The regular team of volunteers at St Mary’s Church were a little short-staffed for Wednesday’s Polygonian Friends Lunch, so I popped by to lend a hand.

First up was the sandwich-making factory line: a well-oiled machine of buttering, layering, slicing and arranging triangles fit for royalty. I also took great pride in assembling an artistic fruit bowl overflowing with pears, grapes, and satsumas.

Once the guests arrived, I was on soup and tea/coffee duty. There was, however, a large amount of confusion about which was the carrot and coriander soup and which was the vegetable soup. Naturally, we all assumed the orange one was carrot... but in a shocking twist, it turned out the brownish one was corriander with a hint of carrot! Cue much debate and taste-testing as everyone tried to get to the bottom of the great soup mystery.

All in all, it was a lovely way to spend my lunchtime and it was a pleasure to catch up with the regulars!