Thursday 18th December: My first outing with the sleigh, and I'm IC for the Birdie Estate, Barmstedt, Queens and Willow Crescent. It seems a quiet evening with fewer children than expected around Willow. We manage to finish only five minutes late, better than in previous years.

Gordon is my excellent driver, and the set up at RPC is good and straightforward, well done Charles for getting it set up, and Lorna brings sustenance out which we take at the end of the Willow Crescent section of the route.

Two or three guests, and I have to keep them on their task more than usual, but a good result is achieved with £333.63 collected.