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Sammy King  |  by kmanontourunitedkingdom.spaces.live.com. All rights reserved. 26.04 | 12:23

Please read the blogs on my summer - great stuff ! let me know if you hate this site though!
I have also put in a few random photos from my laptop, no blogs on these .

.. just some Anzac Day photos, Work Colleague, East London scenery where Mully, JC, Newbs Lauren I live .

.. let me know if you like the east london sunset on the thames photos .

.. Lauren I really like them im thinking of buying a good camera for my next journey (potentially Peru the Inca trail !

).  Also have some special shots of JC after Mully met off the plane when he was back from Framey's wedding ..

. I hope you like the way I worked his half eaten curry into the foreground of those shots the 'Style' magazine slipped into the background ..

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Have tried to put up Loges, Schleibo my Norway trip from Easter however it appears this site is full ?!

not sure ...

its 3 am now  I have to work tomorrow Friday (driving trains for Transport of London) ...

so best get to bed !  dont wont any accidents 2mo ..

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To pick up from where i left off ..

. Pumpy I have pulled stumps early on a music festival at Benicassim (Mediterranean coast of Spain) and Im headed home (London) to see my Mum (from Aus) her friend Delwyn (also from London).  There was no option not to return to Britain .

.. i needed sleep water badly after almost a month in Spain.

  The alcohol was not forgiving ! Our livers had started a wild cat strike in protest of their horrendous working conditions!

During my time in Spain with Nelso, Mully, Boris Pump .

.. Mum has been checking out England, Scottland Ireland with Deli Trafalgar tour groups.

 From her photos - she had a great time in the UK.

I had promised 'the Golden Girls' , as they became affectionately known to me from the outset ..

. that I would take them to Italy.  I had failed however to actually book our visit to Italy whiel finishing work at Credit Suisse getting 'Blot' with crazy Spaniards in the month of July!

  This lack of forward thinking probably doesnt surprise many of you ...

I am a man who very much lives only as far into the future as the weekend (perhaps fortnight if your lucky !).  Anyway .

..

I managed to hook some fairly cheap flights into Nice (France) - the French Riviera region, Mediterranean - just near the Italian border, and our 10 day journey began.

  Nice was our first experience with pebble (i.e. Rock) beaches.

  The beach as you can imagine, is not that inviting due to its terrain ...

however the water is to die for !   I have never seen water drop away so quickly from the shoreline !  very different to Oz .

.. the water colour as a result was a very deep blue (refer photos).

 

My trips with the Golden girls would become to be know for one thing - the Bus Tours.  Every town we visited, we instantly found the tourist Bus Tour hoped on .  I know many of you probably think that's so tacky touristy .

.. but I will confess early .

.. I luv this stuff !

  Cruising on the top deck , wind in the hair stuff !  awesome way to get your bearings in a new city  ..

. great work girls !

Having seen a few of Nices neighbouring towns, including Monte Carlo we called it a night with Italy on our doorstep the next morning.

  On the whole IM not impressed by the French Riviera ...

boring, Yawn !  I hate boats ..

. give me Australia, San Sebastion, or South West France (Biarritz etc) any day.      

The next day we took the locals advice got the international link train one stop across the border, before buying some very cheap tickets to travel domestic with the domestic 'Italialink' service to our next destination - La Spezia !

  This was a mistake.  Essentially we should have paid alot more to get to the South Coast of Italy in far less time .  The journey I had taken the girls on wasin fact 6 hours (compared to say 1 1/2 hrs ) !

!! Ooops .

   The domestic trains were pretty sh*tty had no air conditioning, but in hindsight we were just following people's suggestions - after all what did we know ?!  It still did'nt stop me from feeling bad .

.. I wanted the girls to have a smooth relaxing holiday with me this was'nt planned !

  I did'nt have the heart to tell them both that not only was the trip taking 6 hrs, BUT I actually had'nt booked accomodation in Italy either that we would be arriving in La Spezia at around 11pm that night with no beds...

Oops !

