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Cuppa and Catchup! See the poor Tesco shopper dragged in to take our photo at our last Coffee and Chinwag…. Never did he think his life would be changed forever… free coffee, a Krispy Kreme, fame on our Facebook page and now here on our website!  Going strong, with new members coming along.

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1st July and August Picnics! We had a some great afternoons picnicing at Old Town Gardens, with both sunshine and… rain… catching-up over Krispy Kremes, and Sabrina’s home made lemon drizzle cake, washed down with coffee from the Cafe…

Welcome to our new Younger Set  Committee member Malcolm, and new committee member Robert from the Bowel Bunch. Complete with live music from the bandstand…


BBQ NEWS….  We caught some fantastic weather for our BBQ at Lydiard Park on the 3rd September… around 30 attended over the afternoon, including Josie seen here inspecting the internal temperature of the burgers with Chairman Frank. Below is Frank in the Starship Captain’s chair…

It was lovely to welcome Caroline ‘Ironostomy’ Bramwell to our Christmas get together in 2023!

An amazing talk on training and competing at Ironman events… open water swimming, cycling and long distance running/marathons

The grub was good too!