Fifteen of us turned up at the Dragon in Colgate for this years Christmas Dinner - but only four on bikes! Barbara and Pete rode from Horsham, Frank and Pat from Crawley. The rest of us arrived by car or taxi.
We started in the Lounge Bar and enjoyed our pre-dinner drinks, conversation and Barbara's speech prior to awarding the Mick Horley trophy to Pat and Frank for their sterling support for the club in our successful delivery of the Two Weald Ride.
We then sat down for dinner and the wine, conversation and jokes started to flow. We suspected that fifteen people in one group was a little too much for the pub to handle as there was quite a spread in time between the first plate and last plate arriving at the table. On top of that, my initial dessert spoon was more suited to the depths of a Knickerbocker Glory than the shallow joys of Christmas Pudding and Custard! Meanwhile, the variety of different shaped pudding bowls caused some raised eyebrows as well!
Eventually, some three or four hours after arriving, and having gained an inch or two around the waist, it was time for us to head home through the rapidly approaching gloom of a fairly mild mid-December afternoon.
Next weeks ride will start from Three Bridges Station at 10:00 hrs with Anton leading a gentle morning loop out to the northwest of Crawley and back.
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