GOG Xmas Bash 2017

GOG Xmas Bash + Absent Friends Fly-in 16-17 December 2017
Gits Attending:- Keith, Alan O & Anne, Sandra & Andrew & Janet, Alan C & Lynne, Bob & Carole, Dicky & Janette, Nigel & Wendy, Roy & Marilyn and at the last minute there was Jacqui! As per GOG tradition, hearty appetites were satisfied by a monster Saturday FEB at the Toby Carvery Then we discovered Wendy's Guilty Pleasure - she is a Toastmistress General! Saturday afternoon visited Milestones Museum Leisure Park, Churchill Way West RG22 6PG we had a wonderful time wandering around... It was a bit odd to find that many exhibits were everyday things from our childhood years! The bar and the sweetie shop were very popular! They also had a nice café that had "parsnip, apple & cumin soup" on the menu - nice and very filling! Then all back to the Travelodge to freshen up, and a minibus from there to... Saturday night eating & drinking too much at The Bounty Inn, 81 Bounty Rd, Basingstoke RG21 3BZ How many people does it take to put a plastic crown on a lady ukelele player??? Then Keith managed to get a Skype call going to Marble Falls - "Come in Gayle & Christian!" There was so much noise in the pub - it was all a tad chaotic! The "children" had a lot of party poppers - which Dicky just LOVED! There was a certain amount of posing... then minibus back to the Travelodge, a few "nightcaps", and a very good night's sleep, Sunday morning FEB at The Stag & Hounds "Remember Absent Friends" in the Jollyup field with Ron's Dancing Diamonds, Kelvin's Butterflies, Phil's Flames + a very welcome coffee & mince pie from Roy & Marilyn - THANK YOU VERY MUCH! We also brought one of Les Reed's Skydancer kites and a bottle of sarsaparilla! But the weather turned very wet, so late-comers decided to keep their kites dry, and preferred hot coffee to sarsaparilla! "Then we all went home for lunch!"

GOG Xmas Bash + Absent Friends Fly-in
16-17 December 2017

Gits Attending:- Keith, Alan O & Anne, Sandra & Andrew & Janet, Alan C & Lynne, Bob & Carole,
Dicky & Janette, Nigel & Wendy, Roy & Marilyn and at the last minute there was Jacqui!

As per GOG tradition, hearty appetites were satisfied by a monster Saturday FEB at the Toby Carvery

Then we discovered Wendy's Guilty Pleasure - she is a Toastmistress General!

Saturday afternoon visited Milestones Museum Leisure Park, Churchill Way West RG22 6PG

a bit grey and gloomy outside, but warm, dry & bright inside

we had a wonderful time wandering around...

that is one of the audio guides in dicky's hand - very helpful!

It was a bit odd to find that many exhibits were everyday things from our childhood years!

Collection Corner - lots of familiar stuff here

The bar and the sweetie shop were very popular!

They also had a nice café that had "parsnip, apple & cumin soup" on the menu - nice and very filling!

Then all back to the Travelodge to freshen up, and a minibus from there to...
Saturday night eating & drinking too much at The Bounty Inn, 81 Bounty Rd, Basingstoke RG21 3BZ

How many people does it take to put a plastic crown on a lady ukelele player???

Sandra was patience personified as people fumbled with her crown

There's nothing like a good old sing-song!

Nothing - not even a GOG rave-up can get in the way of a power nap!

The Kazoo Chorus in full swing - Oh Dear!

Then Keith managed to get a Skype call going to Marble Falls - "Come in Gayle & Christian!"

There was so much noise in the pub - it was all a tad chaotic!

The "children" had a lot of party poppers - which Dicky just LOVED!

There was a certain amount of posing...

Nobody was quite sure if this was meant to be Cleopatra or Madonna on a bad day...

then minibus back to the Travelodge, a few "nightcaps", and a very good night's sleep,

Sunday morning FEB at The Stag & Hounds

Of course Keith had the bespoke FEB with extra steak!

"Remember Absent Friends" in the Jollyup field
memorial bench engraved back rest

with Ron's Dancing Diamonds, Kelvin's Butterflies, Phil's Flames
+ a very welcome coffee & mince pie from Roy & Marilyn - THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Grey skies over Cliddesden - and rain on its way!

We also brought one of Les Reed's Skydancer kites and a bottle of sarsaparilla! But the weather
turned very wet, so late-comers decided to keep their kites dry, and preferred hot coffee to sarsaparilla!

"Then we all went home for lunch!"