Here is a round-up of the events at The Swan during January, 2022.

12th Jan: Quiz Night

Congratulations to The Interminables who were worthy winners of the quiz this week, winning a Swan Bar Card to the value of £25 to enjoy at their leisure. The next quiz will be on Wed 26 Jan at 7:30.

15th Jan: Bingo Winners Cruise

All the way through the covid-19 lockdown there was an ongoing joke amongst the players and our Bingo Caller: the winners would have a berth on a virtual Bingo Cruise once it was all over! Well it doesn't look like covid will be nearly over any time soon, but circumstances now could allow the cruise with correct vaccinatons and testing.

So after a lot of planning by the Friends of The Swan, the virtual ship set sail with an assortment of Bingo winners and their partners. There was a range of activities set up for the evening as well as welcome drinks and a buffet. For information, all the attendees had returned a negative lateral flow before the event.

During the night there were organised games too. Obviously bingo with Richard Allen was a given, deck quoits a must as it was a cruise, a wee quiz was thrown in too, and of course the 'best dressed' passenger. This latter one was very difficult for the judges but our winner was Renee.

There was a lot of organisation required for this event to make it the success it was. Special thanks go to Lexie, Louise and Rachel for setting up The Coach House and the core plan. And thanks to the rest who played their part too, especially our Bingo Caller. Some photos pre-cruise are below.

18th Jan: Cribbage

The Cribbage players returned from the festive period raring to go. The regulars were there - why not join them? All welcome and tuition is avaiable.

20th Jan: Bingo Night

A packed house greeted the return of Bingo to The Swan. With Richard Allen calling the numbers in his inimitable style a good time was had by all, especially the winners. A new 'bonus' round had players competing for the Golden Ticket (aka flier).

• 1st: line and full house - Jen McGeachie.
• 2nd: line - Jen; full house - Joanne Decoutho.
• 3rd: line - Sarah Drake and Johnny; full house - Nicole Caton.
• 4th (Golden Ticket): line (£4) - Lexie Sparks; full house (£20) - Connor Lindop.

25th Jan: Cheese & Wine

Mike was back in a packed pub. We had guests from Home Instead and the Book Club was on too. He had a fine selection of cheeses based upon the six nations raugby which is coming up. It was also Burns night - many were surprised that he was an acoomplished cheesemaker.

Cheese inluded Lyburn (ENG), Morbier (FRA), Cashel Blue (IRE), Taleggio (ITA), Isle of Mull (SCO) and Gorwydd Caerphilly (WAL). Connor had matched these with offers from The Bar. A great selection - a great night!

26th Jan: Quiz Night

Our Quiz winners this week were the nattily named 'Impeach Boris Still', with an amazing 44 points. It was a really nice busy atmosphere in The Pub and The Coach House. We also raised over fifty pounds towards the restoration funds too.

28th Jan: WHP Coffee Morning

Sincere thanks to all who attended the final coffee morning on behalf of our 2021 Community Charity, the Windsor Homeless Project. A huge thanks also to the Wings and GR6 students - Carly, Kerry and Kadilen - who served the coffee and cakes helping us to raise £226 for the charity. We do hope that the barista and front-of-house experiences on the day help them in the future.

We would also like to thank the GR6 staff who played their bit too so that it was a success. So big thanks to the main man Deej and his supporting team of Lexie and Richard. They made this run without a hitch!

Our coffee mornings do rely on donations of cakes, biscuits and the likes. Anything you could do would be really appreciated and funds raised do go to the nominated charities. Mornings are usually the last Friday of the month.

28th Jan: The Free Ranger

We would also like to thank The Free Ranger, also known as Rob Oliphant. He donated his evening totally free of charge and in return asked that any donations made were given to the Windsor Homeless Project. Good man sir!

Rob has a history of this sort of thing both here in the UK and also on the West Coast of USA. Over the years he has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the homeless in both countries. He has a charity called Street Talk worth looking for.

You may on occasion find Rob on the Eton Bridge busking to earn money for the homeless. Watch out for him!

Although our news page has all the newsletters, we thought it might be easier to access this month's ones from here.

• 07/01/2022: Something for everyone at The Swan
• 14/01/2022: Supporting hearts and minds in a packed week at The Swan
• 21/01/2022: New arrivals and old favourites
• 28/01/2022: Pub, school and community as one ...