I panicked a little at this point made an emergency call to Nelso in London, hoping that he could internet a hotel book some beds for us.  Needless to say Nelso gave me a customary 'cold shoulder' .

.. not quite as icy as the 'cold shoulder' JC received that wintery night last year when Nelso had left him high and dry with none other than Julia Brownley - but a cold shoulder all the same .

.. 

It seems that despite having taken personal responsibility for to women in a foreign country, my irrelevance for details in respect of the above was part of a much deserved 'learning curve in overseas travel organisation 'yada-yada !

  very nice ...

Still panicking I pre-occupy the girls with a bit of 'eye-spy' and 'paper-scissors-rock' before leaving them during 1 of 'umpteen hundred games of Poker to find a train conductor ask them 'where the hell they put their heads to rest when they get to the end of the line' !!!

  Anywho ...

Turns out La Spezia is a pretty big town (thank god) we find accomodation with the Italialink staff at a hotel nearby the station on arrival - problem solved .

To be fair on Nelso it wasnt a 'cold shoulder', but more than likely a 'blind eye' ..

. after all its easy to miss a hundred text messages  phone calls from neighbouring countries in this day age !    ;)))) 

Moving along, our purpose in La Spezia is to do the Cinque Terra hike from Raggiomore to Monterrossa (approx 12km).

  The hike takes in 5 remote coastal fishing villages, accessible by foot train only...

refer photos.  The walk started well enough the next day, everyone in high spirits - however as the sun rose so did people's heart rates ..

. for awhile there I though I had lost Mum !  she really wasnt impressed about 2 1/2 towns into the 12km !

!!  We had plenty of water  took regular stops but it was damn hot again - I found myself feeling pretty bad for dragging the girls through this walk .

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They stuck it out though were rewarded at town 4 - Vernazzo - with crowded streets, bathers, cool refreshments.

  This is the most beutiful/charasmatic village of the 5.  Deli I decided to head in for a well earned dip (the water in the Mediterranean is so deep had been inviting us all the way).  The world championship cliff diving tournaments are held in these regions .

.. having watched some young Italians jokers from Melbourne soft it 'pin dive' into the water .

.. I thought it appropriate to clamber the rock face have Mum film some Northern NSW (Dalwood Falls) front flips for the applauding crowd :))))   It was the first flip of the day from what i could tell by the crowds reaction.

...

you would have been proud Mal, Schweitz Harry !

The girls were exhausted so they decided to head back to La Spezia on the train.  4 out of 5 aint bad, but with young legs on my side kowing that I may never go back!

?  I decided to push on to Monterossa - town 5.  The sun was going down I didnt have much time, but how far could it be ?

As it turns out we had takled the trek the wrong way round.  The way to Vernazzo then onto Monterossa are the toughest of all the 5 villages (goat tracks in fACT) !!

!  this late in the evening there was no-one on this section ..

. everyone was either at the other end OR set up nicely in the waterview bars restaurants !

I suddenly became a little worried.

  I had grossly underestimated how long it would take thought I was 17 again ...

deciding to run the final part to Monterrossa - cross country style.  But I burned out !!

! probably not  as bad as Schweitzer in the Year 12 cross country final up Lennox Point where he in fact stopped running I went on to win the race ..

.BUT  I had no water,no phone new tracks were appearing all over the shop !  I was lost .

..  Luckily i ran into a great couple from Melbourne who had underestimated the time required walked the remainder of the way to a pub for a celebratory beer .

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These satisfying photos were unfortunately lost in transfgerring the trips photos to computers CDs however I won't forget those beers with my new friends, sunset backdrop at a bar on the point of Monterossa  the satisfaction !

  Cinque Terra is my favourite region of Europe my travels to date - beutiful !  I suggest take a girl ..

.  stay in Vernazzo - very romantic.  I will be back so too Deli with her partner Gavin - its that good !

     

Mum Deli were amazing !! It was really a great effort by them both - im so proud of them both the discussions that night over dinner were of nothing but 'achievement' 'wonder' of the scenery in this region.

