It was a chilly and drizzly evening when we met at Benington Lordship for our AGM in early September.  Thank you to all who attended.  It was an honour and a real pleasure to be elected as your next chairman.  There have been two lovely people previously in this role, Bella Stuart-Smith and Roger Gedye, who will be very hard acts to follow.  Sadly, I knew Roger for so short a time, but I sincerely hope that together we can build on his legacy.  I have a lot to learn and I am looking forward to increasing my knowledge of the Trust and its work and meeting many more members in the future.  This year has been very strange for all of us – who knew what holding a meeting via Zoom meant before the summer?  For me, and I suspect for you too, our gardens have been our life-line over these past months.  As a committee, if circumstances allow, we hope to plan a complete programme of talks, visits and walks for us all to enjoy next year.