Over the Christmas holidays I learnt of the sad death of John Bishop, a good friend of the Centre from Sexmog. Over the years we have attended many of the main MOG events with John and his wife Joan along with several other Sexmog friends. In particular we used to go out on various scenic runs together having a great time. Most memorable for me, was back when we were at MOG 92, when we drove around the Welsh Mountains, it was the year I first got myself a video camera. Gerry Burkitt spent most of his time hanging out

I can hardly contain my excitement, but Jane and Glenn Davies have just finished the design for our thirty-fifth anniversary car badge. It is based on Mike Aldrich's original design concept and makes a fine tribute to Mike's brilliant first car badge for the Thames Valley Centre. If you can imagine the handmade badge now available in material that can be made in larger numbers, you will be some way to knowing what it looks like. It is simply stunning! One hundred will be made and they will all be numbered. Badge number one will be auctioned, with all proceeds

I hope everyone had a very happy Christmas. It is at this time of year that families are together for the holiday season. And naturally it is a time when we remember our lost love ones and friends. Unhappily, just before Christmas, I was very sorry to learn that Dave Mason had passed away. Dave was well known by members in the Centre that have taken part in club sprints and hill climbs. Dave used to coordinate the Northern Championship and latterly the National championship, as well as the club sprint each year. Dave did an awful lot for Morgan

As this is our December Centre report, I would like to wish all the readers of this column a very happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year with above all good health! To celebrate, as normal, we have a Christmas lunch at the Hampden Arms with Anita Pullen while I shall be running our Christmas Dinner at the Poacher. These events are very special and set us up well for the festive season. Please contact Anita or myself if you want to go depending on which event you fancy, we will tell you if there are any places left at

We had a very exciting time back in September, as a friend said to me a "golden month". I was lucky enough to visit on the first weekend the Shoreham Air show, then the next weekend it was the Brighton Speed Trials, then the weekend after that brought the Goodwood Revival meeting, and then we had Teresa and Terry Tedman's marvellous visit to the Hell Fire Club caves. The night before our visit to the Caves in West Wycombe, a team had spent the night in the depths of the caves to do some paranormal research. They heard some bumps

At the time of writing I have just returned from our joint August Bank Holiday weekend with the New Forest Centre. It was a wonderful weekend enjoyed immensely by all that attended. From the kick off on the Friday might with our Inter-Centre Beer and Skittles, to the scenic runs, the very special fun and games on Saturday night, the day out at Beaulieu, the Sunday evening weekend dinner and our peaceful walk in the New Forest on Monday - it was just superb fun. I would like to thank the New Forest Centre for making us feel so welcome