Camping it up

A brief synopsis:


Big tents make so much sense

Champ's weather god status has been rescinded

Communal living *rocks*

There were no beans eaten

There was lots of alcohol imbibed

There was lots of bullshit talked

Suntan lotion is a good idea

Auvache doesn't always stink of wee

WC is a fucking loon

Gas BBQs make great heaters

Water is useless to light fires

The kids all got along (98% of the time)

As did the adults

I've never eaten so well away from home

It rains in Cornwall on Saturdays

Dodger has some serious competition in the 'bling' stakes

Pip's new bike is very shiny

Birds (the feathered variety) are stupid

BigJ and Steph and fan*fucking*tastic cooks

Debs has the patience of a saint

Escort XR3i does not make a good chat up line

Overall, it *rocked*

Thanks guys, adults and children alike, especially Elly(1) who
organised should get a DFV number.

Very few pics here http://cont.me.uk/images/cornwall2005/
The rest of the pics I took are on film so I cannot publish them as yet

A short video(4meg) of the morning of leaving day here
http://cont.me.uk/ld.avi

(1) Motorcycle Leathers

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, petrolcan

<Considers the noises coming from BigJ's tent>

<Cheers, whistles, stamps feet>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

You should've bought your policy from me

See above

You *wicked* man, you know thats not what I meant....

I forgot

Campfires *rock* too

 

Except when trying to pack them away.

Fucking useless, he was. Sacked again.

Yer not wrong there.

Their absence was not noticeable.

Three trailer-loads of empties, in total.

Vast quantities. Five trailer loads, in fact.

Fucking A. Hiding in the shade seemed effective, too.

Hardly news, that. The camp chairs were frightened.

Never. Fucking stunned, I was.

Apparently so.

Still is, too. For now.

Superlatives fail me.

As above, really.

Indeed, it did.

Indeed, she should.

Recent graduate of the Paul Carmichael School of Obscure photography,
are we?

<blink>


'Night. Looking forward to sleeping in a bed ...

 

**** me, you look like refugees.

 

But we ate like kings

 

Good point.

That much?

I got a tan, I'm fucking astounded seeing as I've never had a tan
before.

The mongvan pissed lots though

Did that last night. Funnily enough didn't get to sleep until 3am

 

You know, the company looks splendid, but that first picture made me
think of why I don't like camping.

 

Indeed. Reminds me of a cold wet Le Mans. And (in pic 6) I have never,
ever seen Auvache look so miserable.

 

Only the first one?

 

That's as far as I got. Didn't want to be completely depressed.

Still, **** it - it's nice and sunny here.

 

He is? *Shrug*.

 

This is a bit like going skiing and saying: "It started snowing as we
arrived, but then it all melted for the week we were there, and started
snowing again just as we left."

 

On 15 Aug 2005 01:43:12 -0700, "TOG@toil

Not the same at all. My abilities extend to mostly [1] keeping me dry
when on a motorcycle.

[1] I'd like to draw a veil over the ride back from Bayeux. We all
have off days.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, prawn amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

When you consider who was there, it's hardly surprising is it.

I did call 999 to report my car stolen only to find it again as I was
giving details to the operator though <g>

 

Heh !

Tks for that, just snorted coffee out of my nose onto my keyboard......

 

Apparently it's a new policy for this year. Saturday being change over
days, if it pisses down when they hit the A30 traffic, some of them turn
around and go back home.

 

petrolcan wrote

Open the back of the mongvan and throw it in worked for me.

Seemed like much more to me.

I rather like the untanned bits running horizontally across the folds of
fat I seem to have acquired in the last week.


<raises arms>

All home safe and sound now and that is a tale in it's own right.


AOL with brass knobs on.

 

No. *Hotels* make sense.

Depends who you communally living with, surely?

For poofs.

What do you want a heater for? It's the middle of Summer.

--

Paul.
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24

 

"untanned" is the new word for "clean".