At the April meeting at the Raven Hotel, president Marion Neale welcomed members of the Rotary Club of Droitwich Spa.

This joint meeting has become an annual event helping to promote friendship and fellowship between the two clubs.

The Inner Wheel beetle drive proved a great success with much fun and laughter. More than £350 was raised for St Richard's Hospice. The next fundraiser will be a fashion show today (Wednesday) at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall and Marion will be one of the models.

The speakers for the evening, Hazel and Ivor Pond, had lived in Bahrain for 30 years and gave a very interesting insight into life in the area.

We were greeted in Arabic and given lessons in language, history, geography and religion, all in a very light hearted and informative way.

Hazel and her husband modelled the clothes worn in Bahrain and were only too happy to answer the many questions from members as they had loved their time in the Middle East.