Day 34 - Sort your life out Ginnie Weasely

Had a bit of a lie in, got up and got ready for lunch. Went and picked up B from his place and ventured into Exeter.

Parked up outside of Sophie's house...and the abuse started almost immediately....we have always enjoyed bullying her....but her "hilarious" stories always keep us interested.

Got into the centre and waited for Hunt to join. There sure were a lot of gingers around.....they all looked like sophie too. I teased her and have her a new nickname....Ginnie Weasely. We also reminisced about school, and how when the teacher wasnt looking i used to throw sophs pens out of the window....and a time i blew up the finger of a latex glove, and poked it through the zip on my trousers under the table.....sophie was cracking up and i kept a straight face.....the teacher had a go at soph for not being able to control herself....one of my finest hours

Went to eat in 'coal' and it was good.

This is B teasing Soph with ketchup.....she really hates it...we once pu some right next to her face at branscombe and she threw up.

B and I, both unemployed, have decided we should team up and be the best god damn Avon lady-boys of all time....

Dropped B home after lunch and went to Sams. She was in bed the entire time i was there...suffering with a cold.

Went to Jobo and Leons and had a little bit of a jam, was good, showed them a new song and ran through some old ones. Spoke to Abi about uni before the guys got back. She was ill too....they are dropping like flies at the minute....i guess they didnt eat enough dirt when they were kids....

Picked up will and B and headed to football. Was enjoyable as always and i wore red so that i could be on the same team as a certain Mr Wise and Mr Rose....was enjoyable....highlights being B's body lasting 90 minutes of sport...and Willy skying one out of the astro!

Organised going back to southampton for sunday evening to get the last of my stuff and sort out the house finally. Will be such a relief once i don't have to worry about the house up there any more....its always in the back of my mind that i still have things there.

Lets see what tomorrow brings.....

Day 32 - We are men...from Devon

Got picked up by Willy P at about half ten in the morning and went to the gym.....they gave us these when we got there to place in a 'excellent/satisfactory/poor' box as we left. 

'Tiddly-winks.....now there is a sport i can handle at the gym'

Had a good workout with Will, its always easier when you are with someone, as neither of you wants to quit first and look like the weaker one!

After a good old workout, there is only one thing that can be done...we went back to wills and jumped in the hot-tub...we are modern metrosexual men and the sun was out...i am not ashamed.....this is will

(Bradninch has never seen the likes....hot weather, hot men....hot tub!)

After i had a shower to wash the chemicals off, will made lunch...thats when the builder walked in, to see will in a towel and me changed but holding a soaking wet pair of Calvin Kleins. Will's parents are the new pastors at the baptist church in Bradninch....i assume they would be suitably outraged if what looked like was going on was actually going on while they were on holiday!

Now, i often feel like a bit of a paedo outside of Sam's work whilst waiting to pick her up...but this guy was just stood there for about 10 minutes then walked off....creepy.....

Took Sam home and saw this at the end of her garden....little boys must have been misbehaving.... apparently if you annoy the old mad family of Clarks you get turned to wood and hedge!

Went to B's on my bike, and we, along with Hunty decided to walk to the pub. Had to walk up a bridle path and across a couple of fields....the most devonshire way of getting a pint....once we got there we got the Stofords in.....

(The lamb is one of our old haunts...mainly due to the fact we used to get served in there

 when we were about 15)

Henry (oif, landlord, oikers, ouef) took us back to B's in his landy....very devonshire indeed... traveling back from the pub with legs hanging out the back.

When we got back we were supposed to monitor an old bonfire to make sure the hedgerow didn't catch fire...but as we are men...and are thereby pyromaniacs, we ended up stoking it further...to the point that henry thought pouring diesel on it would liven things up....

 B at the bonfire

 Henry's Landy lighting the way

Jack is happy to be a man

Day 33....

Nothing day really.....got up at B's and drove my motorbike back in the rain....vegged most of the day.

Picked Sam up, started doing some of her work and then quit soon after.

In the evening watched some tele and went home.

Blog was a bitch today...had to do two day's at once as the website wouldn't upload any photos or videos....and i'm sure you are all like me and wouldn't be half as interested in this blog without photos and videos

Lunch with Soph tomoro, going to start going through agencies for work too....and footy tomorrow night. Wisey has suggested i wear a red top so i can play on his side....i think secretly he is scared oto have me on the opposition....going to bring along some of the blundells boys for a kick about too...

oh and something else....japanese tv commercials are by far the best way to brainwash an audience...i got in the shower to see a new bottle of radox hanging off the soap holder and without realizing it found myself singing 'hooky hook hook...hooky hook hook'

Bye for at least another day

Day 30 + Day 31

On Sunday it was Father's day. Got up and gave Dad his card and the book from the Brian Cox series 'Wonders of the Universe'. Took Sam home so she could give her dad his stuff. Watched some cricket and got ready to go out for lunch.

