Combining Business with Pleasure

The Fairtrade Committee needed to discuss just one thing fairly urgently, which was the design or purchase of stickers to give to shops and businesses and so on who are promoting Fairtrade products, so we decided we may as well enjoy the discussion, and met at the Globe one evening over a bottle of wine.
The stickers on sale from the Fairtrade Foundation are, to be honest, a bit boring, and we wanted something that had "Hay-on-Wye, a Fairtrade Town" written on it, and a reference to local produce, too. Jackie did a marvellous job of mocking up a quick design, which we then proceeded to scribble all over, but I think the result will be good.
We sat outside under the tree until nine o'clock, when we were asked to go inside - they're being very careful about not upsetting the neighbours. It was a beautiful evening, and we could see the opposite bank of the Wye over the top of Underhill's. It's a view that will be hidden again when the new houses are built - the foundations are down now, and the walls are starting to go up. Indoors, we sat under a projection of video art - fires burning, ice melting, and so forth. We'd got a bottle between us (the cheapest glass of wine there is £4, though in fairness they are big glasses).
So, the Directories are being distributed around town, and the stickers will be available shortly, and we all had a very pleasant evening.