An unfortunate start to the meeting of the Britannic Council of Madeira, with the Worshipful Master falling ill on the day of the meeting. A quick reshuffle and W. Bro. David Clemson came to the rescue and agreed to take the chair for the meeting. So Lodge duly opened, the Council welcomed the District Grand Junior Warden, W. Bro. Keith Florence and a delegation of District Grand Officers.
A lodge of Grand Tilers of Solomon was then opened to admit Bro. Adam Page into the Masters Elect of 27. The Lodge had commissioned a beautiful drawing of the Plan of the Temple which was displayed by Grand Master Hiram Abiff to the members present, who were in awe of it's beauty. The ceremony continued in fine style to admit Adam into the Degree.
Ceremony complete, lodge business attended to, the Lodge was closed and the Brethren made their way to the 1st floor dining room for a splendid meal of Thai Monk Fish with mussels (somebody said they were moules, but I'm pretty sure they were mussels) all accompanied by some very fine wines.
The WM then taught everyone the AMD fire using a parallelepipedon, which caused much confusion. But not as much as when the rectangle was re-introduced followed by a Rhombus!! After much un-scynchronised clapping, the WM toasted to their next merry meeting.