This weekends reunion went well and I'm pleased to say that Brenda won the main raffle prize which was donated by Gillie Gillingham, from the frigates first commission stokers grot.

Sadly, the decanter, which was a limited edition decanter celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, was battle damaged and soft wood wedges would not have fixed the problem. Fortunately, a RAS(L) to a non-damaged decanter did the job and the magic liquid is now preserved ..., for now.

I must admit that there was still enough bubbly left over from the original decanter to give sufficient reason for 'Queens'. Fortunately, I was the only person around who was 'G' and I had a lovely warm feeling in my tummy on completion of the well established protocol.

I'm looking forward to the next reunion in the West Country, 16-18 May 2014, and I hope Gillie pitches up with another decanter. 😀