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Red Arrows time again (Fri 18th at noon)

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Created: 11 August 2006
Red Arrows
Red Arrows
The Red Arrows visit Bournemouth again.

This year it will be on Friday 18th of August at noon. Remember, unless you get there early you will not be able to park! Be warned.

We normally go on the Westcliff side and stand on the open grass areas. Down the pier is very busy also but at least you hear the commentary there.

Friday 25th August. Place to be is on the beach!

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Created: 03 August 2006
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Firestarters
The second Bournemouth Possee beach BBQ is on for Friday night on the 25th of August. Bring your own food, drink, disposable BBQ and speedos. I say this every time but no-one ever does.

I am sure it wont be as windy and as cold as the last one. Nor will we need to shelter behind the ice cream hut and scare locals walking along the beach who saw flames from underneath the wooden structure.

Bring back the dolphin! They were fantastic but have never been back since. Maybe the warm weather will have enticed them closer to the shores. Sushi anyone? Just kidding...

No more 6-pack jokes this time. My body will never be the same again.

It will probably be the first time we all meet up again after Matt and Emma's wedding.

We will make sure we bring some music down. Not that I will be doing break-dancing but the Tasmanian Devil whirlwind known as R'Aston will hopefully be there.

Fred and Lyn visited from Melbourne, Oz

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Created: 02 August 2006
Fred and Lyn
Fred and Lyn
It was a welcome suprise that we got an e-mail to say Fred and Lyn were coming to the UK as part of a tour around Europe via Southern Africa and wanted to pop down into Bournemouth.

We had only met and chatted with them for a couple of days back in 2000 when we spent 5 days in Phuket at the Dusit Laguna, after my brother's wedding in Hong Kong.

So it was nice to have kept in touch and a big surprise after these years that they turned up in Bournemouth for a couple of days to share a glass of wine or two.

Congrats to Matt and Emma!

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Created: 29 July 2006
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The happy couple
It was a fantastic day for Matt and Emma's wedding. The savage heat and humidity from the last month had died down a bit and made it pleasant for the wedding at Langtry Manor Hotel.

It all started of very nicely. Emma and Matt were looking great. The same cannot be said of some of the guests judging by the sight of these two reporbates below. Responsible fathers and all.

Good to see the usual suspects and having all the kids around as well. I needed more time to teach them the naughty stuff to annoy their parents.

Many congratulations from all the crew and may you have many happy years to come.

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One down
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Second man down
These two represent a sorry state of affairs. Since becoming loving fathers, suffering lack of sleep, not going out very often they just have to go and large it up whenever they get a chance.

These pictures were taken before 11pm as well. What happened to the Ibiza and Magaluff lifestyles? Party hard! Sleep long-time.

Hope the kids didn't wake you up too early, hah!

Now Tony, he's a man who can handle things and he has three kids now. Big up Tony B, he da man.

The full photo journal of the day's events can be found here: Matt & Emma's wedding photos

If anyone has more photos that they would like me to post up then get in touch.

It was all very civilised

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Created: 17 July 2006
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Wasted
Well apart from Mr Richard the Philips who narrowly missed having to stay behind for another day due to Stella Artois being consumed in the early morning, and the RyanAir staff not being too pleased about the results!

A fun time was had by all. Lots of Guiness, lager and a dodgy looking lemonade. We didn't really venture far. Well as far as next door, then up the stairs and down the stairs, and back to bed. Gogarty's has it all. We should have just pushed the bloody bunk beds through.

Dublin was hot, damn hot.

Rich B's photos are here : Matt's Stag Photos
My Photos here: Gordon's photos of stag do

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Guiness, the black stuff
I missed out on the Guiness factory tour but was there for the Jameson's whiskey tour.

I did have a bowl of Won Ton noodles at Charlies, a Chinese fast food place across the road at the start of Temple Bar, at 3am when some guy came up to me and asked what it was called. I said it was called "stuff" and he should go up to the counter and ask for some stuff. He wasn't too amused. Neither was I as the food wasn't that good.

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