Hiya, so this is the last Mag of 2011. Its pretty unbelievable how quickly the year has flown past. Danny keeps saying that its an ‘age thing’, but I don’t think so. I simply think everyone is so very busy all the time, so we just have to put up with it. So...has it been a good year for you? On the whole its not been a great year around the clubs, but I think we all got through it. Now we look forward to 2012, wonder what will be coming towards us to deal with. I suppose all we can do is try and support each other and our clubs and events and hopefully together we’ll get through it all! Lots of Festivals already planned for 2012, make sure you book well in advance if you are planning to go, so that the organisers know what they are dealing with….also if you don’t, you just might find it cancelled, nobody can take a chance that ‘may be’ people will come. Also don’t forget your clubs, they have never needed you as much as they are now, go on...you’ll have a great night, and never forget that if you don’t use it...you’ll lose it!

We have a great lot of things in this issue once again, thank you so much to everyone who contributed. It doesn’t happen very often that I don’t have enough room to get everything in, but its happened this time, so we have had to hold it over! I asked for more letters, and wow, did we get them. Great to get all those letters, just as it should be! Keep them coming, we want to know what you are up to!

Great to get a letter from oor Gerry Ford, so glad that things for him and his wife Joan on their new life in Australia have worked out so well!

Once again we have a big CD competition, big thanks to Stewart Fenwick who contributed some of the CDs. Hope you are taking part, to get the chance to win 6 CDs in one go, can’t be bad!

All that remains to say is a huge ‘Thank you’ for all support over last year, it means a lot! I hope you have planned a nice and relaxing Festive Season, and Santa is good to you!