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Duxford 2017 - The Jolly Boys Outing...!
Well folks its that time of year again when we rally the troops and get some interest going for the 'Duxford Flying Legends Airshow'...Europes Largest Gathering of Warbirds..
This will be our 10th year........Beers, WW2 aircraft, Good Company...It doesn't get much better than that!
If anyone is going and wants to meet up then post in this thread..Meet in the Eagle Pub...or at the Airshow....or on the Campsite...It'd be a real shame if we all get there and not know who is who or meet....That would be just wrong!!
The famous Eagle Pub with WW2 USAAF and RAF squadron graffitti preserved ceiling and with 'Double Helix' plaque!..Yes at first it starts out as a very educational and inspiring visit...and then we get totally ratfaced!
Already have my tickets, and I am looking forward to attending the show this year and meeting up with you guys.
Yep...got the ticket safely bought and will be there with Vamps...sharing the luxury of Lew's Curry and Tent on the Friday and Saturday night!
And I'm quite certain it will all be polite, civilised and perfectly above board...so none of that sniggering! Ha ha!
I will be traveling down to Duxford on the Saturday morning, and going back home straight after the show, so I won't be able to join you out on the town in Cambridge or at the camp site.
Lase...I can't promise that I'll actually be awake for that part of the weekend...I mean I wasn't last year...But I am sure it will be a real pleasure for you to see me!
Senior Day Out ticket acquired some time ago.
The Matron,here at the veterans care home, has agreed a weekend pass for me so I am all set. It has of course been some time since I camped out........must have been the campaign in the Sudan, just before Omdurman........they don't like it up em you know!
Anyway as I shall be away from the memsahib I shall still expect certain standards to be maintained in camp. No f**ting in the tent after lights out Marlow. If I am doing the washing up you are on latrine detail so bring your marigolds!
I didn't sleep through the whole show...Someone stood on me and I seem to remember becoming conscious for a few seconds!
Great to see so many folk going!
Got your number there Lewis thanks, will give you a call to link up.
Nork, you are the official Australian ambassador for the weekend.
I expect you will represent us in good grace and drinking abilities.
I Nork, solemnly promise to represent my country, drink excessively and make socially unacceptable remarks at every opportunity.
Hmm might be able to attend and bring some of the Karaya staffel with me .
Do they have a naughty step in the Eagle now then for the Luftwaffe ?
Don't forget my lifetime DLC voucher code !
Hopefully not too many, but not this year.
How the heck can you tell when an Aussie is drinking "excessively"?
Bugger that for a joke Vamps! I have full confidence that Nork will represent his countryman in the only way a larrikin nation expects. Outrageously and in good humour and spirit.
I am sure Nork will Pat.
He will be welcomed as a friend and brother, as he should be.
Have faith lads, i have some experience in these matters. You know, i am a survivor of the once infamous Bathurst 1000 parties.
Held in a large tent in a suburban backyard, and designed to celebrate/ emulate the destruction and carnage involved in this gruelling motor race.
Each participant, was required to bring a comfy chair, sufficient alcohol and an implement of destruction.
The implements varied widely: chainsaws sledge hammers, flame throwers, penny bungers (big nasty fire crackers) etc.
his chair was then fair game for the others to attack.
all but those with the strongest of bladders was reduced to sitting on the floor amongst a pile of debris.
Oh my miss spent youth !
For those who don't know Bathurst is our big touring car race in Australia.
Massive event that I went to a number of times in my teens and worked at in 1992.
Night work on top of the hill surrounded by 25000 drunken imbeciles with a history of massive fights, property destruction and general use and abuse of alcohol over a 3-4 day period. Dangerous times to be in uniform.. but what an adrenalin rush.
Re Bathurst, yep went to the event one year Pat but was smart enough to get off the mountain before nightfall.
Hope you win the lottery mate. Would be great to see you there.
You never know Pat I might get to visit Oz and Dunbogan before you win the lottery.
