Melksham Convocation

I hoisted the Wiltshire flag and John H came to call for me at 9 a.m. to drive me over to Melksham to attend the Wiltshire Provincial Grand Chapter Convocation.  We had a good journey over, using my familiar route to Seend,   We arrived in good time and was able to grab a cup of coffee at Melksham House before the meeting began.  I met up with the Royal Arch Executive from sussex and we exchanged pleasantries before the meeting.  The meeting commenced at 11.00 a.m. and didn’t finish until 1.30 p.m. – much longer than we thought.  We didn’t stay to lunch but stopped off at the Millstream Pub in Marden just off the Devizes to Upavon road.  There we had baguettes and chips – I had crayfish tails in sauce and John had ham and mustard. Both excellent, especially when washed with some Wadsworth IPA.   I arrived back home around 3.30 p.m. and then, after a quick cup of tea, drove into Salisbury to meet our old friend Anthony for a coffee and a chat in The Boston Tea Party.  We sat and chatted for an hour or so getting up to date with each other’s news.  He has quite a bit of holiday to take and I suggested that perhaps we could arrange to go up to Liverpool at a similar time to see our respective friends up there.   I arrived back home at about 7 p.m. and Sara and I spent a quiet evening in.  Sara was working in her study and Mary and I watched some psychic/haunted documentaries on the Bio Channel.