  Mum at times could'nt physically go on ...

but would start up again somehow ? telling me she is only doing this for me ..

. it was heartbreaking but special at the same time to the say the least !!

Unfortunately these photos were also lost on transferring the photos to Laptop CD.  Again, the 3 of us can all remember how they turned out :))))  its not the end of the world. x
Rome is amazing !

  there is so much to see do .  We had planned 4 days to take it all in , however did it well enough in 3.  Again we started the day woth a Tourist Bus Trip meeting some great people again.

  The Bledisloe cup rugby match was being played back home in Brisbane Australia I had had enough of travel so I found an Irish pub settled in for lunch.  Gatesy Co were at the game at that time the travel had got to me - I wanted to be home, at DGs wedding ..

.. I couldnt wait to see you all !

but settled for keeping a part of your lives via text message.  The girls joined me for a beer ..

. Deli supporting New Zealand of course !  we spent the afternoon on the Colosseoum Roman Forum (refer pictures)

I loved the Colosseum, the stories from the quides !

  the gladiator film with tigers other exotic animals from underground is all true ...

I also learnt that they used to flood the underground chambers to Row 1 level re-inact ancient Navy battles !!!

 

A slight interlude here:  Can i just say that on the ladies front it was much better travelling with Mum Deli than Nelso the boys in Spain !?  No just jokes  .

.. BUt the respect you get from people you meet along the way, cafe's, restaurants, tour buses, tour groups, hotel guests is outstanding the younger variety feel far less threatened by your presence with a little of the opposite sex tagging along .

.. anyway  enough

We took in all of Rome.

  I am not one for sculptures, architecture, or extreamly dated artworks (Michael Angelo, Monet from the Renaissance period etc) however appreciated it all the same.  We had a day up our sleeve so decided to train to Florence for the day which was a little rushed however a beutiful city all the same.

  • Picking up Paige (my 7 year old niece) who has just been through communion, her first set of Vatican stamped Rosary beads;
  • Pallazzo Navarzzo:  I stepped up the wine consumption at a few restaurants in the pinnacle of Rome's tourist night life.

      The service was excellent  was very relaxing sitting out in the esplanade watching the people.  Mum Deli were blind !!

    ! 

  • The 'Trevi Fountain' incident !!

    !  in short, we arrived back from Florence, departing the next day - had still not seen the Trevi fountain.  We knew which train stop to get off to visit so thought would pay a quick visit .

    .. very disappointed to find a very dirty, brown, small ugly fountain in the esplanade !

    ?  The next day before fly out ..

    . pick up Rome Calender find a very large, white, Trevi Fountain picture !!

    !  We took wrong street exit at station day bf !!

    !  The girls were worried about missing flights but i wasnt having a bar of it !  We were there to do Rome !

    I put us in a cab to get some photos .  To say the least we are all very embarrassed about the Trevi incident :)))))  Check out the photos (there is a sh*tty one of Mum I in a yellow singlet in front of the Fake !  then the real one is very large amazing !

    !! I have a blue polo on !

    !!!

    )

  •    Delwyn continuosly winning Poker (damn it !  all trip ..

    . rematches up in Harvey Bay !)

  • The David as David photo .

    .. my leaning tower of Pisa photo that went missing was a CRACKER !

    !! so I hope you enjoy this one !

  • Ponto Vecchio: really cool how they built shops live on that bridge ! Anyway - I hope you enjoyed our trip to Italy !  We arrived back in London, I set off for Gates wedding in Brisbane caught up with you all.

      Mum Deli stayed on: went to Russian Ballet in London; Military Tattoo in Edinburgh Scottland; Switzerland, Austria, Germany numerous other places I have not even touched on yet ...

    Mum im thrilled that I could spend part of your experience.  You were like a little kid at all these world renoun sites cities.  Listening to you Deli dabble in your first foreign words together was always fun (though your French is still pretty good from school !

