At lunchtime on Friday 9 January, we held a drinks and Lily’s Kitchen cake & sandwich reception for all the organisations and individuals who have so generously supported us over the past year. The occasion was well attended and our hosts at the splendidly refurbished Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr in the High Street went out of their way to make us welcome, even offering jugs of mulled wine and free guided tours (by a guide appropriately named Angel) of the wonderful building. We were delighted, too, that the Master elect of the Hospital joined us and passing flautist of supreme skill played gratis in the entrance hall. Christmas spirit aplenty and smiles all round.