Thank you all so much for making the 2009 auction such a success.
I won't steal TM's thunder and will let him tell you the gory details - suffice it to say - a brilliant total achieved.

I can assure you all that the funds raised will be put to good use (they are probably worth x 9 as match funding!) and will further improve and protect our precious river Monnow.

You really are a generous lot and I look forward to seeing some of you at next year's social.

thanks again

P

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Trout fishermen revere the trout; trout, on the other hand, unaware of their sublime standing in man's world, revere nothing, including man, a creature they seem to view with special contempt. Nihilism is a rare trait in fish but trout are full of it. The old men liked that.