Early days, but have started looking and planning a possible visit to your great country maybe next year sometime. Never been to Australia and my wife and I are not getting any younger.
Think I'll give Bathurst a miss though! Haha!
Really looking forward to it to Vampire. Feels like i'm escaping from the colony!
If you do make it to Oz, Dunbogan and the Port Macquarie region is truly beautiful and definitely worth a look.
My team got up to that much trouble - off duty shannigans, we were ordered never to return!!
Yeah can't say i recall flying with 69th_Scottie.
Redhawk would remember him I'm sure.
He didn't answer my PMs...he didn't call...I felt USED!!...Well....twas my first internet date...so was kinda going to be a learning process...Roll on Duxford!
Other internet dates have gone better!
What goes on in Duxford...stays in Duxford...eh Nork!
Oh well Lew, i guess your to be commended for coming out of the closet!
I see Norks posts are getting shorter since he seen that...I can't say I blame you...Its not for lighthearted Ossies....Those Brits know how to party man!...You never be the same once you been Duxford Nork!
Campsite booked for the Friday and Saturday nights with tickets into the show just for the Saturday.
I've requested a pitch where you have suggested as well Lewis!
Look out for me turning up on a BMW1200GS!
I think Seas is getting there via Motorcycle too...Shall I bring mine?
It really depends on the weather forecast!!!
And they say I 'never fly German'!
So sorry chaps, I've had to pull out.
Started a new thread trying to sell my tickets.
For a second there Lew it sounded like you were familiar with that concept ?!
Duxford , duxford, duxford! Live about an hour away, anyone planning to go to the Battle of Britain airshow in September?
does anyone staying on the campsite on the Friday night have a spare place in their tent for a Boo?
I'm bringing antoher Clodder down on the Sunday but it would be nice to be able to partake in Friday drinkies if there was a chance.
Id be happy to pay for the pitch for the Friday as a gesture of thanks.
Thanks Lew!! I really appreciate it!
I can sort a bed and bag. Ill sort you out with fees and drinkies.
I'll bring some cans and some prawns to throw on the barbie.
the wife has insisted on a comfortable hotel room in Cambridge.
I'm bringing my very own portable château. I will be putting signs up too.
Il get there early to help you set up if you like?
I don't do Facebook but this video clip was brought to my attention.
Sorry for those who may have already seen it but I thought how good it is.
When I watched that there was a soundtrack of Yotheguy playing in my head.
"erm 'SEAS... no!!!... don't turn so hard Ahhhhhh... you are gonna stall it man... ahhh!!!.... 'Seas, serious... don't turn so hard. It's not a Hurricane dude.
then the soundtrack goes silent.
But only because I can't bare listening to the "See... see that?... it told you so . man... I told you so.
Then he pulls some dumb arse manoeuvre and says simply "Rad"
Which is a bit weird really given that I mainly use ailerons, elevator and a touch of rudder myself.
So Tickets and Campsite booked so I'll be there again this year.
Looking forward to the Friday night shenanigans again.
I might grow an RAF moustache for this.
So glad you are making it this year Frank....I have over booked my tent and have 3 ATAGers who I have assured could stay in yours!..
Edit: Assuming that she has a fancy!
Nice touch on your sig Lewis S!
Don't knock my day job buster.
Seas......I'm a bit worried about your 'portable chateau.' I've heard about these things..very useful after a hard Friday night session at The Eagle but does it do 'solids' or only 'liquids?' And do we have to bring our own Lew' paper? Ha ha! S!
I thought you already had one Seas? Well you do on this signed 'Fan' photo you sent to me for £20!!!!!
Who you calling a button mister ??!
Well i would love to make it to Duxford 2017, but I can't. I hope to in the next year or two though.
Every year the DAG (Duxford ATAG Gang) has a theme song for the year.
Anyhow, here is my pick for the DAG 17 group...... cuz it's gonna be a bunch of young dudes going, right?!
