Below is the report published in the February 2022 issue of Nacelle, which covered Branch activities in December 2021.
I’ve got a feeling!!! Everybody had a hard year, but this year will be better!! The Reading Toy Run was back on at the beginning of December this year and a group of Branch members rode together to the start point. A massive crowd of riders and bikes, many in Christmas themed fancy dress, congregated there before riding off in a gigantic convoy for the 7 mile ride to the Dr Barnardo’s school where we dropped off toys. Lots of people lined the streets to watch. The following Sunday we had our last Sunday ride out of the year with a run to Popham Airfield and a late breakfast in the café there.
We used to have a Christmas dinner on a Saturday, but we couldn’t last year because of Covid. This year we decided to do something different. So instead of a dinner, we had a free buffet at our Thursday evening meeting on the 16th December and about 40 people attended and had an enjoyable evening.
We also took advantage of some dry weather to have a couple of mid-week ride-outs to the Iron Bull Inn and Midhurst.
In 2022, the TOMCC National AGM will be hosted in Berkshire. We are planning to have a bike meet on the day before (Saturday 9 April) and organize some other activities so anybody coming to the AGM on the Sunday could come for the weekend if they wished. We’ll provide more details nearer the time.
Keep on rolling!
Ton-Up Ted
