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They had trekked through the Himalayan mountains to the tiny village of Okhle and the work they have carried out there to enable the villagers to enjoy better water provision, better educational opportunities and easier transport.

John had joined the group run by Richard Backwell of Sutton Poyntz, who visits Nepal regularly and who has now become an honorary member of this isolated community.

It is inspiring to learn of the works which have been carried out, made possible by the generous donations of groups such as the Upwey Society, in the full knowledge that every penny raised goes directly to the works in hand on site.

Following the presentation, we were treated to an excellent meal prepared in Nepalese fashion by the Upwey Society catering crew - curry and rice it was, and delicious too.

Their next meeting is on Thursday, March 6, at 7.30pm at St Nicholas School, when the speaker will be Chris Ireland-Jones on summer-flowering bulbs.

The members, and anyone else who is interested, will be busy preparing their spring-flowering bulbs, especially daffodils, for the society's spring show to be held in the Memorial Hall, Victoria Avenue on Saturday, March 15 from 2pm.

Always a very popular event, there are classes in all sorts of fields and tea and homemade cakes to go with them.

If you are not yet a member of this lively society, but interested in exhibiting your prize blooms, your flower arranging skills or your cake-making expertise, do contact Eve Morris on 813042, Mark Read (he of the excellent florist's on Dorchester Road opposite the post office) on 812932 or Eve Taylor 812805 by Wednesday, March 12.

If you would like to find out more about the Society, Graham Brant's your man on 812276.

Doors and the bar will open at 6.30pm, no food, and tickets should be ordered in advance from Bill Crumbleholme on 812030.

There will be all the usual stuff, but when that's out of the way, Chairman Bill Crumbleholme will introduce Connecting Dorset.

This is a completely new venture enabling anybody to use an internet facility at the village hall, from experienced computer buffs to complete newcomers, or anything in between, with guidance if needed, and occasional workshops on request.

If you just cannot find out how to convert the photos on your digital camera to produce a slideshow, this maybe your chance to learn! And lots of other useful things too.

The computers, printer and broadband internet connection will be supervised by local wizards and timings will be published when the project gets under way.

It's thanks to a very generous grant that our village hall will be able to boast this facility and the organisers are hoping that lots of us will be queuing up to try it out - I'll be amongst the first!

To help the AGM along, there will be a bar and an opportunity to talk to the committee about just what goes on there. Do come.

There's to be a Sunday lunch (all tickets sold) and then a tea party in the Old School Village Hall on Monday, March 3 at 2.30pm, tickets £5.

Apply to Rita Totten-Robinson on 813130.

7:32am Monday 18th February 2008

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