And my choice is, "All The Young Dudes", by Mott The Hoople.
Well I think it might be fun. Anyone care to join in?
Bowie wrote that. For Mott the Hoople.
He then released it himself after they did.
I prefer the mott the hoople version .
Boo, you know the number 1 rule for camping with other men dont you?
I didn't know that. HS. I knew the Mott version first, and was actually going to put that up until i saw the Isle of Wight version and tied that in to CLoD.
As one of the four Hurricanes forced to sit like muffins on the runway whilst you suddenly had to go wee wee last night id say you're not as far off as you think "young maaaan"
The most incredible thing it that someone actually disliked that video - some people.......BTW - how do they do that walking to plane thing?
Never tried it, but according to following link: "If you exit your airplane/helicopter by hitting LCTRL+E three times, you find yourself in 1st person view of your pilot, and even have control over him." So it seems you have to bail out and then walk to your aircraft.
Preparations are underway, hope the weather improves.
I'll send you a PM over the weekend about times so I can be around to help you set up etc.
The rest of us are having the chateaubriand served with a nice glass of Krug.
I can probably pick up a chilli pot noodle from Texaco on the way though of you like.
I'm open to new things though.
Our local pub was also recently sellling this "Vegetarain chilli con carne".
but they didnt get it at all. Just blank looks.
.................does it come with a béarnaise sauce.......?
I will never shun my bourgeois culinary indulgences !!
I'm good with any of these. Especially if the vegetarian chill does indeed come con carne.
I'd like to speak with the manager please.
This all sounds great, Lew! I'm a curry man myself but will be happy with any of the above! I am defo not a veggie man! (I mean what is the point?) I was hoping to bring 18 pints of Rebellion Roasted Nuts but can I get it in the radio compartment of Seas' Spitfire? Hmmn!
He'll be over just as soon as he's finished the overly convoluted and lengthy affair of making the coffee you insist on ordering despite this OBVIOUSLY being a pub!
Evening ?! We shall arrive in the afternoon sir !!
I shall pitch my officers hut and no doubt indulge in some pre-pub refreshment.
Just call me Mungo!...Don't annoy the chef!
I shall endeavour to be at said camp site early afternoon. This will enable me to observe the characters as they arrive from a safe distance and make my mind up about entrusting my safety to them. I am a pensioner you know!
I will partake of which ever 'one pot' the majority want. As long as it does not cause havoc with my dentures.
A number of bottles of the best Spitfire ale will be upon my personage as long as the chauffeur can get my Rolls near enough to the 'Glamping' area.
and kick back with the ATAG and RIF-RAF (see... i got RAF in there) massive !
This is going to be quite the spiffing little Soiree don't you know !
Not sure what time we will get in on Friday arvo, planes, trains etc. The time are still a bit rubbery.
What sort of beer to bring. Is Spitfire a generally available and acceptable brew? Any other suggestions/ preferences?
No not long now Nork.
I intend to take along some 'Spitfire' as I like it and I know some of the others do.
Whatever you want to bring will no doubt be gratefully consumed! Haha!
my cummerbund is at the dry cleaners.
Always been more of a cape and cane guy myself though.
I am gutted that I am unable to enjoy the full ATAG camping and p*** up experience at duxford, but I am looking forward to hopefully meeting up with you guys at the show.
We, (myself, my good lady wife and a friend of ours) will be getting there early, hopefully when the gates open (I think at about 8am) and will be looking around the museum and other exhibits in the morning before taking up our positions for the show at around lunch time.
Don't know about you guys, but when we've been in the past we like to get near the American air museum to watch the show as you get a great view of the aircraft taxiing past pretty close after landing from there.
I have some of your mobile numbers, so I am sure I will find you.
may I suggest beer bringers do as Marlow dies and bring some samples from their local real ale brewery?
It the Pleasantry or Batemans for me I think.
