My year of office began on Saturday 4th April, not in the traditional way with a Declaration Ceremony, but via a video link from my home. However, it was just as meaningful and poignant and does not detract from the important role of this ancient office in anyway. My thanks to Robert Voss CBE CStJ our Lord-Lieutenant for joining in, to my proposer Jonathan Trower, Mr Justice Stuart-Smith who witnessed proceedings via the link and outgoing High Sheriff Sarah Beazley, all caref