The good news this year was that the October 2nd actually fell on a Sunday, our preferred day for our Branch social events.  However what wasn’t such good news was the definitely non-celebratory weather.  The heavens opened and the rain, that would be generally welcomed in our wide brown land, meant that the planned barbecue was not to be.

However this did not deter the small group of New South Wales members who braved early starts to catch the train and a damp misty drive to the Southern Highlands, then enjoyed morning tea with the Ann and David before they gathered at Helen and Allan’s lovely home at Bundanoon.  Aided and abetted by Denise who, with Tony, had journeyed from Canberra, Helen had prepared a delicious lunch to spread before us.

As usual, the conversation was non-stop and entertaining, ranging from great books with accurate sources on the Middle Ages to discovering that some of us had loved the same titles in our childhood.  Helen and Denise had formed their own Richard III Society while still at school, being unaware of another one in the UK, Josephine Tey’s book being their inspiration.

Later in the afternoon there was another viewing of Helen and Denise’s wonderful presentation of “Richard III: the posthumous hunchback” before farewells were made.

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