Hi Guys...I am defo bringing 18 pints of draught Rebellion 'Roasted Nuts' bitter in a small keg! It's a blindin' beer....my Dad's favourite. It might just last until Sunday am but I'm thinking if everybody brings similar amounts I'll take most of it home again....which won't be a problem...Dad'll help me finish it, but feel free to take this into account. And it would be a crime to drink it out of plastic glasses so could everybody bring a single glass, or personalised pewter mug for 'alcoholic liquors, the consumption of?' Spot of luxury, don't yer think?
And whose buying the ice creams? Seas will get very tetchy if he doesn't have an ice cream during the air show! You have been warned! Somebody could buy 44 ATAG 99's at Duxford on Saturday? :D Salute All!
If you got any aviation books you are willing to swap then bring them too...I'll find some and we can swap them at the campsite...I have a couple I can swap..
I will happily swap Lord of the Flys for that Rupert one.
Have a safe trip over Nork.
Pity Dux Vegas is so far away.
Would be unreal to be there with my fellow Ragtaglians and Clodsters!
Its a hell of a way to go for an air show!
We will take good care of him!..
Yes it's a bloody long way to come for an airshow.
...And I've got 'Fanny Hill' for you, Lew! She's the Russian air ace who used some very 'unusual methods' to bring down Luftwaffe pilots over the Russian Front! She won lots of medals...even Stalin gave her one!!!!!!!!! :devilish: S!
I love those hats with corks. And the funny army ones with only half a brim.
That's some natty looking headwear.!
Do consider myself a lucky man to be able to make such a journey.
put funds away for the travel to Duxford and beyond for some years.
Just to confirm myself and Mrs Knight will be in attendance for the Saturday festivities (day time only).
As for the evening debacle I can only say . Been there ...done that...got the T Shirt ...and the memories ...No thank you !
Look forward to meeting up with you and Mrs Knight on the day mate.
Sounds wonderful - THANK YOU!
I take it we have fire extinguishers ready to hand?
Sounds great, Lew! Bring it on!
My family think this whole weekend with the lads is a total hoot because I haven't done anything like this for years!
If it's a well-made curry, you'll never know!
I bringing my little blue pedal cart.
Fellas if you got chairs then bring them....I only got 3 now since the...er...'larger guys' crushed them last year!
I've never taken a chair camping.
I'll be fine lounging about on the lawn !
anyone with a mug gets a decent cup of coffee on Saturday / Sunday morning.
cant we just sit on Seas?
I have to say, reading this thread, I feel gutted not to be attending this event. Will there be a repeat event next year?
I'm in! I reckon we should all crowd fund for Pattle to attend next year too!
Ya'll are nerds. Man, I was so bummed I couldn't hang out with you guys, but then I realized the warbird show in LEWISton, Idaho was today. I thought of our brotherhood when I manned the 50 cals (B-17 and B-24)!
Check out one of my boys on the 50. They'll be joining the ranks someday!
Will be there on the Sunday, hope to see some of you there. Maybe put some faces to voices.
Will be with the ACG guys for the most part.
Haha...Nice....watch that tail plane little one....you'll need that!...Blam Blam Blam!
''Daddy...can you make me a computer that I can play flight sims on?''.....Looks like he'd make an excellent rear gunner...Watch this space!
Thanks for the Tesco's tip Lewis - Bag, mat n chair for £18!
Cant see them lasting a wash but who cares for £18!!
I thought Tesco did airbed for £5?
Thermarest. On the floor. Superb kit. You could sleep on ice and not even know it.
I'm bringing a spare for Marlow.
Good Man, Seas! Have you got those 'Super Comfy, Sleep for Ever, Eiderdown Pillows'' we talked about? I won't get 'a wink' otherwise!
Blimey. Is it that time already?!
Three hours of work and one sleep to go.
Kling and Klingan are coming this year. Both saturday and sunday..
ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET??
"Oh.. hi mum... yeah good, you?"