    ) ...

    it was just a real pleasure to travel with you kids. JC, Newbs Lauren - I know i speak on behalf of Deli Mum when i extend a warm thankyou for having them around the house while they were between tours I were in Spain.  I love you guys Anyway, thinking of having a few Man Days with Mal (my bro) Dad on Safari in South Africa next year - bring on the Big 5 !

    ! - but will see what happens with the only 2 constants in my life at present: Well !  Been awhile since the last time I wrote on my web page … but you will notice that  I have included the latest photos from my first European Summer (2006).

    The following paragraphs take you through my time as ‘a Bum’ in Europe from 1 July through to this time Saturday 5th August, on board Singapore Airline flight 235 to Brisbane…and I am some 10,000 + feet above Indonesia (me thinks) … I am of course coming home for Gatesy’s wedding next week, and to enjoy some Beers, Dinners, and Rum P’s with you all.  My traveling companion is one Lucas ‘the Seahorse’ Nelson who is sporting a very ‘unnatural’ hair colouring at present.  The first 13 hrs went surprisingly quick though considering I was wedged in between the Seahorse Alf Stewart!

      Initially - I had no control over the elbow room whilst locked in at number 9/hooker there  …I did however come up with a masterful plan of eating my on flight meal the fastest, downing elbows first back in the chair …  to relegate the Seahorse Alf Stewart to Sub-districts and make myself ‘El Presidente ‘ of Row 64 from London. Moving on, a little has happened prior to my terminating employment in the UK jet setting to Spain – in short I have been to 2 fantastic concerts: I have also felt everyone’s heartache in following the Socceroo’s progression to the final 16 in the 2006 World Cup … just not fair – we were good, VERY good !  The best thing to come out of it I have found in my travels is that the R.

    O.W knows it also (including the Italians)!

  • Food is great we enjoyed some good restaurants on the headlands with our Illawarra/Wollongong friends met in our travels.

  • A good place but not what I had imagined – standard Spain – late night dinners, drinks hungover days at the local beaches
  • I did take in the Picasso museum – was excellent !  I took 2 American couples around as an un-official tour guide for the most of it – spinning sh*te about ‘Picasso’s amazing use of line (continuous line) in his early etchings and later canvasses …’- classic.
  • Note, for anyone intending to visit the Salvador Dali exhibition its actually 2 hrs up the coast (4 hrs round trip) so plan ahead …
  • Night 1: Amnesia – the best super club we visited.

    Decked out in varied singlet hoodies .. we owned the place.

      Good people, good beats.

  • Night 2: Space – renowned for headlining DJ’s and did not disappoint.  Too Many DJ’s set went for 2 hours and kept everyone going until close at 8am on the Sunday.

    Well that completed the Spain leg of my summer …and from here I flew home to pick up my Mum her best friend Delwyn – back in London.  Having no interest in the UK in summer, during my trip with the lads in Spain I sent Mum through Scottland, Ireland Wales on various tours while we had our fun in the sun :).  We spent a few days in London together before jetting off for 10 days in Italy … more photos to come!

    The memories I have of my time in Spain, the people we met, the culture – are too difficult to document in words – but I can tell you I had the time of my life in this country.  They are a spirited bunch really know how to party …the Bull run was clearly the highlight – intense stuff Thankyou to everyone who traveled with me along the way ! Nelso, Mully, JB, Schleib Loges have always been there for me watched my back in the Bulls !

    !!  We will talk about that morning for a life time J)))))) Special thankyou to ‘The Pump’ who was my wing man the entire trip !

      you’re a legend mate !  It was’nt easy … you having 3 weeks head start at the Germany football world cup … the heat … the constant travel … the abuse put on our bodies each evening …relentlessly.  But we had a blast !

    and have the photos to prove it …eg Café Iruna ! thanks      The above is just a guide, so feel free to give me a call to discuss OR ask when i see you in person in the UK.  Many of you would have already heard much of this from Gatesy’s wedding the weeks I enjoyed back in Brisbane.

