the night. The new wine will be market-

ed as

PINOT MORE.

SPEAKER

The first speaker of President

Duncan’s year will be hosted

by John Coghlan. The speaker

will be a retired solicitor, Ian

Grey, who is Chairman of the

'Cremer Trust Almshouses'

Stubbington.

He will be talking about the

Trust,

Ian was a member of this club

back in the 80's.

The trust was set up by Sir

William Cremer. Mike Swin-

burne was for many years the

Chairman, and his place is now

held by George Cantrill.

JULY BIRTHDAYS

5TH – Pat Willcocks

11th – Nandini Das

17th – Rebecca Traynor

19th - Lynn Benstead 30th Peter Brett-Burley 30th – Pippa Coghlan 31st – David Sanders

Congratulations on your

July Wedding Anniver-

sary to: 7th Bob & Susan Marshall

11th Sam & Nandini Das

14th Bob & Sue Mussellwhite

15th Chris & Marion Thomas

18th John & Sylvia Coghlan 19th Richard & Jenny Watson.

24th Roger & Ursula Esnault

25th Geoff & Christine Hillam

WOMEN WHO KNOW

THEIR PLACE

Barbara Walters, of 20/20,

did a story on gender roles

in Kabul, Afghanistan ,

several years before the

Afghan conflict. She not-

ed that women customari-

ly walked five paces

behind their husbands.

She recently returned to

Kabul and observed that

women still walk behind

their husbands. Despite

the overthrow of the op-

pressive Taliban regime,

the women now seem

happy to maintain the old

custom. Ms Walters ap-

proached one of the Af-

ghani women and asked,

'Why do you now seem

happy with an old custom

that you once tried so

desperately to change?'

The woman looked Ms

Walters straight in the

eyes, and without hesita-

tion

said, “Land mines.”

Moral of the story is (no

matter what language you

speak or where you go):

BEHIND EVERY MAN,

THERE'S A SMART

WOMAN (OR MAYBE

THREE!)

CHANGEOVER NIGHT

Here, hot off the press, is the

first glimpse of our Changeo-

ver Night, when President

Linda Ingram handed over the

duties to President Duncan

Colin-Jones. A great evening,

had been arranged by Bob

Mussellwhite and Colin

Frampton.

Club officers for the new Rota-

ry year were installed, and

awards for service during the

past year presented.

Here are a few photographs – a

full report will be given in the

next issue of the Flyer.

Pres. Linda hands over to in-

coming President Duncan

Colin-Jones.

Pres. Duncan installs Pres

elect Pam Bryant.

Pres Duncan secures the

badge of Vice President on

John Rowlinson.

PDG Mike Swinburne presents

the Swinburne Cup to Mike

Hurley.

The President’s Salver was

presented to George Cantrill

Dave and Gary were awarded

Paul Harris Fellowships.

Our Guest Speaker, Nigel

Jones.

You will find many more pho-

tographs of the evening on our

website - a full report of the

evening will be in next

month’s edition of the Flyer.

CLUB MEETINGS AND EVENTS - JULY

5th

Fellowship Meeting,

and district Council

feedback.

12th

Speaker – Ian Grey of

the Cremer trust

17th

Council Meeting

19th

Cradle to Grave inter-

view

26th

Business meeting

27th

Visit to Leckford Farm

and Water Garden

Note: Menu for July will be

sent by email when available.

And finally---------

Two elderly women were eat-

ing breakfast in a restaurant

one morning. Ethel noticed

something funny about Ma-

bel's ear and she said, '"Mabel,

do you know you've got a sup-

pository in your left ear?"

Mabel answered, "I have a

suppository in my ear?"

She pulled it out and stared at

it. Then she said, "Ethel, I'm

glad you saw this thing. Now I

think I know where to find my

hearing aid."

Oh dear Lyndon! Thanks for

that.

That’s all folks! Dave