well there's no chance of seeing me any time soon...

-- Anonymous, September 16, 2000

Gav - why? (:o)

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

Sorry Screacher - I made them all promise that they wouldn`t post the photographs on the BBs! As for the black eyes - no need - Gav was charming, as I knew he would be, and so were Bobby, Scratchy and Sting - even Peter the Rotweiller was impressed, and believe me, that takes some doing!

I was so excited to finally meet some people from the BBs - it was a really strange feeling putting faces to people I have chatted to for so long now. And four nicer guys you couldn`t wish to meet. It made me feel really guilty for having had such cold feet (not a problem I will have in the future!) Pity it had to be this particular weekend though, after such a messy week, and Yelli`s job taking her up to Birmingham. (Now that was an unnerving experience - Yelli being up and out by six o`clock on a Sunday morning! Bit of a shock to the system for both of us!)

Interesting evening for Bentley too. Yelli, having carefully shut him in the lounge so that he didn`t get out when you all went off to the pub, had a little party all of his own! Having hidden slices of the remaining pizza in various places, he then had his own night on the tiles. EXIT CAT STAGE RIGHT THROUGH OPEN WINDOW. He greeted us on the drive when we got back, though not within catching distance - so you guys missed the dubious spectacle of me running round the garden at one o`clock this morning with a furry rat on the end of a long piece of string trying to `persuade` him indoors again! Oh well, I need the exercise, and he`d obviously had a very exciting time - more exciting than the Oak and Yaffle apparently!

Biggest disappointment for me was that I couldn`t offer the normal standard of hospitality. Despite what the Rotweiller say, I can, and sometimes even do, cook - but I hope we can put that right by organising a BBS BBQ weekend - I shall work on it!

Enough ramblings, for now, except to say that it was such a pleasure meeting the four of you yesterday, and next time I promise I`ll stick to my drinking limit - one glass of wine, not two!(:o)

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

That cat is hilarious....he gave me the shock of my life when he popped up between my legs to have a look in the toilet bowl ;))

And don't listen to Yelli and Pete...you weren't drunk at all!!

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

At the risk on carrying on a conversation in toilet, so to speak, I can understand that Bentley may be a little disconcerting for you gentlemen. However, that is nothing to the suprise factor involved when, having left the call of nature to the very last minute, raced into the bathroom and lowered oneself non too gently onto the seat..... only to be shot skyward accompanied by the strangled screach of a cat whose head you have just about flattened! Forget all your talking toilet seats - Bentley is much more effective at frightening the life out of you!(:o)

Bet you were too worried about Bentley`s intentions to really take a good look at the cartoon my brother in law did for Pete`s 40th?

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

I went to the loo twice and managed to read the whole of that cartoon....it was excellent although it was a TERRIBLE likeness of yelli!!

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

haha just noticed that Galaxy said I was charming....that's Clarky and Galaxy that've said nice things about me in the last few days.....maybe I'm not as bad as my mam and dad used to tell me ;)))

For the rest of the bbs.....you've got to meet Gal, you'll love her! as for Yelli....I'm sorry to tell you all you rampant boys on here that she's not that nice (sorry Tre!).....none of you would be interested at all ;)))))))

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

Your comment on our very own 'cyber-plank' doesn't surprise me in the slightest Gav. However, I'm dreadfully disappointed to hear that Yelli is apparently such a growler. What a shame, and I'd conjured up such dreamlike visions of her.
Ah well, there you go.........

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

Brave Gav - very brave!!!!! Mind you, you also know that Yelli ain`t got access to a computer for a few days!!! Plenty time for you to leave the country again!!!! Teehee!!!!!! (;o)

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

Yes...I'm so sorry to disappoint you clarky....sigh, it's such a shame really ;))))

I don't know what you're talking about mum ;))

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

Difficult birth perhaps, Gav?

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

I'd hate to speculate Clarky......I've a feeling I'm already in enough trouble as it is....

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

Tragic, simply tragic...................

I do hope I haven't 'inadvertantly' contributed to the trouble you feel you may be in (!)

;-{)

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

Big thanks to Gal, Gal's hubby and Yelli for making us very welcome. Not sure I'd openly invite 4 Mags to my house after they'd been drinking all day at a game :-) I think we were reasonably behaved, although I do recall the air being turned a bit blue with some of the more base selections of our vocabulary :-) Sorry about that.

Interesting choice of pub too, Yelli. How is it wherever you go around the world you always find a Chelsea fan? And with flag to boot! Seriously, great to meet you and yours. Hope we get to see you again soon :-)

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

Bobby - you are truly welcome and I look forward to the next time! (:o)

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

Gav was charming, as I knew he would be, and so were Bobby, Scratchy and Sting - even Peter the Rotweiller was impressed, and believe me, that takes some doing!
Now I know it's not true. It's all just a put up job. I mean, Gavin Herron Esg Charming!!. As for four nicer guys you couldn`t wish to meet.. Pull the other one pet - if you exist.
That said - glad you all enjoyed yourselves.

