Sunday 8^th December saw us gather at Colin and Diane Thomas’s house in Gerrards Cross for our annual Christmas get together.

We had been worried that Storm Darragh might ruin our plans, bring down trees and close some of the roads (remembering when the Thomas’s hosted the event in 2017 and roads were closed by the snow). However, we were lucky and the weather didn’t stop anyone attending.

Colin and Diane’s house was all ready for Christmas, with festive decorations in every direction and a large Welsh flag in the front window.

Diane and Colin greeted everyone as they started arriving from about 12:30 onwards, and people migrated first to the kitchen, where drinks were being served.

To our left, Ann Tenant was already there, preparing all the different canapes.

Kay Day and Ann Evans arrived a little late and flustered. They had intended sharing a taxi with Ernest Morris, but Ernest had tripped on the way to Kay’s house, banged his head and was taken off in an ambulance.
We have since heard that Ernest has now left hospital. We all wish him a speedy recovery.

In all, there were about 30 of us there, a little bit down on most years, but it gave us all a good chance to chat to everyone and catch up on the news.

People drifted between the living room, where the canapes were served and the kitchen, where the drinks were laid out on the table. This year there was a good supply of Prosecco, as there had been comments that this was overlooked last year.

Towards four o’ clock, John Breese started playing a selection of Christmas carols, with everyone joining in.

We finished with the National Anthem, and everyone left by about 4:30.

Thanks once again to Colin and Diane for being such generous hosts.

There are more photos here.