St Wilfrid Bake Off 2022

Stefan • August 8, 2022

The social calendar of the masonic year got off to an excellent start with the St Wilfrid Lodge Bake Off. This was the brainchild of Paul Brunner who organised the whole evening. Members and their wives and partners were challenged to bake a cake for the evening and six contestants stepped up to the mark producing some excellent cakes!

After a supper, each of the contestants was asked to present their cake and talk about why and how they made it. This proved to be stand up comedy! For some this was the first time they had ever baked. However each of the cakes proved delicious and presented a difficult task for the judges who sampled each one. Mr Kipling would have been exceedingly impressed!

Twenty three members, wives, partners and friends were able to attend the event and happily there was plenty of cake left after the judging for everyone to sample the entries. Very little remained! 

After much careful deliberation by the judges in a closely fought contest Margaret Vaughan’s cake was chosen as the winner and our new Master Joe Atala was delighted to present her with a bottle of wine to celebrate!

Thank you to Paul for organising such a successful and enjoyable evening, to all the bakers and judges and to everyone who was able to support this event. The icing on the cakes is that thanks to everyone’s generosity in coming and also buying raffle tickets, the Master’s Charity has got off to a flying start with £230 raised. Thank you for your support.

Another St Wilfrid BBQ Success!

By Stefan • October 12, 2023
After the disappointment when poor weather caused the event to be postponed in July, the second attempt to BBQ in September proved very successful with around thirty members, family and friends attending. The BBQ was generously hosted by Adrian & Annie with Adrian also acting as Chief Chef. The delicious food was complemented by specially brewed beers, courtesy of our resident Master Brewer Andy and his assistant Linda, together with wines and soft drinks. Many thanks go out too to everyone for the generous donations of salads and desserts. Fine dining, good drinking and excellent company! Happily on this occasion, the English summer weather was kind! Again, many thanks to everyone who was able to support or contribute to this event with particular thanks to Adrian, Annie, Andy & Linda for all their hard work. Their and everyone’s generosity has raised a further £715 for the Master’s Charity. Fantastic! From an enjoyment, social and fundraising perspective – the BBQ really was once again a great success

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Challenge met by St Wilfrid!

By Stefan • August 3, 2023
St Wilfrid Lodge were delighted to take up the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge again after their last outing in 2019 and despite the very mixed weather conditions the four walkers did themselves and the Lodge proud! It was an early start for Gerry, Joe, Paddy and Richard who left the Horton in Ribblesdale start point just after 7am. The Yorkshire Three Peaks includes Pen-y-Ghent , Whernside and Ingleborough . The walkers started their 25-mile route climbing first up Pen-y-Ghent then towards the Ribblehead Viaduct, up Whernside then down to Chapel le Dale, and finally up and down Ingleborough to finish back in Horton-in-Ribblesdale. Over 60,000 steps, twelve hours of grit & determination - a superb effort by everyone! Our heroes were raising funds for St George’s Crypt with which the Lodge has had a long association. Its not too late to contribute! Please support them generously using the link : www.justgiving.com/page/bhl-mason-1689178647402 All donations to support St George’s Crypt. Support was given en-route by the WM, Andy, his wife Linda, Jack & Stefan who ensured that they were fed and watered on their challenging task. Well Done Everyone!
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