-- Anonymous, September 17, 2000

It`s all true Screacher.(:o)

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

had about lads it is all true , i must admit to having left the pizza boxes open for Bentley to get stuck in .. was he hacking up on the drive ?? As for the persian pussy that sat on my lap all night i loved him , George is a canny lad : - )) As for the bit of growler Gav , i thought she was nice , although at some point in the evening she told me that ' some men tell me im filthy ' .. so thatd make a filthy growler , nahh id say sweet and innocent : - )) The cab journey home from the Oak and Yaffle ( hey what a pub that was , like something out of the dark ages .. you should ve seen the two fat lasses at the karaoke singing some Rock song that Gav knew all the words too , what a a laugh .. i dont know who was funnier the lass in the tight mini skirt with the stretch marks , or Gav pogoing around making a tit of himself ) . I wound Yelli up all night telling her that she was a carrot cruncher , and she told me she liked vegetables , so i said to her ' you can ......... ' nahh forget that Mam i said nowt : - )) Whose idea it was to get a cabbie who drove at 60 miles an hour from Bournemouth - Hillingon - Watford - Greenwich should be strung up , butnthats the price you pay for falling asleep in a cab with three other pissed Geordies , as Gav would say ' Piss Pewer ' . Im looking forward to going down with THE REST OF YERS at some point . These people do exist , they are very lovely , and live inb the MIDDLE OF BLIDDY NOWHERE !

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

Echo the words of the other visitors to the Sears Household, especially that we could dispell the rumour that the people within were one and the same...
Sting - was the taxi driver gannin as fast as that? Pewer bugger. Funny how he could circumnavigate London and drop us aal off but the Chelsea fan in the pub couldn't get up to Thursdays UEFA game (I do hope he made it yesterday).
Fat lasses at the Karoake, y'kna some of the locals probably would have, if they'd been related.
and finally - "MIDDLE OF BLIDDY NOWHERE !" - Curiously rechristened BumbleF**k.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

And as I'm a great believer in revisionist history, I'd like to add that girl had a cracking pair ;-)

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

Just uploaded the pictures from Saturday and here's the exclusive of Galaxy and Yelli you all want....

























-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

What the one with the fake carpets ? She was too nice to be with that Chelsea goon .. and anyway they were like a pair of water balloons man , no fun at aal : - ))

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

In defence of Yelli - I have to say she was mortified by the Oak and Yaffle. Not a place that she would normally go to - and I guess it was pretty obvious why! We are very badly served on the pub front locally - we don`t even have anything that you could call a nice country pub. What you have to remember is that New Milton and Barton is the land of the living dead - it probably has the highest ratio of retired people in the country. As an example, it is the only place I have ever known where they demolish pubs and build old peoples homes and health centres! New Milton itself has two huge health centres and has lost three pubs since we moved here!

On the bright side, Christchurch has some lively pubs, and Bournemouth is even better. In the other direction, Lymington is a bit deadly, and very `yachty`, and Southampton is quite lively, but very rough. The New Forest is stunning - particularly in spring and autumn, and the beaches aren`t bad.

House prices are getting pretty scarey (though probably in the bargain bracket to you folk who live in London), and the cost of living is wickedly high - especially in the summer.

But don`t let tales of us living `in the middle of nowhere` put you off coming. There is a train straight through from London to New Milton, and we are only five minutes away from the station (two if Yelli`s driving!)(:o)

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

LOL - love it Scratchy - you`ve taken lbs off me!(:o)

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

Galaxy

Wish we could have joined you! Unfortunately I had completely forgotten that there was an evening 'do' after the wedding so we just didn't get a chance to get away. Didn't think you'd appreciate a visit at midnight! Well, we had to watch MOTD before we left! ;-) They managed to make us look OK for once! Didn't hear any of the game but one of the guys developed severe bladder problems which meant he had to dash to his room every few minutes. He then came back with the latest scores from Teletext!

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

Nice one Scratchy ;))

Bobby...you should've told me you wanted a closer look at that lasses pair, I would've asked her for you ;))

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

I`m sorry you couldn`t make it too, Steph. Hope you enjoyed your weekend anyway - and I will definately meet you before the year`s out. (:o)

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

Gav. Thanks for telling us that that train went to London:-) wor lass has a special ring that she leads me by the nose with:-) Mind you seeing as how you got a taxi back to london from Bournemouth I'm glad I never came. Youse must be rolling in it.

Galaxy, I would have loved to have come down to see you but wor lass wouldn't let us and I was a bit worse for wear as it were. and if you make it to the new Dell or any other game I will gladly help you get the drinks in.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

I`ll hold you to that then Bake! Sorry you couldn`t make it, but there`s always next time.(:o)

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

Hehe he very nearly did make it....even got on the train ;))

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

Right then!!! Back home after a tiring but enormously fun couple of days in Birmingham and SOME of you are in trouble - you know who you are!!!

But seriously, it was great to see the four of you in Bumblef**k and I hope to see you all again soon - and I stick to the promise that I will take you all to Bournemouth to prove that my social life doesn't consist wholly of places like the Oak and Yaffle!!! (I can't apologise enough for that BTW)

Pleased to hear that the taxi (once we'd called it back) was such a success and Sting, I hope you and your missus make amends in the near future but if you need any suggestions for damage limitation excuses and/or ways in which to appease her I am always full of helpful suggestions!!! (;o)

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2000

shambolic. The lot of you....

but thanks for an enjoyable pre/post-match beer. Extra special thanks to Mr Herron for his best behaviour on the parent front, and Sting for being the sarcastic git that he always has been - soz about the glasses....; o )

Pictures to follow.

min

-- Anonymous, September 20, 2000

No worries Min....I figured if I wasn't polite then he'd send me to hell or something ;)) I can be polite when I try....

-- Anonymous, September 20, 2000