While we take a short intake of breath after our busy summer, I thought I would keep you up to date with some Centre news. As you read this report Estelle and Ian Sollen's daughter will be happily married, the ceremony was held over the August bank holiday weekend. Also, Bert Oslar's son Jason has just become engaged to his long term girlfriend. Naturally Jason you be expelled from the Bachelors' club in due course. And finally we have a new arrival expected very soon. Mary and James McLaren will be collecting their new Plus Four within weeks, if I

Early this month we have the Scenic Run and Barbeque for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Geoff Giles and Helen Thorne have been working very hard on a brilliant run through the Chilterns and Berkshire Downs, so it should be good! Thank you all very much for your kind support. We should have a lovely day. I would like to thank Geoff and Helen for the run. I hope to see you there.  Don't forget this month Pam and Mike Aldrich will be holding our Annual Centre dinner at the Grovefield House Hotel, Burnham. Please contact Pam and Mike if you

I am very pleased to be able to announce that on the evening of Saturday 23rd July, Pam and Mike Aldrich will be holding our Annual Centre dinner at the Grovefield House Hotel, Burnham. Please contact Pam and Mike if you would like to attend, menus for the evening should be available very soon. The hotel has some lovely grounds to enjoy before the dinner, on what should be hopefully, a warm summer's evening. I would like to thank Pam and Mike for organising this lovely night for us. On the Sunday evening of our New Forest bank holiday weekend,

On the Friday night of our New Forest bank holiday weekend, the New Forest Centre has challenged us to an evening of beer and skittles. Whether the emphasis is on beer or skittles I don't know, but I'm sure we should be good at both! With this event in mind I believe Steve Pullen and Brian Miller are looking into a local hostelry so that we can get some practice in. As soon as I have any details I will let up you know. Gerry Burkitt says he would like to lead the beer aspects of the team, clearly he

Bookings for our weekend in the New Forest - with a discounted visit to Beaulieu - are coming in thick and fast. I would like to thank New Forest for their support in this joint venture. Please contact Ann or Brian Miller as soon as you can, if you would like to go on this trip, our thanks our also due to Ann, Brian and Heidi for getting this exciting weekend together. Next month we have our visit to the Morgan Factory, please contact me if you would like to go as places are filling up! Also coming up is

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