Great turn out for Spokes’s Christmas party this week, with a turnout of 18 people, at “The Newbury” pub, in central Newbury. A good mix of regulars, and semi-regulars from the Spokes rides (that run from March to October) as well as much of the committee and other active members. Three courses of scrummy food, intermixed with interesting and fun conversation and just a little alcohol – made it an enjoyable evening for all.

Not so great was my memory and forgetting to take a photograph of us all with our green Christmas cracker hats on. So the picture is Bing’s new AI feature’s take on “18 cyclists of mixed sex at their Christmas pub meal”. I tried other variations, and it definitely has a bias towards cyclists always having beards, even after I said “and no beards”. As a little aside, saw an interesting Ted talk today describing how AI may be an environmental threat due to the power it needs when it’s being “trained”.

Anyway, Merry Christmas to you all, and to a happy and healthy 2024!