The Year of a Busy Mason has ended, along with my Masonic year itself. Or, I thought it had.

Today I popped along to the Maesgwyn Hall to visit the newest Lodge in North Wales, the Combined Services Lodge. This was only their third meeting, and I wanted to go and hear the advertised lecture.  I also wanted to go see what they were like, since they have booked us to give a talk on Blood Bikes at their next meeting.

Unfortunately, the planned speaker who was giving a talk on Freemasonry among Prisoners of War during the Napoleonic and World Wars did not turn up. But we did have two short talks by the two joining members of the afternoon.

Overall it was an enjoyable revisit to Masonry during the summer shutdown period. The only downside was, due to us deciding at the last moment to go visit we had not booked ourselves in for a meal, which would have been since since there were plans to go to the pub for a few pints and a bacon bap. Alas the pub’s kitchens were closed, so no bacon was to be had!