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Margaret’s Epping were the joint lucky winners of the TVCS sponsored
trip to the annual BSCC jamboree. Having studied the programme we
decided the department would gain more from two people attending for
one day rather than one person for two days. The two of us therefore
set off into the balmy Sunday evening sunshine.
We reached Leicester
after dark which probably didn’t help. Nevertheless, the odd
sign might have. But happily we did eventually find our rendezvous
point – the halls of residence bar – but things seemed
strangely amiss. The place was virtually deserted. OK, the Ghost
Walk was in progress and would obviously attract a large following
but what was everyone else up to? We settled down to our drinks
and waited. All that happened was that the bar closed ‘due
to lack of support’. What was the BSCC coming to?
Nothing much
happened for the next half hour. The odd soul peered round the door
at the closed bar then wandered off in disbelief. Suddenly the peace
was shattered by the sounds of approaching voices. The door was
thrown open and an exceedingly merry looking group of BSCC stalwarts
rolled in. Apparently they had managed to become detached from the
Ghost Walk. Something about a vodka café? The barman rushed
to re-open the bar and normality returned. The next couple of hours
were spent happily catching up with all the cytology news and gossip
from up and down the country.
Amazingly everyone
was up for breakfast looking bright eyed and bushy tailed (or relatively)
and the serious business of the conference got underway. The various
lectures and presentations have been admirably reported elsewhere
so there remains little to say except that we had plenty to discuss
during the journey home.
Thank you TVCS
for an informative and enjoyable trip.
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