Sep 2006

Carmarthen on Saturday night didn't know what had hit it when six classy chicks hit the town to celebrate Fi's birthday a bit early. I didn't know what had hit me Sunday morning when I woke up at seven (we finally got to bed after five) and had to get up to go to Leicester.

It was a fab night out though, starting off with our fab party table and balloons (all lost somehow an hour later on our walk to the pub) followed by lots of dancing and falling over by some, then finally a bit of kitchen karaoke and the traditional barefoot orange, lime and lemon-squashing ceremony before bed. At least our feet smelt nice!

After the excitement of the Murder Mystery night we headed up to Staffordshire with Dai and Di for our big day out at Alton Towers. Crammed in plenty of rides and lots of walking (expecially as the cable car wasn't working - 'technical difficulties' - something we would hear a lot more of as the day went on).

Towards the end of a very long queue for Spinball Wizard there was a very hairy moment as the ride completely stopped with four cars in various positions along the track. After they got the ride working again we decided that with only about two minutes before we got to the end of the queue we should risk it and we all survived!

After lunch Dai and Di got a good soaking on the Log Flume (we used the excuse of Gareth's poorly back to sit at the back of the ride - a good move) and after a few more technical difficulties on some of the scarier rides (making us wonder if we were some kind of curse) our plan was to get coffee and cake. On the way we passed the Teacups ride and decided to give it a whirl - what should have been the most tame of all the rides turned into a stomach-turning two minutes as Dai spun the wheel like crazy - leaving us all looking a bit green when we got off.

Our last ride was a few seconds of pure adrenalin on Oblivion before we grabbed our long awaited coffee and cake and stock up on sweeties and crisps for the journey home to Wales. When we lay our heads on our pillows and switched off the lights for bed, the room still felt like it was spinning!

Another week closer to departure and another busy weekend. Saturday night we stepped back in time to a Murder Mystery evening set in 1912 - cast for the evening (L-R):

Oscar Hemmingway III
Sister Morticia Lewinskaya
Georgette Michel
Bunny Mandelson
Agatha Eton-Hogg
Douglas Eton-Hogg MP

As the night went on we got more and more confused about how our characters were all involved in the murder and our accents got better and better the more wine we ploughed through - except for Dai whose Texan drawl started to sound like its batteries were running out by the time we got to dessert.

And whodunnit? Di - the crazy fake nun from Chicago of course!

With only five weeks before we go there is still lots to do - and lots of fab nights out to enjoy. Saturday, 2 September was Lisa and Steve's wedding party - we girlies cracked open a bottle of bubbly - well it was only right!