I am honoured to have received the chain of office, marking the start of my Presidency of the Rotary Club of Perth Kinnoull. Hopefully it is the start of a busy, successful and enjoyable year for the club

Our first venture of course is the Golf Day at Dunkeld on 1 September and a number of entries have already been received and paid for, but a lot of work has still to be done.

On the fellowship side we have our “Night at the Races” on Tuesday 27 July at Scone, complete with picnics and refreshments; it should be another enjoyable night. We’re hoping for better weather this year, as last years outing had to be abandoned

Mike Massey has volunteered to do an abseil from the Forth Railway Bridge on the 1 August, courtesy of Queensferry Rotary Club –( there’s no fool like an old fool ).Good luck Mike – we’re all coming to watch

Colin