Wow , Chilly it could well have been, the temperature that greeted the seven skippers, some of whom had travelled a fair distance I may add was 1 degree above Zero, Most houses and areas had a fair dusting of snow some say 4 inches, some did not brag about it, but the gritters had been to most places, and the roads if you were careful were ok . Rob Wilson the OOD got there early, and we all decided to leave the dingy where it was and use the marks available to us , worked out well as it happened, the breeze once it was found was in the South east, much more of a whisper , and racing started and finished on the South Bank, “sounds exotic doesn’t it ” It was not,, but the trampling feet soon had the snow bedded down, and racing begun, very light whisper of a breeze as I said before and Pete W sailing his Venti made light work of race one, securing the over Darin ,, race two and in fact race 3 Darin 49 got the bullets, and race 4 Rob W 97 took a win, generally the racing was tight, and with no wind chill , all skippers stayed warm as far as I know, it was great to have such a good turnout in very adverse conditions, and we know that some skippers were just unable to get to the lake due to the conditions , but you all have one more chance 17th December will be round five of this series and I am expecting it could well be a mince pie day , However back to the present , 9 races completed Darin with 5 wins Pete with a brace and Chris E 74 and Rob W 97 one a piece, some skippers found it very tricky to get to grips but hey as always, as we know cream rises, so very well done to Darin who by the way travelled a fair old distance to race , enjoyed by all a morning of fresh air and one again good racing. in fact a pleasure to be out .