Welcome - i hope you don't get bored!

Well - this my fist 'blog' so it might be a long one as i've about two months to catch up on.

I took over the Area Chairmans role from mark Haynes in late april 2009 - It was a decent event which was hosted at the Gately Golf (because I ended up orginising it and it was around the corner from my house). Many thanks to all who turned out - we had over 60 i think for the night with some coming from as far as Buxton and Saddlewoth.

During the evening the usual amount of banter went back and forth from the top table and the the rest of thetablers in attendance. Some comments do stick in my mind - mainly about capitation and membership.

However at about 3/4 of the way through the night and after Mark's techincal failure with his presentation the chain was passed over to me and i took the reins for 12 months. With this in mind i made efforts to get stuck in straight away.

How? you might ask - well the next day I set off with Lars to attend Buxtons excellent charter night. We jumped on a train and spent an hour mixing with country chavs drinking cans of stella, not that I minded - no - it was an excellent way to travel.

The night was a top night with good food, good company and a decent comic for a change - so well done Buxton!

Since then I've been to my own AGM at Cheadle & Gatley, this was a typical, reserved, night for the usual lads - some light drinking and then some discussions till around 4am. Not sure but we might also have the latest RTBI from an AGM - I think it was 1:51am!

I've been to the excellent Macc beer festival where myself and Area president Mike Garner spent a splendid evening in the company of the Macc lads, Poynton and Wilslow tablers.

I've also performed an mini 'intruptionette' for Ladies circle - there AGM was near Ashton and myself and Mike made a swift visit to ensure their incoming president Julie had a 'nice' memento for the evening.

Middleton had a cracking mayday celebration on the Bank holiday, the weather was a bit cool but that didn't seem to dampen the spirits.

Tonight I'm off clay pigeon shooting in Worlsey - although with a different Area - courtesy of Lee Coolingwood from Area 8. I'll let you know how I get on tomorrow.

Of course the big one this month has to be the Saddleworth Beer walk this Saturday, I spoke to Tom last week as well as to 'Tickle' and found out they were expecting close to 2000 people along for the day - lets hope the weather sorts it self out.