The year
ended in a bit if a rush. During week
beginning 23rd June I was in the Mansion House on the Monday
attending an event organised by Natural Resources Wales where our deputy master
Peter Mathews is chief executive. After
attending so many livery events where I gradually came to know many people I
knew no one at Peter’s event save for a few Conservators; the strangeness of
the situation struck me quite forcibly.
On Tuesday I had a good morning along with my Thames Warden; we took
breakfast at Haberdashers and then attended Common Council to elect sheriffs
for the ensuing year. This event is
restricted to Liverymen on the pain of imprisonment if you are not a
Liveryman. I was pleased that Andrew Parmley,
who is our honorary liveryman, was elected; then we were off to lunch on the
Wellington where we were entertained by the Worshipful Company of Master
Mariners to a very good curry lunch. On
the Thursday I was back in London for my ‘Master’s Dinner’ when I entertained
the partners of the Court at Waterman’s Hall.
Friday saw me and David at a private lunch at the Mansion House, guests
of the Lord Mayor’s Consort Mr Nicholas Woolf.
It was quite a small gathering, just 11 of us, and exceptionally
pleasant. I was in Cardiff Castle
on the Saturday night as a guest of Alan Longhurst, Master of the Constructors
Company for their dinner during a Company visit to South Wales.
Finally it
was on to the Installation Court and Lunch, where did that year go?
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