We were going to La Tasca, and Mum, Dad and Tom had never had tapas before. The drive in consisted of dad and i moaning about the squeeky clutch on mum's car....she claimed it didn't do it when she drives.

Got in and ordered our food.....Carrian, Sam and I were left to order for everyone so we went a bit mental and just ordered a whole load of stuff.....but everyone enjoyed it and weren't too disappointed. This is Tom and Annie at the meal, and the restaurant.....

Highlights of the meal included dad trying to pour wine for about a full 5 seconds before realizing it was a screw lid and had been put back on. oh....and mum dropped a clanger....i asked her if she enjoyed her first foray into tapas instead of a boring carvary...to which she replied completely naively "yeah...but sometimes you just want your meat and two veg".....okaaaaaay.

Went home and watched the end of the golf.....and R-Mac won...good times....he is 22 and its about time he did something with his life!.......oh...wait.....

Day 31...

Got up and had a lie in watching the cricket. Sam was having her first ever driving lesson so i was in no rush. Went over to hers about 12 and saw her in her instructor's car outside. It was a mini, and it made me smile as all she was banging on about before was that she hoped it would be....she seemed to have enjoyed it and said it went well....telling everyone who cared how she 'didn't stall once'.

We were all a bit concerned that Brinkley is depressed.....look at the state of him here.....

So Sam went on the blue cross website...cruising for springer spaniels as she sometimes does and came 

across a 5 year old springer called cookie....after much persuading, Sam persuaded her mum to go into the shelter and look at him.....

Before you could see the dog you have to go through all manner of palava. Filling out forms, then they took us all into like a small interview room...we only wanted to see a dog....but here it was like we had tried to punch the president....well....after Becky 'FBI' had interviewed us, shined a light in our eyes and jabbed a set of keys into our ribs, we got to see the little fella....here he is.....

 

Sam is in love, Anne was far more realistic. Ray seemed relatively enthusiastic...but time will tell as to whether they get him....

Got back to Sams and was greeted by Eiran and Niamh.....i had a cup of tea and was given a rich tea with it....as Peter Kay would say 'it is not the biscuit for dippin'.....

(Mum....get a spoon....me biscuits fallen in me brew......ahhhhh bastard!!!)

Went home and dug this beauty out of the attic......

Took a while to set up, but got it going and played on some classics.....but cant find many of my old games or the other controller....so any donations are welcome!

Going to the gym with Willy P in the morning.....

Cool...bye....

Day 29 - Talked Out

Woke up to rain....and a lot of it! Went to the gym briefly...and saw this in the changing room....i don't know why but it made me laugh at the thought of a blind person feeling up the lockers at a gym....

You can tell tom is home....his shit is already clogging up the house....the surf board he won while in Oz just scat across the living room....

The amount of rain meant cricket was more than likely going to be called off....we got up to Bradninch before traveling down to Exmouth and it was pissing it down. It rained for the entire drive down but when we got there they had covered the pitch and it was dry...so we got to play...which is good as it is my favourite place to play cricket in Devon....there and Sidmouth.....

They batted first and made 236 for 8...we batted 2nd, and i think due to my hangover antics at last week's game, i was demoted in the batting order and batted at number 7. Their bowling was good, and very quick...our opener, and old boy Andy Nichols got pinned on the chest and had to be taken to hospital as he started coughing blood.....dangerous game.....he is ok though.

I went into bat just as it started raining and they bought their opening quickie back on......managed to make 18 (i did run out bails in the meantime) but then i got talked out. We needed about 7 an over to get a losing draw and the fielders were letting me know it and i knew i had to start slogging, but missed a straight one and was done LBW.

Went back to Sams and picked her up and the journeyed back to exeter tescos for fathers day stuff. Got home and mum thought i had proposed to Sam. I walked into the living room and said 'it's official...' about to go on and say sam had booked her driving lessons...but she thought i had proposed or she was up the duff...she almost had a friggin heart attack!

Had some pringles and some chocolate and a bottle of white wine and watched a film....

Going to La Tasca for some Tapas for tea for a joint My birthday / fathers day / tom returning meal....should be interesting watching mum and dad trying to decipher the menu

Bye

Day 28 - Be Patient

Got up this morning to go and collect tom from Heathrow. I knew it was going to be a long(ish) drive there and bak so i wasn't too excited....but my PJ's always cheer me up....got these for my birthday...they are class.....

