The light of wick
Written on the 29th of April
Ok this is just a quick blog to keep everybody updated with the BFUK trip so far.
It all began on Thursday afternoon when Becki, Dave and I left Swansea to drive up to Manchester. We stayed with Andy Cornthwaite and his flatmates and enjoyed a nice evening of drinks and shocking tanks! Friday morning brought the drive up to Prestwick, to pick up the support vehicle from the legendary Dave Hulme. The van looked amazing!!! We had all seen photos of the vehicle before but it looked so much better in the flesh!! Holly caught a train up from Doncaster and we picked her up from the train station in the van. Needless to say she was very excited! We all spent the night at Dave’s house and were all really well looked after by Dave’s wife Joyce and wacko Jacko their dog. Jacko made sure Dave’s feet were well massaged and clean!
Saturday morning started with a trip into Glasgow city centre to pick up Demitri, a cameraman and director from Badgerboy Production Company. Then there was a long drive to Inverness. Holly was driving the van for the first time and was doing a bang on job!! The aim was to get to Inverness by around midday so that we could chill in a pub and watch Chelsea Vs Man U. Then we picked up Simon who had flown up from Bristol airport just to be at the start of the BFUK journey with us. This was the first time we had all been together as a team! It felt really good!
We then had the next stop in our sights. It was Wick, 15 miles south of John O’Groats to stay with Neil and Mary. They had heard about Dave through their daughter and kindly offered to put us up.
The drive up through Scotland brought some breathtaking scenery and every road we were on towards the end brought new excitement because we knew that Dave would be skating the route we were taking. Tomorrow we are setting off to land’s end early and then at 8:00am, Dave pushes off for the first day of BFUK!!
I will leave you with some nuggets of wisdom which I have picked up whilst on this journey.
1) People in Manchester get up very early
2) People in Scotland are very friendly and generous
3) Modern walkie talkies are not as good as the older ones
4) Meatloaf is good to cry to
5) The toilet cubicles in Inverness airport are easily wide enough to swing a cat
6) Cheese, ham, lettuce, red onion and pickle in a baguette make the ultimate sandwich
7) Even small Greek guys cannot fit into a children’s ride at service stations
Ok this is just a quick blog to keep everybody updated with the BFUK trip so far.
It all began on Thursday afternoon when Becki, Dave and I left Swansea to drive up to Manchester. We stayed with Andy Cornthwaite and his flatmates and enjoyed a nice evening of drinks and shocking tanks! Friday morning brought the drive up to Prestwick, to pick up the support vehicle from the legendary Dave Hulme. The van looked amazing!!! We had all seen photos of the vehicle before but it looked so much better in the flesh!! Holly caught a train up from Doncaster and we picked her up from the train station in the van. Needless to say she was very excited! We all spent the night at Dave’s house and were all really well looked after by Dave’s wife Joyce and wacko Jacko their dog. Jacko made sure Dave’s feet were well massaged and clean!
Saturday morning started with a trip into Glasgow city centre to pick up Demitri, a cameraman and director from Badgerboy Production Company. Then there was a long drive to Inverness. Holly was driving the van for the first time and was doing a bang on job!! The aim was to get to Inverness by around midday so that we could chill in a pub and watch Chelsea Vs Man U. Then we picked up Simon who had flown up from Bristol airport just to be at the start of the BFUK journey with us. This was the first time we had all been together as a team! It felt really good!
We then had the next stop in our sights. It was Wick, 15 miles south of John O’Groats to stay with Neil and Mary. They had heard about Dave through their daughter and kindly offered to put us up.
The drive up through Scotland brought some breathtaking scenery and every road we were on towards the end brought new excitement because we knew that Dave would be skating the route we were taking. Tomorrow we are setting off to land’s end early and then at 8:00am, Dave pushes off for the first day of BFUK!!
I will leave you with some nuggets of wisdom which I have picked up whilst on this journey.
1) People in Manchester get up very early
2) People in Scotland are very friendly and generous
3) Modern walkie talkies are not as good as the older ones
4) Meatloaf is good to cry to
5) The toilet cubicles in Inverness airport are easily wide enough to swing a cat
6) Cheese, ham, lettuce, red onion and pickle in a baguette make the ultimate sandwich
7) Even small Greek guys cannot fit into a children’s ride at service stations
posted by boardfreedan at 1:10 PM
5 Comments:
nice blog mate but i have to say, im taller than you! smll greek guy indeed!
Oh dan...i've only got just enough time to post a comment before we get thrown out of the pub...just to let you know, we wish you were all here......
Love from .... the BFUK team inclusive of the calf, dim, elsa and the van and her awning!
xx
7 words of wisdom - awesome.
Are you as gutted to be back in Swansea as me?
Well done for awesome driving on the way back - 750 miles between us in 24hrs - rock on!
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