ThamesMog
Secretary's Report February 2005

I guess it is rather like searching for the next James Bond, or in our case Jane Bond, for sometime we have been looking for the right person, with the time, commitment, tenacity and drive to become the next Thames Valley Centre regalia officer – let’s face it Geoff Giles and Jim Bellew are tough acts to follow! Well I am very pleased to be able to tell you, we now have found our new regalia officer, Jane Davies. Jane is well placed for the role, with her love of fashion, gold jewellery and fast cars. A suitable cocktail of interests also include wine, gardening, music, dancing, travel and marine fish. This should put Jane into a good position to come up with possibly a broader range of regalia items to tempt you! Please contact Jane as she is awaiting your orders.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Geoff Giles for all his hard work during his time as our regalia officer. On every measure Geoff had a very successful run, for example he sold world wide over two hundred of our Thames Valley car badges - thank you very much Geoff. I do enjoy it at MOG events, walking around looking at the parked Morgans and inspecting all those Thames Valley car badges. Jim Bellew also did some great ground work on our second badge design, while Mike Aldrich put together the original Thames Valley which is now a valuable collector’s item. Thank you guys, one day at a noggin, we may see four regalia officers all together – you never know! I would like to wish you all the best in your new role Jane; it is good to have you on the team!

Due to the doubts associated with the opening position of the Phoenix, for the time being we shall be going to the Poacher at South Warnborough, near Odiham on the road to Alton, on the third Thursday evening noggin. I would welcome any views on whether we should make this a permanent change of venue. Thanks.

This month our walk in the Chilterns takes us to Marsworth.

A Walk from Marsworth 

Sunday 27^th February 2005

We shall meet at the car park for the White Lion public house at 10.30 am. The pub is on the B489 where it crosses the Grand Union Canal two miles North of Tring.  The walk is only three miles long with an option to do another mile or so if we want; it will be very easy going.  We will be walking along a part of the Grand Union Canal, so it should be quite interesting. All our pubs to date on our walks have been very good, with great food. If you just want to join us for a noggin we should be back about 13:00 for lunch. I hope to see you there. 

Take care & see you all soon - Roger.