6 January 2021 - Review of the Year 2020
I think it is safe to say that 2020 did not go to plan for any of us, myself included. At the back end of 2019 I had a plan in place for 2020. It involved my next job opportunity, plenty of travel to new destinations as well as the usual sprinkling of social and community delights. 2020 turned out very differently indeed. As a world, we are trying to manage our day to day with Covid, and as the UK goes into this season's lockdown, (or if like me you also live in London, then it feels like we are permanently on the Covid naughty step and confined to our homes), I reflect back on a most frightful year. On the whole, the months of January and February were seemingly normal. I went to work, I went on holiday and we ran the London Admins events where we met as a large group while hosted in office venues. Sadly, one of our members, Laura Walker, died on 1st February and is sorely missed. We keep her in our memory with an award called 'Laura's Champion' . The inaugural reci