December 2025
Author: Pheasant Tommy
December got underway with the final walk of the year, culminating the sublime planning introduced into the schedule by Mario.
This was hotly followed by the annual pheasant trip to the “Beers of Europe” warehouse, where the disappointment from the sparsely populated shelves was compensated for by serious pheasant browsing around the antiques section in a forelorn effort to unearth hidden gems for the annual awards. Having failed to find anything in their exceptionally low budget, the pheasants did succeed in enjoying themselves immensely.
This was followed by the annual Christmas lunch at the Hare Arms, where there was plenty of food but decidedly unequal plate dimensions causing some consternation for the youngest member, who got the child sized portion.
The following week saw the next annual event in the Christmas calendar as a number of pheasants took the Ely locomotive to Bury for an enjoyable evening followed predictably by a Mario request for a festive curry, saving the interlopers from an overpriced steakhouse experience. Rules were apparently harshly modified to thwart this sort of democratic behaviour in 2026.
This left the remainder of December to find pheasant awards, kick off voting season and sit back to watch the pheasant polling process majestically navigate this exercise in democracy.
Awards night occurred just before Christmas, where the group enjoyed a Thai dinner and were treated to a special guest. The unique awards were duly presented and treasured by the winners.
Team Pheasant ended the year with a chaotic planning session which after much effort yielded a number of walks for 2026 or so they thought….