Member

I have the honour of being the honorary president of Pickering Conservative Club, the members of which like to meet for their AGM on the last Friday in January. I have pleaded with them a number of times that perhaps we could meet on another occasion, but they choose to meet on the last Friday in January every year. On one occasion, the snow was falling quite lightly as I arrived for the meeting, which takes place at 7.30 pm to enable those who are working to attend. By the time I left, Sutton Bank was closed, and I thought it would be better to go via the A64, round by York and back up the A19. It took me the best part of four hours to go that distance from Pickering back to the cottage at Thornton-le-Moor, near Thirsk.