Credit Management December 2022

TOWARDS the end of summer Thames
Valley decided to host a social event
on a Saturday – first time in well over
a decade that we had run an event at a
weekend. A good handful of us met up
in the morning and had a stroll around
the Roman city walls and Amphitheatre in Silchester.
For those that know Colin Hingston and his sense
of humour you will not be surprised with his quip
of ‘I remember when it was all fields’ and the fact
he brought along an ancient Roman map to ‘help’ us
walk around!
The walk ended with a quick drive to a nearby pub –
that was closed, so we drove to another – also closed.
Third time lucky? Nope – still too early for it to open
so we gave up on the planned pub lunch. Despite this
slight disappointment we all agreed that the weekend
social event went well and we would definitely plan
another in 2023.
We made up for the closed pub disappointment
by hosting our next social event a few weeks later at
Marlow brewery’s open night – somewhere we have
been to previously. Was interesting to hear how they
managed through the COVID period and to see the
improvements to the site that they had made over the
years. The committe is looking to visit a gin distillery
(possibly Silent Pool in Albury, Guildford) or a vineyard
in 2023 – keep an eye out for the emails/event postings.
Author – Gary Baker FCICM (Grad)
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