At the committee meeting held in the Sun Inn last night the Thrumpton cap was given a full vote of confidence to continue his worldwide travels.

With the chairman away on her holidays the taxman took the chair and did he try to take advantage of the situation.

A proposal was put forward by him that he be allowed to pull the reins in on the escaped cap and return him back to the club before he does anything embarrassing. With funds looking healthier from club cashback he would be available to fly out to South America immediately to enable this to happen.

He added "He was concerned how he got out of the country without a passport" by which another member replied, "With a bit of help from Louise on the checkout desk at Heathrow, it must be pretty easy to blend into a passengers hand luggage.

With the meeting getting heated his next issue was "How could we let a cap go abroad without being CRB checked.

It was decided that the Secretary looked into the rules and regulations of the ECB regarding travelling overseas and would report back at a later date.

Finally his last question was " Is he attempting to become a tax exile. Then if so, then I'm the man to get him back"

Another member stated that with the club having more followers on Twitter than the population of the village it was important that the cap be allowed to continue to promote the club worldwide.

With the meeting overrunning, and closing time well overdue, the irate landlord closed the pub doors with the meeting spilling out to the car park where a vote took place.

The motion was " To allow the cap to be a free spirit and continue to promote the club"

The results were

For 11 votes
Against 1 vote

The taxman has been totally outvoted

Next Issue March 5th "How do you cross a Badger with an Iguana"