Thursday 17 Dec was the annual Xmas meal, once again at the Thai House in Finchampstead, on a suitably cold Christmass-y evening with swirls of light snow in the air. And once again for some reason Paul missed Santa distributing his Secret Santa presents. The usual depths had been plumbed for this year’s offerings, with one of the stand outs being the yodelling flamingo Paul received. And good to see almost all the team there despite the weather.
Our very last event of the season should have been our traditional St. Thomas Day lunchtime dance out on in Wokingham Market Place on the last Saturday before Xmas, Saturday 18th. But early morning brought heavy snow all around the area, and by mid morning it was clear play would have to be abandoned for the day. Would this mean the end of an unbroken run of over 30 years of Berkshire Bedlam in Wokingham on St. Thomas Day? Mindful of this proud record, Jameson and Emma trudged through the snow up to the town centre in order to claim another year of presence, and so the unbroken run continues (despite no actual dancing this year). Though they also took the opportunity to have a pint or so in the Red Lion while watching the snow – which spookily stopped at exactly 12 noon, our normal time to start dancing – obviously fate wants the side to carry on again in 2011 …..