Following the Christmas break, it was good to be back at this first of the year meeting. Business included an update on the ‘Christmas Postal Service’ with a total of £1538 being raised. The club treasurer indicated that recent donations included £500 each to MacMillan Care, First Responders, RNLI and the local food bank. A further £200 each has been donated to the Scouts and to Fife Countryside Trust.

Following business, club member David Mann gave an interesting illustrated talk about a recent family visit to Shetland. We were treated to photographs of the impressive scenery and with many references to the Viking history. From more recent times we heard of the Scalloway memorial to the WW2 ‘Shetland bus’ operation between Shetland and Norway, to Jimmy Perez’ houses, and to the space station site.

Ponies featured prominently in what were clearly very warmly held memories of the visit. It was a talk that clearly revived dearly-held memories for many in the audience and following many questions and discussions, Ian Brunton proposed a warm vote of thanks.