Enjoyed Christmas and new year here in Beni, and for the first time in years I went out for a Christmas drink with some of the club committee, Foggy Buckley, Compo Whatmore, Bomber Brown, Calamity Claire and Chucklin Bob. One perk at least of my drastically reduced workload. The Concert Chairman spends most of his time up his allotment now though still keeps me entertained when I bump into him. Yesterday he said. “Elsie’s gerrin worse! She cheerfully informed me today that on’t news it said that Heathrow Airport had been brought to a standstill by Paul Weller! Turns out it were “Poor weather”.
