Saint George Celebrations at Cowroast

We are getting ready for our St George's Celebration on 27th. As any good English person knows the actual feast is on Tuesday, 23rd but here at Cowroast we like to get together the following weekend and raise a glass or two and a bob or two for charity.
So the previous weekend it's time to clean off the chairs (and give Roy his annual hose-down)



The week leading up to the weekend is beautiful but the forecast for Saturday is doom and gloom.

Nay Bother-the marquees are up, the food is ordered and there are 40 odd (very) people coming to the mooring to celebrate our Patron Saint.
There will be a barbecue, wine-tasting, a raffle for Pam's school in Uganda (TEAMS)  http://paminuganda.wordpress.com/  and an auction, the proceeds of which will go to The Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted.

All we need now is the weather!

Well I promised a sun-drenched day and got it half right. Chilly becoming cold with intermittent showers throughout the day but we are English and getting soaked whilst burning the outside of a sausage and leaving the middle pink is what we do best!

I think 42 good souls turned up and parted with a tenner to catch flu. It all ran smoothly and the rain forced everybody to gather under the marquees and talk to one another. The wine-tasting, raffle and auction all went well and a total of £696.30  was raised.

Donation to Hospice  £436.30

Donation to TEAMS School in Uganda  £200

Mooring Contingency Fund   £60 (against one of Lord Rothschilds' glis glis eating any more of our equipment)

A great effort by a comparatively small number of very generous people. The event was enhanced by the arrival of many visitiing boats, some displaced from Aylesbury after the recent lock collapse.

The auction never ceases to amaze with the most unutterable crap going for real money.

Remember my bottom?  ( see  Glis Glis, Racehorses and Mandarins )

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 It fetched 15 quid! And I have no doubt it will return next year and make more money.












 Allegedly Lord Rothschild gave 20 quid to Mike Griffin for the marquee fund but the general opinion is that Mike is in fact Lord R himself.

My thanks to Roy Ullah and Mac and Carrie Dodge for the following pictures