Gardeners Rest #16 ( 2021)

[Snoop Puss]

Yeti, who somehow seemed a bit more solid, a bit less like a snowman than before. Indeed, he looked just like...

[Nicos]

...Snadger in all his NE glory....had he...hadn't he ....gone for his skinny dipping in the sea?...
But his smiles gave him away.....

"Snadge!" , they all called out....

[Snoop Puss]

But he'd turned around to look towards the sea and couldn't hear them.

One of the Romulans started fishing around in one of his pockets and pulled out...

[Nicos]

.....his mankini........

[Snoop Puss]

Rary did not at first recognise what it was, but everyone else gasped. Nick in particular was most unhappy at the prospect a Romulan in a mankini (would that really be a Romulankini?) as he might not win the Gardeners Rest best legs competition after all...

[Nicos]

…but Rary decided he’d also go for a New Years Day Dip with them and pulled out his hand knitted trunks.
His Granny had knitted them for him when he was a nipper and they had stretched so much over the years that they still fitted him.

Snoop and Lottie started pointing across towards the horizon…was that a ship?…no!…it looked more like an iceberg ….

[Nicos]

Perfect timing thought Jay and pulled out an enormous flask of mulled wine for the bathers…

[Snoop Puss]

The Romulans gasped first but nowhere near as loudly as the Grapes.

Riker gave everyone (except the Romulans) a thumbs up and grinned broadly. As the Enterprise hove into view, Snoop realised now might not be a bad moment to incapacitate the Romulans with the sauce.

"Christmas pudding?", she asked...

"Not now", said the Grapes, looking at her as if she were bonkers.

"More for us, then", gloated the Romulans...

[Nicos]

….sharing it with the Klingons too.
Suddenly they went all wibberly wobberly and started to fade away…..back to their ships and out into hyperspace.
“Good timing Snoop” called the Grapes throwing their hats into the air with glee….

[Snoop Puss]

Greenishfing was proud that her Christmas pudding had helped to end the Romulan invasion...

[Nicos]

…leaving the Grapes to do a quick almost skinny dip in the North Sea before returning back to the Gardeners Rest.
Waving off the Enterprise and crew ( who had also been brave enough to take a quick refreshing dip)….

[greenishfing]

"I was really upset that my Christmas pudding was not going to be appreciated", said greenishfing. " Romulans and Christmas pudding, I'd rather give it to K9!" As if on cue a dog shaped robot.......

[Snoop Puss]

appeared. Kato or K9, they all wondered...

[Snoop Puss]

Music drifted towards them... It was Was Not Was In K-Mart Wardrobe.

Odder still, the Tardis started joining in...

[Nicos]

Then they suddenly realised that 12th Night was fast approaching and if they were going to have a bit of a knees up then now would be the opportune time.

Rary flung his kilt up in the air and started twerking along to the music but found it to be a bit slow…..