      I hope you enjoy the photos regardless of this blog ! 

    Where do I begin ??

    ?  Well let me start by saying that Im still having a great time up here. There is something to do every day of the week if you get planning, and loads of people constantly coming to from town .

    ..it was great to see Pat Selina (Dave Carney's folks) here a fortnight ago, Ange Vado, Nelso I took them out for drinks etc , if you are going to be in town please let us know :) 

    Well work has been the one constant in my life allows me to pay the bills play of a weekend ( which incidentally usually starts Thursday night on Canary Wharf around work .

    ..and ends sometime in the early to mid hours of Sunday morning !

    !!).

      I am a little bored with my work though, so will be finalising 2005 financial reports for the dutch entities i look after  finishing  my contract sometime in July...

    PS - I know most of you blokes dont give a sh*t what I do over here ...

    the above is for you accountants from E Y out there !

    Will most likely head for summer in Spain  Portugal, on the road surfing - a 'Real Endless Summer' type thing  - prior to returning for wedding season opening in August there for G-atesy in Australia ..

    ..

    From there I will be taking the old girl for a week or two back around europe.

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    .

    ...

    again, I know many of you dont give a stuff ...

    no mum jokes either !

    Well New Years was fun ..

    . caught up with the newly arrived Newberry Lauren, JC (whom I now reside with in Canada Water, East London, across river from Canary Wharf ) for anyone who's been London before..

    .

    We went to the hard rock cafe in town !  were well looked after by JC Mully's  house mate (Charlie) with cocktails drinks etc.

     

    ...

    Australia day I treated the crew at work to some traditional Lemmington's - hand made I will add ...

    actually I cant back that up - thanks to Mums friend Deli Lloyd who resides here - for making the sponge base while I was at work !!!

    x  ...

    and we ended up drinking long into the night with work crew at a Walkabout ...

    From there we recovered to start a pub crawl on the 28th of Jan for my B'day ...

    a pub crawl around London Tower bridge !  clubbing in Old Street ..

    . very messy

    PS, no happy b'days for back then either ..

    . you all missed it  ;)

    Other than that - I have manged a trip up to Edinburgh St Andrews (Scottland) where the snow did fall gently across North England Scottland (very pretty places ..

    .didnt manage a round of golf though !!

    another time:)

    Since January though things have been pretty standard city living really - eating, drinking, clubbing ...

    saying goodbye to SE London ...

    and welcoming the East.

    Did make it to Oxford to see Wolfmother tour UK, and the Oxford v Cambridge boat race on the Thames in London was probably the best Sunday session Ive had since arriving - ! the crowds were massive.

    ...

    caught up with Mal Coverdale, Mrs Coverdale, Christian Booth  Liz Carlton .

  • Newbs is still throwing up on himself like a little baby !!

     

  • Nelso's still in denial that he's a blood nut - but good to see he's back with one of the best girls I have met here - little Tash :) good work bro...

  • PS - if you havnt heard he stitched me up April fools day by inviting me to a Porn Party   at Tash's friends place ...

    I believe Newberry has already kindly distributed some photos on that ! Jerk 

  • ..

    .. Can I just say the party seemed legitimate - organised 3 weeks in advance, hosted by Quantas hostesses who call themselves 'Heelium heels' and sh*te !

    ??!

    !

  • ..

    .  Can I also say that my costume was faaaaarr from legitimate, picked up from Camden markets that day, however Schleib, Shelver, Gaz and  I took it on the chin wore the gag - I even ended up in my Speedo's (Back to Basics Bevan style :)))) ..

    . and was well  backed up by one very loose Ben Cryan in his jocks :)))))  Anyway Nelso - one of the best I dont think anyone will pull one better !  thanks

  • Racing at newberry was great  and Pumpy from Emmanuel came along is a real revelation here in UK - just a fun kid to be around you know, a big heart !

    ...

    though I dont think China Town enjoyed us spending the winnings on copious amounts of wine food - as we were boozed out of control prior (PS - the shoe was on the other foot at our house ...

