Wrekin Writers' Christmas Do

What do you do with nearly thirty people all in party mood? That was the problem I faced at ten oclock on Saturday morning. It wasn't quite St Trinians' Christmas Party but it wasn't far off. We started off quite formally once they'd cleared up the paper aeroplanes off the floor and untied the vice chair and then we had some fun. The question posed was how well do you know Wrekin Writers? Each member had to write down what they'd most like to find under the Christmas Tree and the other members had to guess who written what

Well it was quite revealing. Amongst the many requests were a puppy (Phyllis), the gift of insight (Dean), Cocktail maker (Bev), an idiot proof laptop (Barbara), a body massage, (Mary) trouble was she figured there were enough members there to fulfil that wish, we had to restrain one member. But the easiest one to guess was the Bravisimo Lingerie Catalogue, all fingers were pointed at Mike who grinned like a Cheshire Cat.

It was all good fun and the outcome was Julie scored the highest with ten out of twenty. A reward a chocolate treat.

Then we moved the party to the Buckatree Hotel in Wellington. Very nice, very posh and the food was excellent.

Did they have a good time? You decide from the pictures that Julie took - thanks Julie.

Beverley, Phyllis and Lilian in the bar.

Angeline with Bryan and his family.

Mollie looking lovely

And there's always one but in this case two. Chris and Sue enjoying themselves at the pool table.

For more pictures check out Julie's blog

Before I go on to the Christmassy stuff I want to say a great big thank you to Wrekin Writers' Vice Chair Barbara Groom for organising the meal at the Buckatree. She really did a wonderful job. So from me and the rest of Wrekin Writers - thank you Barbara x

So as 2009 comes to a close we wish you all

A wonderful Christmas and a fantastic 2010

And one final thought.

The lovely little lad in the picture is our youngest member Robin Kiernan. I wonder if this could be the present chair holding a future chair of Wrekin Writers. Funnier things have happened.