The Digging Party

We always pride ourselves at David Allen & Co that we do more than just prepare accounts or complete tax returns so when David asked for some volunteers to complete a special project, we were all intrigued.

Then when he said that the volunteers needed to be strong and not afraid of getting their hands dirty, it suddenly sounded a bit more suspicious.


Nevertheless, a few of the lads were still up for it so Thursday morning, Michael, Craig, Jack, Graeme and Chris followed David out of the office and away they went.

They were told they had to be in old gear and wellies would be required. They had all put their out of office notice on and it stated “Digging Party.” Not one to miss out on a party, I decided to follow their trail and ended up finding them at David’s field up the road.

When I first arrived, they appeared to be just leaning on shovels but they spotted me and suddenly they attempted to look busy.
So clearing a field of stones was the task of the day and in the glorious sunshine, they all looked like they were having fun though I bet there will be a few of them aching tonight after a day of hard labour.

So next time David asks for volunteers for a special project, be prepared.
Julie Campbell

Carlisle Indoor Go-Karting

On Saturday 5 September, twenty of us went down to the Carlisle Indoor Karting arena for a Gran Prix style tournament to determine who should be crowned the Karting champion… for a day.

Initially we had a league table based on total points received depending on the position finished in each race. We each got five races to compete in with six laps of the circuit each time. After our points were tallied up, the top five scoring individuals went on to race in the final round, declaring Chris Forrester-Gill (Gemma’s Husband) the champion.

I think Louise deserves a mention here as despite not making the final, she did manage to break the female lap time record by just under 2 seconds which is quite impressive, considering only a few of the guys managed to beat her time.

Everyone who attended has told me they thoroughly enjoyed the day and insist that we make this a regular social event for all those at David Allen & Co.

Kevin and myself had a word with the owner who agreed that if we made this a quarterly event he would charge us £20 rather than £25 each time we attended.

So watch this space as the plan is for another social Christmas time. I’m sure you will agree that it is a great team building exercise and I recommend everyone give it a try at some point.

Chris Claux