2025 GFC at the Tas Club - October has come and nearly gone without the deflation promised
When Ernie Shackleton said he wanted to be remembered for being a sensible man, good to his men, and 'not to have been called Ernest for nothing'. So it was at the session at the Tas Club yesterday, as the memory of the man spilled from the GFC to the groaning table, laden with the wine and food that Ernie would have liked to have with all that 100 bottles of whiskey he had stored away. Image: from the original of the Endurance stuck in ice Image: Fenton Jones's partly complete rendition of Endurance - 500 brass tacks yet to impale But after a huge one hour session of forced refreshments in the bar, we repaired (I wonder why they say that? I certainly required some repair today, but not at 1pm Wednesday) to the main dining room. The Gong was only used 3 times (and then staff warned me) as a call to dine, not to curtail the valid discussion. They say one should eat for oneself, and dress for others. It was certainly an occasion made better by those present being dressed, an...