BOB - Installment 2

right then, here we go - round II.

since Bob i've found myself wandering past the B+B barn doors and looking in, seeing the straw on the floor, the bunting (i hate that word!) strung up and the bath still full of water/labels and thinking.....ahhhh, happy days.....

as most of you will know i'm not usually one for sentimentality but i genuinely had a grand old time at Bob and many times every day since i stop and think about how much fun it was ("stop it, i'm getting a tear in my eye" i hear you say!).

don't get me wrong if you lunatics had stuck around any longer it'd have driven me mental (not to mention the stress and strain of all the preparations, cooking and general running around) but i think we'd all agree that it was a damn fine weekend of a Bobbing - no???

ok, ok, enough gushy stuff - on to some more photographs.....

another ten of the best coming your way.

1. tent-city (where there is now a sheep enclosure):



2. the simple-shitters:



3. the beautiful map created by ali and anna (with a splendid frame by our resident artist - mr webber):



4. alfredo and isla (the best of friends - sometimes!):



(they're also identical from the back)

5. anna's 30th birthday.

SO OLD!!!!!

here we all are at the abbey having a spot of luncheon and a piece of chocolate cake (ok, ok, i had three pieces - christ, get off my back already!):



although this is strictly speaking an extra photo it's related and so counts as one so.....

this is a view of the abbey from above where we parked and walked down:



6. my new road bike:



ain't she a beauty?

oooops, sorry - how did that get in there....?

please disregard the above entry - completely irrelevant (but it's a good looking bike - no?)

6. (the real number 6) taco - the biggest, friendliest, hairiest dog in the world:



you gotta love 'im!!!!!

7. rooster-roo:



that's a hell of a photograph (nice one young katz).

8. it's officially booze o'clock:



so much booze - so little time!

from what i remember the beers tasted fantastic!

the wine and cider also went down a treat - a good result all round on the alcohol front!

9. bride and ceremonial official in a somber mood:



so serious!

10. dancin':



the dancing got started fairly early on but the dancing evening can really be split into two shifts.

- the early shift (up until about midnight)

star attraction - matt - throwing down some crazy shapes (including the patented 'putting out a fire' maneuver).

- the late shift (from midnight until 04:30)

main village idiot - gairy - making a complete and total fool of himself and refusing to be removed from the dance-floor until finally, at 04:30 when most people were trying to sleep in their tents mere meters away from the barn, i was hauled off to bed.

a big thanks has to be aimed at nitty for sitting on his ass doing his best to make it look like DJ's actually do something for a living (did i say that out loud?) - i mean for spending the evening playing some really great music - thanks buddy, it was very much appreciated!

ok, that'll do for Bob - Installment 2.

i hope you all enjoyed it as much (if not a little more) than i enjoyed writing it.

until next time.....

BOB - Installment 1

hello there folks, how the devil are things....?

seeing as Bob was such an event it seems only fitting that we blog it's ass in stages.

and so with that in mind i would like to welcome you all to the Bob - Installment 1.

this post is just a quick one to say:

thank you so much everyone for coming and for helping to make Bob the fantabulous success it turned out to be.

we thought we'd planned something that would be fun for everyone but we didn't quite expect it to be quite so much fun or to run nearly as smoothly as it did.

those of you (you know who you are) who gave your time and effort (above and beyond the call of duty) with the cooking, cleaning, delegating, organising, decorating, killing/butchering, playing and the rest are absolute heroes - without your help we wouldn't have been able to enjoy the weekend and we're eternally grateful for all of your hard work (and no, there will be no cash gift as thanks - honestly!).

although it's (about 18 months) too early for us to have any 'official' photographs i did just want to give those of you who didn't make it out here a taste of what you missed.

here are 10 very nice moments from Bob for you all to enjoy.....

1. our newest simple-person 'pee-pee-o-pee' (said with a hawian accent):




this is the sheep formally known as 'mouse' but it's now 'pee-pee-o-pee'.

she's a french rare-breed sheep with only two farms still breeding them in the Alps.

we've gotten the number of one of the breeders and are going to get a couple more so that we can help keep the breed alive in the future.

it was a wedding gift from Julio and Valerie - thanks guys.

2. a two meter long baguette (professionally cut by young mr nitty):



3. some high quality river action in one hell of a nice spot!



4. hand-made signage by miss katz and miss beavis.



5. rudie getting in on the ceremonial action - good 'ole rudie!



6. one hell of a pig roast (or so i hear as i missed most of it and was too drunk to remember the rest). a certain mr monkey boy put in a humdinger of a cooking shift (all day-night long) to make it that extra bit special - cheers buddy!



7. some serious displeasure at having to chop onions for 50 people:



8. the most anatomically accurate and comically genius wedding cake bride and groom ever (made lovingly by ali):



9. some bloody tasty local cheeses and home-made chutneys/piccalilli - MMMmmm!



10. and one beautifully written and elegantly performed speech/song by anna and briony.



these are just some of the many great and memorable moments (snatched from peoples facebook albums) and there'll be many (MANY) more photographs, moments and embarrassing stories being unveiled as they become available.

there aren't any individual 'thanks' going on here as i'd be here writing all night but needless to say we're forever indebted to so many of you for helping to make Bob one of the happiest days of our lives - thanks.

join us for the next thrilling installment of 'Bob - the blog series' as/when information, photographs and time become available.

cheers.