Set off for Heathrow terminal 3, just me and mother. For once we didn't talk absolute shite all the way up, we actually had some relatively intelligent conversations about multiculturalism... i know...get us....! But aside from the Oxbridge-esque banter that was flying back and forth i made her listen to some old podcasts. She liked the "Idiot Abroad" series so i figured she would like them. She did, but she wasn't too amused by the use of 'C-bomb' by Gervais on a few occasions. When we got there we had a little packed lunch in the car park......

Waited for Tom to get through....got there just as his flight landed so we had to wait for him to collect his luggage...and seeing as he brought a surf board home with him, he was pretty much last out of the baggage area.....so mum was getting annoyed that he hadn't come through yet. At one point she even doubted that we were at the wrong airport! I told her to just be patient...she had waited a year to see him for christ sake...what is another 20 minutes....

There was a real life cowboy there too!.....what a knob.

Waiting......

Here he is....exactly the same as the day he left...dirty, smelly and dying for a fag ;-)

The drive back was horrendous...the weather and traffic were awful, but had a chat to tom about his trip while mum was asleep. When we got to cullompton....with all the roadwarks, in the pissing driving rain, tom turned to me and said "Why the fuck have i come 11,000 miles back to this?"...my sentiments exactly.....

When we got in, obviously Dad and Carrian were happy to see him, and he saw his new car...he was chuffed with it....but just like tom, been away for a year, already wanted to go out with him mates......

Went to sam's briefly before darts, she said her mum is going to help her with some cash to buy a car to practice in which is good news....

Went to darts, starving hungry as hadnt had a meal all day, so just had a pint and a ham roll. I threw the best i had in a long time....played Stan and won 5-0......good times.....this is jordan mid throw...he is so quick he has blurred.....

Luke and i took a quick trip to Ron's afterwards as we were both starving......

I am supposed to have cricket today but it looks like it will probably fall foul of the weather....which is a massive shame. It is the only game i was really looking forward to all year....away to Exmouth....ne of the nicest grounds around.....ah well......

Muchos lovos

Day 27 - Dr Do-little

First day of another test match, and Will was back in Bradninch, so i invited him down to mine to keep me company. Always a good laugh with Willy, he is a medical student and i like to test him. I will leave the technical terms to the examiners, i was asking questions like 'why is your poo brown?'...he did tell me some cool shit, like a guy they examined with his heart on the right side of his body. Mental.

Went to Sams, and she had booked her first ever driving lesson. I'm sure she will be fine...she is coordinated for a girl....well i mean i have seen Carrian try and catch a rugby ball....and if she can driv...then sam certainly can!

Got home and had some tea.....went upstairs to get ready for football and had this email waiting for me....better than any email for any potential job....for my dissertation my course leader sent this:

I will certainly take that.....mind you i did work hard on it....

Went to football in good spirits and sat in the rain with Wisey for ages until everyone else all turned up at once...good turnout tonight....9- a side. Had a good game, played ok, but there was some old geezer on our team...some right jeb-end who thought he was diego maradonna....he looked like fucking diego maradonna circa 2005.

Got to go and get Tom from Heathrow tomorrow....he has been gone for a year so it will be great to have him back. Had to put the roof rack on for his surf board, which meant the radio arial had to be taken down....so mum will have to listen to Gervais, Smerch and Pilkington for several hours tomorrow!

Darts tomorrow night, Cricket away at exmouth on saturday and Fathers day / my birthday / tom coming home meal on sunday at La Tasca....good times ahead!

I still have no job....

meh

Day 26 - Shark Attack

After i went to the gym in the morning, the Joss Stone story was escalating.

Carrian works at Exeter FM reading the news and channel 4 were going to come in and film her doing her bulletin.....but it never happened....it saved our screens from quite a horrendous ordeal ;-)

Tilly helped me look for a job, im sure she will be happy to get a mention!
But still no job.....absolutely no job.....ah well

Took Sam to her staff meeting in willand and went home to play some darts. Got a phone call off sam saying she had finished early and her dad was going to pick her up....about 20 minutes later i got another call from her telling me that sean was on his way to pick her up. When she phoned to say she wanted her dad to pick her up, sean decided that instead of relaying the message that he would rather watch videos of shark attacks online.....leaving sam in the rain in willand....i found it quite amusing....

One benefit of being unemployed is that my darts are improving again! We will see on friday.

Watched the 'Sri Lanka killing fields' as well....it was tough watching but had to be done....the human suffering there was inexcusable....watch it if you can....i think its on 4od

I lied yesterday....there are no pictures today....but i am going to football tonight so i will try and get a picture of jord and wise sprinting down the wings.

Bye