Welcome to my blog. I am a former local journalist who now works in PR and a Conservative and community activist in Woking and Horsell. This blog will keep updated on local issues as well as my interests and quirky news stories.
I’ve had a really enjoyable evening at the Horsell Village Quiz, which has raised around £1,000 for Horsell Village Hall through tickets and raffle. In particular, two of my fellow trustees of the hall, Dorothy Smith and Penny Kramer, worked extremely hard to organise the evening and I know their efforts were appreciated by everyone in the hall tonight – just shy of 100 people.
The quiz was compiled and presided over by Andrew Crisp, a former county councillor and someone who is still in my opinion set for a top-rate political career if he should wish to have one. Every year his questions get better and better and tonight was no exception. Without him, the village quiz wouldn’t be the same animal.
I’m delighted to say that for the second year running, we were the winning team – although this year it was a bit close for comfort as we won by just two points. I’m afraid that I get very competitive about quiz nights, as fellow team members who have to suffer my out-aloud calculations about various scoring permutations will attest. I just have to win these things, otherwise I can get a bit grumpy. Not an altogether attractive trait, admittedly, but perhaps a one that can be turned to an advantage.
Anyway, a superb evening out and another reminder that fewer sights are more heartening than a community turning out to support itself and its institutions. It’s just one reason that Horsell is such a great place to live.
