TrailBadger Annual Conference, 9 December

A successful and enjoyable evening with 15 friends, fire, meat, music and banter in the snow-covered winter wonderland that was TrailBadger HQ.

Three items on this year's agenda:

• Man of the Year award - won for an unprecented second year on the trot by Hugh for outstanding endeavour, but he was ready this time and didn't quite yield the entertainment of 2009
• Riding a bike up the ladder that nearly resulted in Sparky's death at last year's conference, over the TrailBadger igloo, and down the snow ramp - following Rick's rather laissez-faire attempt, this was manfully achieved by Davy, albeit he landed square on his nose on the other side
• Any other business - four additional items were presented under AOB:
• rhino-charging the igloo from all sides whilst Aran tried to patch up the holes from the inside;
• a long debate on the obvious short-comings of civilian pilots;
• attempting to fix an unexplained subsidence in the TrailBadger HQ perimeter wall; and
• lamenting the state of Jack's wife's new car.

The TrailBadger igloo, poised and ready to receive its challengers,
prior to its untimely demise