    Newbs had to carry JC home for once !??

    ?)

  • JC is officially SMITH here at Rope St, Canada Water ..

    ..aka Smallest Man In The House .

    ..or SMITHY as we refer him now.

    ...

    probably even give Gates a run for Herston Hilton.  You may also know John as 'Style' - he certainly signs off his local e-mails by this name ..

    . however the man walking the streets of London at present is finding it hard to back that up - such is the weight loss ! - his suit pants reaaaally need taking in !

      that all said ...

    i dont think he cares ...

    the moons are aligned, birds a' singing,  and the planet venus firmly in his star sign...

    he's just happy be looking and feeling great here in the East ! Particularly now Spring is here..

    . 

    Apart from that not much else to report ..

    .except no-one is comfortable with all this legal drinking in the street (though we are warming to the idea) that Dom and Lauren got engaged..

    ..But that was there easter I know you want to hear about me  

    So I have just returned from Norway where I spent easter with Loges Schliebs (St Leos) driving from capital Oslo in the South, through over the Fjords, to the Northern coast  - a town called Bergen .

    ..

    Was great to see the country - though I got so hammered with a director from work that I missed my flight from London the 1st  morning :))))  had a great night though, drinking with some old timers in North London at a famous pub called 'the Gate'.

      Legend has it that during the great plague - things were so bad, London was fenced in -  the only access via 'the gate'.  Anyway I was able to join my group of 5 in Oslo 4 hours later for little to no extra cost thanks to a surprisingly helpful booking agent.

    We drove to Flam, foot of the Fjords, took the train the next morning to see the views in the area .

    .. (pictures on site).

       We then continued onto Bergen, very keen to smack it ! though the Norwegians were no where to be seen ?!

      very quite in town ...

    so we headed to the hostel for a few Vodka's ...

    Like any true Australian's we offered anyone sitting about a drink with us. Even here at the hostel - noone about !  Just one little fella of Italian?

    appearance ...

     Surprisingly though our little travelling friend - did not drink ?!  ?

    ???

        

    The only english he knew was Musica Musica ...

    ???

    sure Musica ...

    whatever...

    you can get your sh*te and entertain us while we have a few ...

    sure !

    What came back was ..

    . wait for this - not one ..

    . but a full troop of 'Romanian ACHORDIAN PLAYERS !!

    !! '  What the ?

    ??!

    !! thats right .

    ..Achordian.

    .. players - plural.

    We knew things would get messy from here !!!

    refer photos !  despite originally thinking the 5 of us couldnt drink a bottle of Vodka each - we got carried away dancing - singing  ..

    . such good random fun !!

    ! What travelling is all about - hidden surprises :)))

    note also ..

    . a local viking ..

    . who had earlier invited himself in on our fun at a local bar    back to our hostel for free Vodka ..

    ..started to get aggressive with Gerry  our Romainian friends - so Schleibo politely   escourted him out onto the street .

      Thanx Scheib !!  

    Dancing Musika resumed until we were forced to move next door to a wine bar (run by an Australian funnily enough) who .

    ..I must add.

    .. was verry surprised that a group of Australians had made it so far North !

    !! Good work Loges Robbie - great idea to head to the coast :)

    Things are pretty blurry from here .

    .. but apparently I was rap dancing on old mate's bar !

    broke one of his couches (oops :) - but I knew he was just happy to hear some familiar voices i could get away with such fun...

    Amsterdam with Nelso, Boris, Nards, Benny C at the end of April for a bank holiday !!!

    Cant wait, have heard good reports ...

    Well hope your all missing us ! hope your all well speak to you soon.
    BUT a very special CONGRATULATIONS to Dominic Lauren re: Good Friday Easter Proposal in France !

    !! (I gave it no credit in the paragraphs before :)))) but am stoked for you both.

    x

      John I will cook you a super dinner tomorrow night now that we are all back in London...

    that you have just walked through the door read this ...

    . 