"This weekend? no I cant. I'm going to an air show"
"No... no they are staying home"
"With some guys I met on the internet"
"Stranger danger??! Mum... I'm 44"
Cool. I need 87 of them. Or the deal is off.
I would just like to wish a safe journey to all of you that are making your way to the camp site tomorrow, and of course Nork who is probably en route from Australia as I write this.
I hope the weather is warm and not hot, and the beer is cold and not warm.
Many thanks for the sentiments farley.
We are all looking forward to this and being able to meet each other in Real Life.
Hopefully other friends, like yourself, can be there next year. In the meantime we will raise our glasses to all ATAGers and CloDers who couldn't make it this year.
Wheels up. ETA 14:00 hours.
Have a great time chaps. I Feel very envious sat here at work thinking about you all sat around drinking cold beer and talking all things CLoD.
If there's room for a TWC stick to join you next year then I would be interested in getting involved!
Take lots of pictures! I wish I could join in the fun. Maybe next year I'll make it over.
Hope they remember to change their underpants!
Just back from my night of shame with the Jolly Boys.
Big thanks to Lewis for the hosting and the making me feel so welcomed and to the diehards Looksharp and Vasilis for the great entertainment and tails of daring don't! Great Thai Curry too!!
Meeting up with players current and old was great fun and seeing Nork nonchalantly walk into camp with a rucksack full or beer was everything I wanted my Australian man to be! - It was also great to meet Mystic Puma in the Eagle later in the evening although both he and Nork the sense to bail before our visit to Uncle's Franks mobile Keeeeeeebab and chicken shack.
Trip Advisor rating - RECOMMENDED!
Shouldn't you be scorching on the tank bank, tripping over flaked out bodies, feeling the effect of last nights curry, going "Ohhh look at that Spifire....etc"?
Cunningly - I split the event into the "get mashed and sleep in tent with the boyz" phase - followed by a day of R&R at home before the second "go to Sunday show, fresh as a daisy and be able to focus" phase on the Sunday.
Front row, Vampire, Marlow, and Laser.
It was absolutely brilliant and a great pleasure to meet up with virtual friends, for the first time, who are now Real Life friends.
This was the largest gathering for some time and a nicer bunch of chaps you could not wish to meet. There will be much more of this posted over the next few days I am sure, so watch this space.
I had to 'bail' after the one night of camping due to an RL commitment. Thanks to ATAG_Lewis (Lew) for acting as host and providing the tent, associated camping equipment and Thai curry. (Sorry I didn't get the coffee going this morning!!!). Thanks to Looksharp, Valisk, ATAG_Frankenstein and ATAG_Monkeynut, all old hands at this, for making us 'noobs' so welcome.
I have met Lew before but it was special for me to meet my 'Rag Tag' buddies ATAG_Marlow, Highseas and ATAG _Laser for the first time. RAG TAGS ROCK!
A special international guest appearance was made by Nork. An Australian gentleman and all round nice guy. A pleasure to have met you and spend time in your company Nork. Glad you could make it and enjoy the rest of your European holiday.
We also met up with ATAG_Knight and Moose. Great to meet you chaps and fry in the Duxford sun with you.
An unexpected and enjoyable meeting was was with Larry (ACG) who produces the wonderful screenshot scenes. He happened to recognise Lew and introduced himself. It was great talking with him and discussing all things CloD and his screenshot/videos. A very nice and friendly Swiss gentleman.
Such a lot happened in a short time scale but it has made it a memorable weekend for this ATAG/CloD 'noob'.
The airshow was great the weather kind and the company very special. A bit like the sim only in Real Life.
Thanks for posting the pic lase.
Nork, thanks for representing our fine country at Duxford.
Would love to be able to make '18!
Great to put faces to voices and personalities.
Weather looks great too, which is nice.
Now we know what you look like, we're really quaking in our flight pants !
Good to put faces to names and enjoy the rest of the weekend guys.
