Many people will by now have had either one or both of their Covid-19 vaccinations.

Those of you who visited the Malmesbury Primary Care Centre on one of the Pfizer mass-vaccination days will have, no doubt, noticed the stewards helping out in the car park.

These stewards were co-ordinated by the local Rotary Club of the South Cotswolds.

On each of these days somewhere around 800 people were vaccinated – at a site in no way suitable for that number of people (and their cars) in one day!

Each vaccination day needed a crew of at least five outdoor stewards – in all the rotary club organised well over 100 steward shifts.

This was made more difficult as the primary care centre generally only had a few days’ notice of each batch of vaccines and then had to arrange vaccinators and book in recipients in a hurry – and to contact the rotary club to ask for car park stewards!

The stewarding resource required was beyond the capabilities of the South Cotswold Rotary Club alone – so the club was very pleased to have the support of a number of friends and from the nearby Rotary Club of Royal Wootton Bassett and District.

Being outdoor stewards they were, of course, subject to the full range of British Spring weather, including rain, wind, hail, lightning, occasional sunshine and the coldest April for many a year.

A spokesman for the rotary club said: "However we received many accolades and thanks from those coming for their vaccinations which reinforced the knowledge we were making a significant contribution to the vaccination effort locally."