This month I arrived late at our first Thursday noggin at the Bird In Hand. I had been late leaving the printers of TVCN, I normally like to give out early editions at the first Thursday noggin. During the evening I had the pleasure of welcoming John Hunt to the Centre, John Sherwood's brother-in-law. John is on the look out for a Morgan and hopes to get a car one day - good luck John! Gordon Stemp returned with his son still feeling the worse for wear after our dramatic expedition to darkest HopMogLand - at least we survived Gordon!

During our walk in the Chilterns in December at West Wycombe we recruited two new members to the Centre. Terry Tedman has got a new Morgan on order and Robert Watson already owning a Morgan is the landlord of the Rose and Crown Inn at Saunderton near Princes Risborough. Terry had recognised us from our pictures from the Centre web page while we were having a recuperative drink in the Swan Inn at West Wycombe. I would like to welcome you both to the Centre. At the Sunday lunchtime noggin in December we welcomed Alan Baker to the Centre. Alan

I hope everyone in ThamesMogLand and beyond had a very happy Christmas. On the first Thursday evening in November we welcomed Ray Styles back to the Centre. The last time Ray was at the Bird In Hand it was 1971 - I must have been out! Ray is currently nearing the completion of a ground-up rebuild of a competition 4/4. I look forward to seeing the finished car soon Ray. At our November Sunday Noggin we welcomed Geoff Giles to the Centre - I hope you can join us again soon Geoff. In the latest edition of the Thames Valley

On the first Thursday evening we welcomed Hartley Jenkinson to the Centre. Hartley has just moved to the area and he currently owns a stunning plus four-four seater. The walk in the Chilterns in October was a great success. At the walk we wlecomed John and Ann Rushton to the Centre. John and Ann came along in a rather nice 4 seater. At our October Sunday Noggin we welcomed three new members to the Centre. Neal Bircher arrived on the look out for a reasonably priced Morgan 4/4. Stephen Clark joined us from round the corner (Nine Mile Ride) in

On the first Thursday we had in attendance, as far as my Centre records show, a record twenty Morgans. That evening we also welcomed some new members to the Centre. Strictly speaking Dave Harvey, Pat and Colin Harris are old members from the past. John Morgan dropped in as he was passing because of his interest in Morgans - he has been on the waiting list for a long time. David Knight and Chris Chaffey also joined us both owning rather nice 4/4s. The last new member was Arthur Neal. Arthur owns a Series I that he is still trying

On the first Thursday we welcomed Jerry and Eileen Tanner to the Centre. Jerry is currently waiting patiently for his new Morgan - I hope the wait will not be too long! At the HopMog Petanque competition we also recruited Anna and Simon Marshall to the Centre just in time for them to win the Skittles evening out right! So a warm welcome to Anna and Simon to the Centre and thanks for winning for Thames Valley! Congratulations are also in order for Anna and Simon since they are our fiftieth subscribers to Thames Valley Centre News (TVNC). Only another