Staff night out at the ‘bowling lounge’ at Lava Lanes in Stanmore

Our first team jaunt of 2012 comprised 14 of us heading off to the ‘bowling lounge’ at Lava Lanes in Stanmore. On arrival, we were delighted to find Lava Lanes to be more of a cocktail bar than bowling alley, which meant we obviously had to sample its extensive cocktail list! Whilst the females amongst us opted for Cosmos, Strawberry Republics, Lethal Zombies and the like, it goes without saying that the males stuck to their beer......

Thankfully though, with Maurya’s Indian Restaurant only next door, we were at least able to soak up our overindulgences with a curry before attempting the planned bowling match. After dividing ourselves into two teams, we bravely continued with those cocktails in a bid to help us to score that lucky strike......

As is normally the case with Meades’ outings, the evening became increasingly competitive culminating in Lee being pronounced the out and out winner with 167 points, with Paul a close second with 149 points.

Xmas cracker!

This year’s Xmas extravaganza started out with a two hour go-karting experience at the F1 Indoor Karting Centre, Heathrow where Paul and Charlotte came tops, then on to the Savill Court Hotel & Spa in Windsor in time for a bar lunch before getting ready for a Monte Carlo themed evening and company sleep over!

At 7pm with everyone dressed in their finery, we congregated in the bar for the opening of our ‘Secret Santa’ pressies (ranging from wine, DVDs, beauty products and hot water bottle), before sitting down for a traditional, scrumptious three course Xmas dinner with all the trimmings.

The after dinner party quickly got in to full swing thanks to a Frank Sinatra tribute act, followed by a DJ who saw to it that everyone hit the dance floor (minus the guys of course!) till 1am, helping ensure we burned some of those extra calories we’d managed to pile on over dinner!

For some before and after photos, check out our Facebook page!