Audley 26th Feb 2010 (and Stone
26th March)
13 were up
for it after Spikelet had to drop out at the last minute with over indulgence,
and Pedro had gone to Amazon to buy a book, not realising he could do it on the
internet.
Yupmeister,
Mid Week Tone, Richee-Lionel, Granpop
Bill, Keithee's up for it, JayCee, Huge, Dasher, Malc Jay, Craigee 50/50, DCeen, McCeen
and Matt Silver Bear.
Yet again Service
34 from stand 4 provided us with our transport to Audley
starting at 6.11pm. Malc
Jay and Granpop Bill jumped aboard with their bus
passes and Richee settled down with a large yellow
pole between his legs but couldn’t be swayed to provide a pole dance for
us. Keithee no mates sat behind us on his own. JayCee got his blueberry out (oooh)
to check his availability for the Stone trip next month and declared he would
have to give it a miss, as he was up
The driver
must have been given tips by Ronnie, tricking us at every turn. At one point he headed up to Macdonalds at Bradwell before
realising his error and doing a u-turn.
It was giving Keithee indigestion, and having run out of Rennies, Jaycee came to his aid.
We missed
the Plough out this year to give us time to visit the beer festival at Audley football club after the Black Swan. The mucky duck’s ales were on top form and it
was touch and go whether to stay or to leave. The Inferno was beautiful although Dasher
ordered a Rucking Mole; but very carefully I must
add. Discussions moved to possible trips
abroad with the
The
festival is not the largest although there is room outside if you can stand the
English winter temperatures. It makes up
for it however with an excellent selection of ales and a great crowd of
friendly folk. ‘There were even a couple
of places to hang your coats up’, declared one of the distracted boggle-eyed member
of our group, mentioning no names. ‘Ah,
I see what you mean …...’
Malc Jay
spotted the pork pies and graciously sliced and shared it with Yup and Mid Week
Tone, whilst other pigs devoured whole pies.
There were however plenty to go round as Ali Gee wasn’t with us, as he was
on a
Personally,
I thought the Limestone Brewery’s Einstein was on superb form and it was much
appreciated, along with the hospitality of the club. Anticipation of supping more at the planned
brewery visit next month came to mind.
Our table at
the Royal Balti was booked for 9pm so with a short
detour to the offie we armed ourselves with wine and
entered promptly. JayCee
and Midweek Tone contemplated sharing a bottle of Jamesons!
The
appreciated mischievous waiter was up to his usual tricks and was on form as
usual as was the food and service. I
don’t recollect getting left behind this time, but there were a few bad heads
the following morning, probably due to too many poppodoms.
Thanks to
Kelvin and the crew at the 9th Football beer festival for making it
yet again another superb doo. We look
forward to returning again next year.
Regards
Yuppers
(enjoy yer handis)
Very sadly, the following month my
mum-in-law passed away and I obviously didn’t attend the Stone trip and Al-Shafiqs on 26th March. Arrangements had however been
previously made, and the remaining squarrites, left in the reliable hands of Matty Sox, appearing for the
first time, continued their trip to Stone with an 8 minute train ride from
Stoke starting at 15:54 for £1.70.
I heard there was only ‘Cobblestone’
on at the brewery and the tour took 2½ hours with only 2 pints to show for it. The clan almost turned up at the wrong Indian
and wish they had as the feedback wasn’t the best. www.into-stone.co.uk/dirtemps/display2.php3?id=8 Scottee turned up
unannounced and declared himself broke when the bill arrived at the Indian.
Luckily he’d only drank 12 bottles of wine and he’s
got exceptionally good friends. The bus at
23:11 didn’t turn up due to a road accident. Mr Tahoohigh
rang home and arranged for a lift from the station, but specified the wrong
station.
‘Stone the crows’ chaps.