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Social Events |
| What has been happening | |
| AGM, November 2012 |
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| Skittles Evening |
Another very enjoyable
skittles evening was held on Friday 19 October, this time at the Grantley
Arms in Wonersh. During the
evening we tucked onto a delicious meal of chilli con carne, turkey à la
king, and vegetable korma, all with rice, and complemented by lots of salad,
bread, popadoms and chutney.
Four teams of nine
Ramblers competed, each bowling three balls per game, and exhibiting varying
styles and skill (!) levels. The
biggest complaint to be heard frequently during the evening was “these balls
are too small!” It was mooted
that perhaps at the next skittles evening there should be a prize for
whoever managed to bowl three balls through the skittles without knocking
any down. This amazing feat was
performed by a surprising number of folk with two out of their three balls!
Sheila Doyle and Mike Pope won the prize for the most number of
skittles felled with a single ball, and the competition winners were the “A”
team, ably captained by John Hoare. |
| Quiz night |
On 30 November
thirty-one Ramblers assembled at the King’s Arms and Royal Hotel in
Godalming for the Quiz Night. We
enjoyed a tasty meal in the bar and then migrated upstairs for the serious
business of tackling the questions set by |
| New Year Lunch |
To the delight of
everyone, Sunday 13 January dawned bright and clear, and all ninety-one
participants in the New Year Lunch at the Clockhouse, Milford were able to
attend. Twenty-six stalwarts had
gathered at Hydons Ball to do a five mile walk, led by Jim Chipchase. They
must have kept up a good pace because they managed to arrive, glowing and
ever-so-slightly smug, just as the bar was opening. Soon the bright,
spacious lounge of the Clockhouse was packed and resounding to the happy
sound of greetings, laughter and chatter. It was especially good to see old
friends who no longer walk with us. People were enjoying themselves so much
that the staff had several anxious moments thinking that no-one was ever
going to come into the adjoining dining room. But, thanks to well displayed
seating and table plans, everyone was soon comfortably settled at round
tables, ready to eat. A
delicious meal followed, efficiently served by friendly and helpful
waiting staff. The food was hot, well cooked and attractively
presented. Everyone seemed pleased with their choice from the excellent menu
though many had to be reminded of their choices, fortunately displayed on
each table. It was no
surprise that David, the chef, and the waiting staff were greeted with loud,
spontaneous applause when they came out to take their bow. Coffee and tea
served from a counter gave a chance for more mingling and lovely chocolate
truffles made by Rose Gray rounded off the meal in style. Our chairman Barry Holland thanked all those whose efforts had made the event such a success – Lucy Baier, Alison Briscoe and the rest of the social committee and not forgetting Don Gray and Andy Piercey whose organisation and cheery manning of the bar made for an excellent welcome Jack Salway |
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What is being planned |
| Photograph evening |
The next event on our
social calendar is the annual photographic evening which will take place on
Saturday 16 March at Broadwater Park Community Centre, Summers Road,
Farncombe, GU7 3BH. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the show will start at 7 pm.
We shall have a raffle to raise money towards the cost of the hall hire.
Prizes for the raffle welcome on the night. There will be an interval for
light refreshments. Please make offers of cakes, sandwiches or other finger
food to Nicky Salway on 01428 683405 or
j.salway@btinternet.com
Please see below for the
technical details regarding the photographs to be shown.
Nicky Salway
How to provide photographs to be shown at the Photograph evening
We would like volunteers to show their holiday photographs. Each person will
be allowed up to 15 minutes to show as many photographs as they wish,
provided they keep within the permitted time limit.
The preferred format for digital photographs is jpeg, (that is, they should
have a file name that ends with ".jpg"). If your software does not show a
file name containing a full stop, you can assume that it is in jpeg format.
The file size should ideally be somewhere between 300 and 800 kilobytes. If
your software only allows you to chose between small, medium, and large,
then pick "large". The photographs should be sent as attachments to an email
to Alan Brignell at
alan.brignell@gmail.com
Alternative methods to provide the photographs are
on a CD, DVD, or a USB flash disc, which you should collect at the end of
the show.
The photographs should preferably be sent to arrive by about 10 March so
that there is time to check that the computer that will be used at the show
can read them and to get replacements if it cannot. |
| Summer event |
Details of a possible
summer event will be given in the next Newsletter.
A
Barn Dance at Chiddingfold Village Hall with the Stockbrokers’
Belt band has been booked for Friday 18 October and the
AGM at St Hilary’s School will
take place on Saturday 16 November.
Nicky Salway |