My recent presentation to Masham PC was a first for me. I presented via Zoom from my home and the lecture was watched live by socially distanced members in their club room.

It was very simple to set up; the host’s laptop was connected to the room’s projector and he then logged into Zoom using the building’s WiFi broadband - everything went very well. Even if WiFi broadband had not been available it would still have been possible by using 4G internet on a mobile phone. It’s very easy to connect a laptop to a phone by bluetooth so you can use the phone’s internet signal.

This offers real possibilities post Covid. We can have the social interaction that face-to-face club meetings afford, but still use speakers from anywhere in the country, or indeed, anywhere in the world, time zones permitting.

Maybe there will be a few lasting benefits that arise out of this awful pandemic. Let’s hope so.