Our last meeting for 2017 was well utilised to pass Bro James Picton to the 2nd degree. James (who performed admirably during his test questions) did, however, forget to return his 1st degree booklet. Luckily, this went relatively unnoticed since his proposer (who had forgotten to take a photograph of him in the Lodge room) had also totally forgotten that he was James’s proposer and, therefore, had to do the relevant toast on the fly.
The night ended with Bro Picton having his photo taken in front of the flags that adorn the wall in the South. Although this is meant to impart a somewhat patriotic feel to the image, it mostly makes him look like he has a couple of huge antennae sticking out of his head.