{"id":2878,"date":"2023-12-23T07:53:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T07:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2023-12-23T07:56:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T07:56:19","slug":"christmas-social-22-dec-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/christmas-social-22-dec-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Social – 22 Dec 23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was always going to be a nail-biter. Billed as \u201cPilot\u2019s Revenge\u201d, would this year\u2019s Christmas quiz fulfil the desire of our front-seat riders to level the score? Would it be pay back time for having suffered the narrowest of Stoker defeats, by a mere single point, at the Lancaster residential?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tension was tangible; the silence surreal. And then, 29 questions later, the verdict was in. They\u2019d cracked it. Though the 23-21 score was initially contested, the challenge was dismissed on appeal, and the Pilot\u2019s victory upheld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But both before and after intellects were tested, fun, laughter and camaraderie flowed through the house in buckets. As several Trekkers put it, on a ride conversations are largely restricted to whoever occupies the other tandem seat. Not so at a social. In a non-riding setting you can enjoy cementing friendships with lots of cycling companions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rounding off the evening, live entertainment, courtesy of our very own Ukulele playing trio, brought the curtain down on another cracking Christmas Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Martin, Jules and Sean tuning up their instruments before providing another chart topping performance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s to 2024. May it provide many more happy memories and laughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merry Christmas everyone\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandwiched between Nicola, Michelle, Kathryn and Lou – Matthew raises a glass. OK, a plastic cup of good cheer!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kate and Steve D obviously finding something very funny.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our most prolific 2023 stoker, Jules.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris and Simon at their first TT Christmas special.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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David (aka Father Trekker) reminicing with Lou. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A smiling Steve and Alison chat with a fellow off-camera Trekker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Martin and Sean seeing what\u2019s left of the savouries. There wasn\u2019t much!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jade sits along side venue hostess Beverley. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was always going to be a nail-biter. Billed as \u201cPilot\u2019s Revenge\u201d, would this year\u2019s Christmas quiz fulfil the desire of our front-seat riders to level the score? Would it be pay back time for having suffered the narrowest of Stoker defeats, by a mere single point, at the Lancaster residential? The tension was tangible; … Continue reading “Christmas Social – 22 Dec 23”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2878"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2881,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions\/2881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}