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A lovely sunny day and off I set from Croydon. i was using my mobile as a sat nav for
only the second time and after a very strange route it set me on, I managed to find
my bearings.

I arrived at the Three Horseshoes and was pleased to see what a nice venue had been
chosen. Bought myself a drink, then walked into the dining room. The room looked
lovely and it was good to see some familiar faces.

Garry arrived with Linda, his wife, and it was really good to meet her at last. The food
was served and was really good. Garry had to wait a while for both his starter and
main course. Eventually when they did arrive, he enjoyed them both!!

It felt strange that there wasn't any cross toasting, but one plus was that there
could be plenty of chatting.

The prizes were then presented. Steve Carter-smith did really well. U must have had
a big car to take them home in!! Garry collected quite a few prizes on behalf of winners
that hadn’t been able to make it. It became a standing joke that the winner was going
to be Garry.

I really enjoyed the afternoon. It was really good
to talk to Mark, especially about being DLN
editor. He took over from me 25 years ago and
said that he was only meant to be doing it for
three months!!

Almost forgot to say congrats to Roy for
winning the Silverdale How shield.
Garry & Linda, Garry is a past
Thanks to Len and Pat for organising such a member of the club and has
lovely afternoon. returned to the UK after some 20
plus years in America

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