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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine Volume 14 No.2 October 2017 @5

The President Says……..another Presidential year is slipping
away very fast and having got over the initial shock and absolute
surprise of getting the job, I have felt extremely proud and honoured
to be your President.
The May meeting went off very well; the speaker was a great
success, different but very amusing—great. A few turned up for the
Sunday lunch at the Leather Bottle. We were a bit squashed but I
think everyone enjoyed it, I certainly did and would like to see it as an
annual event.Again, not as many as usual at the Golf day but the meal
was superb and the competitive spirit for the cups was as fierce as ever!
I hope to see some of you on the Dickens walk. Do come, as I'M sure you will enjoy it.
Also still to come is the Hampton Court ride, another great day out.
Thank you all for your support and of course a great big thank you to Mrs Bardell; where-
ever would we be without her??
All the best to you Pickwickians and look after yourselves. Cheers!! Samuel Pickwick Esq

Past President’s Luncheon
Buzfuz sent me the following report plus some photos……………..

Please find a few photos taken at yesterday’s Past President’s luncheon held at the George
Inn in Borough High Street, London. Some 15 Past Presidents plus Samuel Pickwick (the
current President) attended the now annual luncheon, held this year in the splendid
surrounds of this famous galleried ale house. The building, owned by the National Trust is
the only remaining galleried Inn in the country, with connections to both Dickens and
Shakespeare, the property is well worth a visit.
Only 5 Past Presidents, still members of the club could not attend, mainly due to some health
problems but with Bailie Mac Something, celebrating his birthday and others being otherwise
committed. ….Buzfuz