Alongside those regular favourites, October was also a month of trying new things, bringing people together, raising money, and occasionally discovering that some of our ideas are considerably more popular than others.

One of the real highlights was our first Women's Wellbeing Night, which was wonderfully well attended. It was exactly the sort of evening we hoped for: relaxed, friendly and full of people coming together.

For me, it summed up what the Harbour Club should be about. Yes, we're a place to come for a drink, but we're also a community space where people can meet, talk, laugh, try something new and, most importantly, feel welcome.

The raffle that evening, together with another hugely successful Quiz Night, helped us raise an amazing £275 for the Gerrans and Portscatho Community Fund. Thank you to everyone who donated, bought tickets, entered the quiz or otherwise helped us part you from your money for a very good cause.

October also saw the arrival of Rock & Roll Bingo, which was another experiment and one you absolutely loved. It turns out that adding music, singing and a little competitive hysteria to bingo is a winning combination. So that one is definitely coming back.

We rounded off the month with Halloween.

Mrs Whistler's Kids' Halloween Party was really well attended and delivered its usual wonderful mixture of costumes, excitement, noise and general chaos. It will absolutely be back next year · although perhaps without the peas. Those who know, know.

Then came the Silent Disco.

We could dress this up with some clever wording, but we won't: it was a bit of a flop.

Not enough people came.

The few who did had a fantastic time and fully embraced the ridiculousness of dancing enthusiastically in headphones while the person next to them was quite clearly listening to something completely different. Unfortunately, though, there simply weren't enough people there to make the event work.

And actually, we're fine with that.

One of the things you told us in our community survey was that you wanted more variety and different things to do. We listened, and that means being prepared to experiment. Some ideas will be hugely popular. Some will need tweaking. And occasionally we'll hire a load of flashing headphones and discover that Portscatho has other plans.

We'd much rather be a Club that tries something new and occasionally gets it wrong than one that plays safe and never changes.

And perhaps that's where we're beginning to find the right balance.

We now have a growing programme of regular events that people know and enjoy · Film Night, Games Night, the Meat Raffle and our monthly Quiz · while leaving plenty of room in the calendar to try something completely different.

Women's Wellbeing worked. Rock & Roll Bingo worked. The Kids' Halloween Party worked. Silent Disco didn't.

So we learn from it and carry on.

That same spirit continues into November, when we'll be introducing more of the things you asked for in the survey · different events, talks and activities alongside all those familiar Harbour Club favourites.

Not everything we try will be for everyone, and we don't expect it to be. The aim is that, when you look at the month ahead, there's hopefully something that makes you think, "Actually, I quite fancy that."

Whether you're here every week, pop in occasionally or haven't ventured through the doors for years, you are welcome.

Thank you for supporting the Club, supporting our fundraising, turning up, joining in and giving the new things a go.

We'll keep the regular favourites going. We'll keep listening. And we'll keep trying new things.

Although possibly fewer peas.