Over 40 diners sat down to a three course meal on Friday 25th January to celebrate the poet’s anniversary. Highlight of the evening was the piping in of the haggis by Jim Turkington in full highland regalia. Several of the company also sported tartans and those who did not made up for it by attacking the haggis, neaps and tatties with gusto.
The Scottish Quiz was won by “Team Puddin'” after a tie-breaker and Sebastian Chambers read a Burns’ poem.
The evening would not have been so successful without the untiring efforts of the organiser Rob Chambers, all the “waitresses” Belinda, Jessica, and Brenda and Gordon the chefs.
“May we have another’ ere lang”
Reporter: our gastronomic editor