The project was launched yesterday. The weather was too wet to run the miniature railway as planned. I built a pontoon in the middle of the WI Hall and used it to display images of the project so far, there was also a screening of underwater video footage of the dive.

The Kings Head pub made an inaugural Reservoir Punch for us:

Punch

Brandy, Vodka, Red WKD, Blue WKD, Watermelon Barcardi Breezer, Lemon Bacardi Breezer, Mint Mudshake, Toffee Mudshake, Orange juice, Bitter Lemon, Pineapple juice, cress leaves, finely chopped lettuce and orange slices.

Other attractions included seafood at Hundreds Seafood! and a short talk about The Whispering Post (at the actual post) by Maurice Drage.
Here is the sword used to stir the punch - our very own Essex Excalibur .