Bhangra beats and a Singh song!

Hello folks,

Last Friday saw the 16 brave men and true (and Simon!) embark on the annual lads weekend away. It was a cricket tour - but this year with no cricket (go figure!)

What goes on tour stays on tour of course - but Weston-super-Mare certainly knew we arrived....

Afer going to bed at about 3.30am on Sunday morning I had to be up before 6am to drive to Wolverhampton for Ak's wedding...

I had to stop at every service station for a toilet break. lol. But I enjoyed sunrise on the M5 - It almost looked beautiful...(Steady on!)

It was a traditional Sikh ceremony (pictures of me in my garb to follow) - plenty of temple food and sitting crossed legged for a long time..

I got told off for pointing my feet at the holy book....

Ak married Marta (a Spanish Catholic) and the costumes were amazing. I hadn't realised how good looking Sikh girls are...lol....

I saw a lot of people I hadn't seen for years (Marta's friends) - We all used to knock around Walsall together in about 1996/7...Most hadn't changed.

Fermin is still the most energetic Spanish bloke I will ever meet!

We had the drummers and the Bhangra beats and the whole event was fabulous. But by 5.30pm I was so tired and drove back to mum's in Staffordshire and fell asleep...

The next day I went on a mission to find a valet for my car - unsuccessful and met up with Vickie and Grace for lunch and B+J for tea - Then went back to Halton - unpacked and slept some more....

Tonight Kay (who I haven't seen in years) is coming to dinner... So must get home early and tidy the house...

Oh yes....I have put some more pics on Facebook...And yes that was me trying to play a banjo in the Mercury newspaper - like the hat?

'Fete' accompli!

Hello folks,

(Some of those holiday pics as some of you can't seem to get the link to work!)

It's been a busy one. I seem to lurching from one busy weekend to another...On Saturday was Cannock Wood and Gentleshaw' 'Country Fayre' - It was a tremendous success.

Stalls and events included morris dancers, jazz band, tombola, Mr Blobby and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!

It was sunny and the bar was open at midday...cider flowed and yours truly and the cricket crew got a bit wasted....

So much so I got roped into some morris dancing and had my photo taken by the local paper - trying to play a banjo! In the evening there was barn dance - nuff said!

On Sunday I tried to have an alcohol free day - but ended up in the pub watching the Grand Prix with the usual suspects...

Then in the evening Caroline and I went to see Erasure and the Wolverhampton Civic. Fantastic (as they always are!) but it meant I didn't get back to Widnes til well past midnight....

Well done to The Brindley our little theatre which was honoured live on TV - winning Best Arts Project in the UK at The National Lottery Awards 2007...Hurray!

It just goes to prove if we give something enough PR it catches on...It is a relief after all the plugging we gave it....

This week got back in touch with a couple of old (well not THAT old lol) friends, including the lovely Kay - a fellow nomad who now lives in Llandudno....xx

I have also arranged to meet my long lost cousins in Chester....

Well folks I will see some of you in Weston-super-Mare and others of you at Akbal's wedding...

Holiday pics and vote for the kitts!

Hello,

Before we start here is a link to my holiday pics - take a look... CLICK

Also my kittens Perdita and Portia need your vote. The winning kittens get a holiday for SIX for their owner - help me vote and I will take you with me!

The kittens are up for for cutest kittens in Cheshire award! It couldn't be easier to vote. All you have to do is call 0901 159 2257 (Perdita) and 0901 159 2258 (Portia)

And you can text your vote too! To send your vote by text, start the message by entering the keyword chTOPCAT, leave a space and then key in the four digits of your selection and send it to 80360.

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A bit of a punt!

Hello folks,

Returned from my holiday - knackered and in need of a holiday!

Got to Staffs from Widnes on Thursday night - Picked Sarah up on the Friday and we hit the Park Gate on Friday night with some friends - to start the holiday....

Woke on Saturday with a bit of a hangover and (eventually) hit the road and headed to Suffolk - to Ann and Barry's chalet in Kessingland...

It was a busy week - we did relax but at various towns - Cambridge, Bury St Edmunds (where St Edmund is buried!), Lowestoft, Southwold, Gt Yarmouth (chav-ville!) etc...

Higlights included the pier at Southwold which had a groping machine, zimmer frame frogger and various other weird and wonderful equipment.

We had a posh meal in Southwold, coffees in Gt Yarmouth and paella in Kessingland. We went to a crap museum, went on kiddies fairground rides and generally enjoyed living it down...

We met my friend Hannah in Cambridge (after going punting with the hurrah Henrys and Henriettas and Jen and Al in Dennington as well as lots of chavs on a night out in Lowestoft....

But the highlight had to be our spa day on the Wenesday in Bury St Edmunds - although we were late (not my fault!) and I giggled through my massage....

Took Sarah back to Burton station to get the train back to Newcastle and I got back to Staffordshire and just felt totally drained. It is now Sunday and I still do!

Meeting the cricket lot tonight. My attempts to actually play this season were scuppered by us not having a game today....

Anyway. Thanks for the text pokes - they really kept me going this week!

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I will put the holiday pics up here asap....