Norfolk One Day Conference 2012

[Rob Potterton]

Here, here Tim, excellent write up ... maybe you should consider journalism as an alternative career. This was a truly wonderful and memorable day; excellent lectures. Thank you to all involved.

[Maggi Young]

Ian has arrived home- pretty tired -it's a long journey.

He thinks some of his pictures were showing rather dark and that he should have used his notebook to power his talk instead.....  such techy talk all a mystery  to me but it clearly bothers him that the pix didn't appear exactly as he hoped. 

No word of the cake from Tim or Bob.... I'll need to go interrogate Ian.....

[Tim Ingram]

How did I forget the cake! Yes I don't know why Ian's pictures were so dark - it must have been very frustrating seeing them bright on the computer screen, but I for one found the thinking behind the talk illuminating and some of the examples fascinating, like the narrow range of plants growing next to water in Peter Korn's garden, and in Harry's talk the mosaic cushion plants in Tasmania. When this begins to happen naturally in the garden you do get the sense you are doing something right.

[tonyg]

Thanks to Tim and Rob for their feedback.  We had great fun on the day, it all went very smoothly.  One or two mad moments such as when Kit Strange had not turned up by 930am I rang her to see where she was ... "Closer than you think" was the answer.  She was in the Foyer!  Later I asked Harry Jans to draw the winning number in the raffle and joked that number 5 - mine - would be good.  He picked out 85, Kit's ticket.  She declined the slate trough (no room for it) in favour of a book and picked the next prizewinning number, she looked slightly sheepish as she handed it over ..... guess what number she had drawn out!

Just a few pictures from the event - too busy/distracted to take more. 

Kit Strange (centre, sunglasses) surrounded by delegates during her Propagation demonstration.
Ian Young up (and down) at the photographic display with Tim Ingram & local stalwart Don Smith.
In the old house attached to the Conference centre (also open to us) the minstrels gallery in the grand hall.