VE 80 Breakfast
Our breakfast in May came at the end of the week when the village commemorated VE Day. It therefore seemed appropriate to finish the week with a guest speaker with a military background, to remind us that the peace we have enjoyed for the last 80 years continues, but at a price. We were pleased to welcome Mike Bravery for his presentation; ‘At Sea in a Nuclear Deterrent Submarine’. Mike had served in the Royal Navy for 24 years and was able to explain the realities, the hardship, the dangers and the isolation endured, spending months submerged, undetected and with only incoming messages from the outside world. Many illustrations, and some videos of the training exercises, enlivened his fascinating talk. Mike generously waved his expenses fee and free breakfast offer in return for a donation to the Royal British Legion.