^^you might wanna delete that picture of the LV bag, looks a tad suspicious 555
Good effort though and beach cleaning is definitely a valid cause in my book.
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^^you might wanna delete that picture of the LV bag, looks a tad suspicious 555
Good effort though and beach cleaning is definitely a valid cause in my book.
Fat finger on i phone. Prezzies for back home.
Anyway the tickets were £30 each. Advertised on social media and local freebie rag. I used Eventbrite to sell a few - they charge a significant commission so they were 32,50. They do offer a payment platform which was essential for about 20% of sales.
Menu was soup, prawn cocktail or pate, then chicken breast, roast beef sirloin or nut veggie roast. Pudding was apple cruble or fruit salad. I'd anticipated some issue in serving circa 100 guests, despite the chef's assurances. So had a second chef do pre prepared canapes for an hour during pre dinner bar service. Also olives, crisps and pan roasted cashew nuts with kaffir lime/chilli. Plus a fruit platter of melon and pineapple. Then another of dates, mint chocs and fudge for petits fours. Just as well - some of the mains took 90 minutes to get out. That delayed puds, so the fruit platters and sweets kept people happy.
We had a crooner who did rat pack and Elvis. Had some people dancing and it got quite lively.
Wine was English, mostly. Chapel Down Flint Dry, Kits Coty, sparkling and pink sparkling.
We took £1200 over the bar, another £1200 in raffle sales. I invested £50 in a card reader so we could process card sales. A local pub chain donated most of the beers, cider. Approx 20 raffle prizes. First prize was a night in a suite at local top boutique hotel. Others were stuff like hair dos, pet portrait, dog groom, chiropodist appt, meals for two, afternoon teas, wines, nail gels, book voucher...... all donated by local businesses.
One problem was wine. I couldnt get sale orvreturn so had to underwrite it myself. We totally sold out of the Chapel Down whites and fizz. The reds were mixed bottles from my own stash at home priced individually eith a £10-£15 mark up on my trade price from wine merchant
All labour exc the singer was volunteers. The church cost £257 to hire.
I was left so knackered afterwards (I'd traveled back from KL a few days earlier to sort it) i removed myself to a beach in Crete from whete I'm posting this!
The challenge will be to repeat it next year. I fear I may have pushed the volunteers too hard, leaned a bit to heavily on sponsors. We shall see. In any case we have money in the bank to support beach cleaning for rest of 2022 on two bayscaling the Kent coast.
The lovely Julie, who coordinated all the table and hall decorations with a budget of £0.00.
The local Morrisons donated a £200 voucher that paid for most of the food that was in addition to the three course menu. Good on them.
A fun night with good community spirit. The Chair of Kent County Council camevaling to lend her support. I asked her to wear her bangle ;-)
The wine sales team:
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Great effort L&F. Most of the beech or countryside cleans i've been involved in are voluntary so do you mind me asking what the funds are needed for?.
Pay someone to do it properly!Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
On the contrary now that you've done it once people know what it is and what to expect. Get a committee together to start doing the work now, you can step back a little.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostandfound
The UK has lots of willing volunteers, there are lots of weekly beech cleans. You seem to be implying they make a half arsed job of it. Anyway my question stands out of intetest.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrWilly
The UK has lots of willing volunteers, there are lots of weekly beech cleans. You seem to be implying they make a half arsed job of it. Anyway my question stands out of intetest.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrWilly
The beach cleaning needs tonbe every weekend and often weekdays, year round. So I formed a community interest company and employ a beach cleaner. We also organise our own volunteer events and facilitate others' beach cleans with our equipment.
I have recently widened the scope to include residential streets where inconsiderate beach visitors park and litter. One elderly lady returned from her husband's funeral two years agonto find a soiled nappy thrown into her front garden. We now have our own community street and beach cleaner.
The local council pays lip service to saying they appreciate what we do. I think they despise me for it. It showcases their inefficiency. They insist we submit risk assessmemts and public liability insurance - which I do.
surplus cash is used tonhelp rewiding on a patch of neglected council land which I hope to expand on. Approx 1/3 of an acre we have cut, scarified, sewn native wild flower seeds, planted 64kg of bulbs, 20 + heritage fruit trees and numerous soft fruit bushes. It's set to become a community mini orchard. I love it! We have maintain three mown paths through the land. You see people detouring to show their kids the flowers and collect for pressing etc.
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In short the massive gap between what needs to be done and what the council delivers is far to great to be filled by volunteers alone.
Good work LnF!
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Looks like Hal at 6am outside the Ministry of Sound. :)
Fookers gone MIA on the piss for 2 weeks.
I hope he's not had a Midnight Express experience.
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The biggest snail in the world the size of a rabbit...a common sight in tropical West African markets......saw these escaping the shopping bags of women coming back from a local market...a ride in a Nigerian mammy wagon is nothing less than memorable...I later sampled a slice of one with a handful of steaming fufu...also memorable.
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Echium wildpretii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the Canary Islands, Spanish archipelago. It mainly grows in the subalpine zone of the ravines of Mount Teide, a volcano on Tenerife island. It is a herbaceous biennial plant that reaches between 1–3 m...
^Ive got a pic of one of those I took myself somewhere.
Ran off the board by Karen, from wot I heard.Quote:
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A specimen of Xylaria polymorpha, commonly known as Dead man’s fingers...
He got pissed up in Blackpool and was last seen on the South Pier bollock naked being slung in the sea by a burly hen party.Quote:
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...albino raven...
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...Huge amethyst geode cut in half...
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...nearly all tomato varieties on one table...
About 11:13pm last night from a S22
I noticed that last night from here in the UK.
A Calliope Hummingbird was checking me out yesterday evening. This bird is tiny.
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UFC Time Traveler.
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sailing with friends from Sicily to Marseilles. We anchored last night and Etna put on a show.
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Grace Jones | 1984
Body Painting: Keith Haring
Photo: Robert Mapplethorpe
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Walking trail on Mianshan Mountain in Shanxi, north China...
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Absolutely no fucking way, just no!
Can't do a simple set of stairs? :smile:Quote:
Originally Posted by DrWilly
That picture is as close as I plan to get to that 'trail'.Quote:
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Chinese made?
No chance.
True . . . literally made in China
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150 meter aluminum sea serpent skeleton sculpture in Nantes, France. Artist: Huang Yong Ping...
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Grafted Bougainvillea...