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Most people wouldn’t have believed that young Nick would ever make it to 30, but on Friday he proved the critics wrong and celebrated in style!
His super-duper uber-organised girlfriend – Suzie – arranged for a gaggle of his friends to stay with him at a beautiful old house (built in the 1500′s!) in Bedfordshire. It was massive!
It was easily the coolest house I’ve ever stayed in! There were lots of crooked hallways, winding stair-cases, rooms with views, and extremely low ceilings – people in the fifteen hundreds must have been very short. It’s a good thing no-one bumped their head too hard, otherwise there could have been some terrible injuries!
Everything required for an awesome weekend was there – great company, and loads of food and drinks. The meal highlight was definitely Saturday night, for which Suzie had organised a massive BBQ of marinated chicken, burgers, sausages, corn, veggies, bread, and salads. Being the only Aussie in the group, I proudly stepped up for the position of of tong-master.
One of Nick’s friends – Ray – had brought along a bunch of sky lanterns, which are basically mini hot-air balloons. The idea is that you write messages on them, light the fuse, then send them off on their merry quest for the heavens. This seemed like a fantastic idea – and it was – however, a few of the balloons didn’t have the greatest of starts, and got caught up in the trees around the house. Depending on who you ask, this was either “unfortunate”, or “it almost burned the house down”. I’m more on the former side, but I’m glad that we managed to escape without incident!
Overall a fantastic weekend away, and also a lovely test for our new car which drove four of us there, and five of us back, effortlessly!
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I see you’ve been productive in the last few hours; we just read the paper and watched The Wire.
I feel lazy.
But at least now there is clear evidence that my teeth are CLEAN!
Take it easy G.
The fifth passenger on the way back isn’t a yet-to-be-named Thomas, is it?
@Karl : Ha ha, sorry dude, no: it was Alex .
Glad you found the lanterns good fun but not so glad to hear you had a few problems with them
… If you ever want to try them again, contact us at Sky Lanterns and I’ll get you a 10% discount. You can compare quality and let us know what you think! 