    Luv to all, particularly Mum, Dad  Mal
    Slides - wish I could bring the whites out again for the Back to Basics BBQ again this year mate !  in fact .

    .. what date is it ?

      if not please send a CD to us here in Rope Street

    PS - Vinnie Jones (ex hardcore footballer) was shooting another vid out the front of our place the other week !!!

    )

    Takes a century to evolve another 1,000 years for the end user to master it and put something like this all together...

    !!!

      I am hopeless with this kind of stuff (wish you were here Mal for guidance!) but it is here now for you all to enjoy - which should keep everyone´s consistent whingeing about a lack of photos at bay for at least another 3-4 weeks ..

    ..

    First set of photos, is of my room in the boys house (Nardi, Nelso, Cryan, and a pommy bloke Paul).

      

    I lived under Nardi´s sleeping bag for the first 2 weeks (swell guy that Nards) ...

    and you can see I upgraded to a doona after my first pay check !!!

    Was kind of a big deal for me actually ...

    a nice home comfort.

    The house at Vauxhall is great the Emmanual boys and Nelso have been really great to share house with - will be sad to say goodbye in mid January (as Benny Cryan gets back from his surfing odyssey in Spain Portugal).  Will miss the Priory (small local pub, the GY 100 metres down the road, and Stockwell tube, but hopefully reside somewhere close going forward).

    Next set of photos is of Australia v Ireland test match at Lansdowne Rd, Dublin.  Special for two reasons - i) Reunion with BC and ii) because Lansdowne Rd, Irelands home of rugby, is to be pulled down and a larger stadium erectedt in its place.
    Nelso did a great job in getting tickets actually.

      A fire the weekend before meant that an entire end of the ground could not hold the public.  Nelso´s contacts in world rugby ensured we got tickets though.  You can see I entered Turnstile 10 in this grand stadium.

      The place is so old !  On entry the ticket collector is behind solid rock - you just see this hand come through a hole and tear your ticket - no hello´s, smiles..

    .I guess you cant let your mates in for free that way ? 

    The game was far from exciting, but it was an honour to be there and listen to the national anthems, and Irelands Call  - I think you can play the video I took of this on this web space.

    As you can see we basically then stepped out with BC, Oneil, Mully Co - some sore heads as usual.  BC, I will be back again soon, however probably get out of the city and  drive Ireland (county cork, Ballina etc) over 3-4days - thanks for your hospitality.
    Stu Illman I also took in the London Eye as you can see from the photos.

      The best time to go is morning as evening light means you do not get great photos of Big Ben etc acrosss the Themes.  I think Pat Kelly got some great photos though so check his photo library if your excited..

    .

    Halloween was a cracker - my first weekend in London.  Great to finally meet Boris´s partner Larissa, meet up with some crew from Ballina, and to get into the spirit of the whole night (as seen from the photos).

      Lads, those Elton John sunnies of Mum´s are still a hit on the town, and ended up in Kings Cross at a pretty heavy drum and bass underground.

    Finally, Pat Smelly Cat Kelly made a brief appearance in London during December.  You can see from the photos that he enjoyed himself while abroad.

      Saturday we took him to some local rugby union in Richmond, moved onto a cocktail bar, before heading out in Covent Garden and Chelsea.  Despite kicking on until about 8am Sunday, we managed to get about London itself (Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, London Tower etc etc).  Had hoped  Pat would be back from BC´s in Ireland the next week, however he unfortnately was too mag to catch his flight flew straight to Rome instead.

    ..good work Pat BC.

      See you at home in Oz...

    Well its Xmas day here in Andorra and after 5 days of skiing and partying with JC Schleibs I am proper stuffed.  Have tried to call/text many of you however the success rate on communication is not the best from this little country nestled between Spain and France.  The time difference isnt helping either.

    ..Will drop some photos down in this regard soon - some funny stuff, and most injuries have been sustained off the slopes.

    Wishing you all a very merry Xmas (Beunos Festes) and a happy safe new year !!!

      See you in 2006.

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