Hi guys, a jolly time was had by all. It was a real pleasure to meet Sea's Marlow Vampire Laser Moose Mystic Puma and of course Nork for the first time and catch up with the regulars. I really have to get my arse in gear and get flying again.
Great to meet you Frankie.
All been said already but it was great fun to meet up and shake hands .
Thanks for the warm welcome guys .
Mrs Knight thought you were all very nice .
About 18 months ago a few noobs started flying together and learning this brilliant but difficult to master flight sim, and we started to be known as the Rag Tags.
Along the way some ATAG vets such as Lewis and Yotheguy have dropped by to help us out and gradually we have improved together,( well, the others have, I'm still rubbish) and we have become great buddies, so it was awesome to finally get to meet up with fellow Rag Tags and others who I don't get to fly with as much like Moose, Frankenstein and Nork.
It would be great if you could fly with us at some time Mate.
The pleasure was all ours brother. It is brilliant to be able to meet and talk with 'old hands' like yourself who have been with this awesome sim since the early days.
A rollercoaster of one liners and wise cracks at the campsite. Propper funny bunch of guys !
I had a total blast !
I took that photo with my own pencils I will have you know.
Or i'm giving the guy with the red shirt on the bike your details.
man... I really really don't like that guy... !!
You really look as though you were there. Can you photoshop me in to as I had left when this one was taken. I know they were waiting for me to go and for you to arrive. Haha!
Good job with that Yo.
Maybe some female friends as well?
Hmm maybe that might get them in trouble on the home front?
I think I happened at the end of the Horseman's spot (which was a lesson in close formation flying BTW) but it didn't interrupt the show as it all seemed to be done by the manual without much drama. Not that you'd think that looking at AMP and the Sun's headlines of "HORROR IN THE SKY" and "TERROR AS OUT OF CONTROL VINTAGE PLANE HEADS TOWARDS CROWD" - these pillocks need to take a cold bath and consider themselves and there true worth to society....less about news more about click bait.
TBH there was more consternation at the "Filled Dogs and Fries" trailer when people were discovering the joys of paying £10.00 for a thin sausage on a roll and that 6 slices of jalapeno constitutes a £1.50 topping !
Well, regarding food, I wouldn't be at all surprised if people who booked 'a meal' in the Gold Pass area weren't complaining about their food.
There was a variety of food to choose from.(you could approach one only from a choice of six) and we're given a cardboard container approx 20cm long, 15cm wide and 3cm deep) to have food placed in by the vendors.
This 'meal' was an.extra £26 on the ticket price!!!
Got to be honest and say the hotdogs sound like a bargain in comparison.
Top tip for you all.
Yes you got me yo, that's great. Thank you.
Miss Velma put down into the corn field as the mass formation finale was opening out into their sections before landing. Pilot radioed "Mustang 3 Bailing out" and then "Mustang 3 Engine Failure". Looked from where we were as if he tried to make a shortened approach from the circuit but made the (correct) decision to land in the corn field (which is a designated area for emergencies), rather than risk crossing the M11 with an IAS which must have been close to stall speed. Looked like a late decision and ultimately great airmanship.
Totally agree with the Horsemen, but also thought the Seafury/Bearcat was really tight and thought the Wildcat was a great routine.
Sorry I'm so late in posting guys!
Just returned from the docs who was, frankly, shocked at my appearance! It wasn't the sun burn...it was the post traumatic stress wot did it! Us oldsters are not used to this manic weekend stuff! Doc says a three week counselling course should get me over meeting Lewis...but Look Sharp (!) ..well, that's gonna tale a bit longer!!!! I might be off ops for some time! I've also been put on a course of sea sick pills to recover from 'turning over at night, whilst sleeping on one of Lew's air beds!'...and I've been told to go and lie down in a darkened room for three days with a bottle of gin....! He says I've got to seriously consider my health before I sign up for next year!!!!!
