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December Blogs
Dear Readers, I must have been visited by some mischievous Christmas elves! I was adding the last photo to this set of blogs and whoosh! Everything else I’d prepared just vanished into thin air and was not recoverable. After some considerable grumbling, I have had to start all over again. Apologies to my readers, this may be less fulsome than the first iteration!
December 1 – Switching on the Christmas Lights in West Bay
This event was preceded by a short service, where I was invited to present the monetary awards made by the West Bay Days committee to all those charities which had taken part and helped to organise and assist with raising funds through the wonderful events put on in West Bay throughout the year.
After the service I was invited to assist the oldest resident of Harbour House, a delightful 101-year-old lady, to switch on the West Bay Christmas tree lights. This was no ordinary Christmas Tree, as you can see in the photo – it was put together using lobster pots and other fishing equipment, which will of course be re-used over the next season, for their true purpose! Different, great and very effective! Well done team!
The afternoon concluded with a performance of Rock Choir whilst refreshments were offered and enjoyed by the crowd. Altogether a very excellent event.
| December 3rd – Bridport Christmas Tree Festival at Bridport United Church
I was asked to switch on the main Christmas Tree lights and those of all the trees in the Tree Festival. The whole church comes alive with beautifully decorated trees, provided by various Bridport groups and societies, and many of our local charities too, where donations were of course very welcome from visitors. As you can see from the photo, it’s a glorious show! 
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