Right, I've considered it! I'M GOING! It was totally surreal but a huge privilege to meet up with all the guys. It was huge fun on the campsite and I've got to say 'hats off' to Lew for all his forethought and organisation that made the whole weekend so comfortable for the rest of us! The airshow was a blast too, of course, but the 'bestest thing' was just meeting up with everybody.....you all know who you are! I'll never forget the sight of Nork strolling serenely into the campsite, exactly as an Aussie ought to....looking as cool as cool can be! If he had been a dragging a crocodile by the tail we couldn't have been more pleased. It was a blindin' weekend; the aircraft were great, as they always are, but I'd just like to echo what Vamps and Lase said: 'it's the people that really count...and that's what our community is all about.
Out of interest. When did you Brits start calling Chips, "Fries"? You'll be renaming kippers next. Its a slippery slope!
tut-tut dear fellow! chips and fries are definitely not the same derivative of potato delicacy! Fries are skinny, inferior versions of our beloved chip, which is substantially more potatoey. oh, and by the way chips are not the wafer thin slices of potatoes in packets, those are CRISPS!
Good point, that would make sense. If it was a late decision to ditch in the field then that would explain the wheels in that position as they were retracting rather than dropping.
As you say, some very quick decisions made. BTW, why no canopy in the last shot?
jettisoned in order to get out quick I would think. probably got rid of it as the aircraft slowed down?
Damn good show on the walking away part.
Well the fries were indeed fries - and all 5 of them were really tasty! I didn't dare ask for salt or vinegar though in case they classed them as a "topping"
Sure you expect to pay at shows but that was bloody robbery. In future ill use the Duxford shop and facilities - cheaper by at least a third and no middle man.
Im gonna take a picknick next time.
Canopées and Cava for me.
Er....you took your picnic away from the car? didn't you know that the lanes they left between the rows of parked vehicles were exclusively for the use of families to sprawl out on and old people to sit in? They didn't make it clear to us either...we assumed they were they to allow cars to get out...how silly of us!
Finally managed to pull these pics from the hundreds taken at Duxford .
So much has been said already but it really was a rather special day. Certainly try to make it next year .
That's why they invented the brown paper bag.
It makes booze invisible. I use them all the time on my bench.
Who is that handsome chap at the front wearing the maroon tee shirt? Haha!
Thanks for sharing these Knight.
Just curious, if it cost that much for food, how much did it cost to use the loo Lew?
Seas spent most of the time laughing with his really huge tankard!
2 cabs later and we were at the pub...where we met MysticPuma...we drank and were merry...and sometimes were serious!
Then at midnight we waddled off to the expensive kebab hut for supper...where we all stewed over the expensive prices for 45 minutes...just before we enjoyed our 2 minute kebabs!
Thanks to all the fellas that attended and camped with us...We got some quality time with many folks in the flesh....and a BIG thanks to Nork for not only making it all the way from OZ but for making the event extra special this year for us with his presence...It will take some beating!
And eventually...a big Cuban cigar to anyone who can mention their testicles more in any single post!!
Thanks for sharing the fun and the photos.
Fantastic to hear that so many made it and a good time was had by all.
It's great being able to put names to faces. What a good looking crew. :D I can just imagine the stories that got passed around, and I'm sure they got better with each ale consumed. Thanks for sharing this weekend with the rest of us, gents. I'm adding this adventure to my bucket list.
Thanks for the post and extra testicles, I mean pics Lewis.
Great to know that our Aussie Ambassador Sir Nork made such a great testicular impression.
Yay I have internet again!
Just to say what a fantastic journey. So great to catch up with all u lads. What a hoot. Much beer and sunburn and great airborne displays. Thanks Lew, your chicken stew is the best. Promise to post some more pics when I get back.
Enjoy the rest of your Tour mate !
So glad you made it to our little get together Nork...Really great!
Pleasure to meet up with you Nork. Always good to have our friends from 'Oz' visit and have an enjoyable time.