Archive for July, 2006
Hi…
We recently realised that although we made a category for our beloved pets we haven’t actually posted anything about them.
So…
Introducing Megan:
Megan (AKA:The Moog) is a Scottish Terrier and is VERY cute… big eyes and tons of cuteness but… don’t let this fool you… whilst the Moog is a total love indoors, she is also a typical terrier outdoors and a total lad-ette and is well capable of mixing it with the biggest and best of em. The Moog LOVES TV… she watches everything and we’re a bit worried that she may turn into a bit of a ‘Cable Guy’ so we try to limit her TV to a couple of hours a day.
Introducing Bruno:
Bruno (AKA:The Doog) is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and a total opposite to The Moog as far as obedience is concerned. The Doog is very loving(sometimes a little too much!) and looks the part what with being a Staff and having the muscles and stuff that goes with it but he’s defo a lap-dog and loves nothing more than to curl up on yer knee however whilst he is a bit of a softy I still wouldn’t like to meet the sharp end!
Introducing Penny:
Penny (AKA:The Ming,The Wenster) is a cat… what kind of cat we have no idea but that’s part of her charm and what makes her one of a kind. The Wenster is like a millions year old (13 ish) and has two teeth but still thinks she is and even looks like a kitten. She spends much time sleeping and loves sun-bathing. Now, even though Ming is an old lady she defo rules the roost… Moog loves her to bits but still keeps her distance and Doog is defo scared of her! Penny has been through the wars too… she’s has a few operations over the last few years, one a major one and she’s still a-tickin so we reckon she’s a cat-oid or some form or cat-robot mutant or just simply bionic.
Cute Note… The Moog, The Doog and The Wenster can often be found ALL curled up together in a single basket… and Moog and Wenster are often caught cleaning eachother and sharing a little love. Maybe all pets are like this and this is the stuff us humans aren’t supposed to see?
Introducing Billy:
Billy(AKA:Billy-No-Mates) is a goldfish. Billy lives alone as whatever we do to provide him friends they always see to die in mysterious circumstances. A freak filter accident, a poisoning, burried upto their gills in gravel… i think you see a pattern here. We have done water changes, chemical tests and tried everything but…. strangely… Billys friends always seem to meet with sticky ends! BILLY DOESN’T LIKE PHOTOS BUT WE WILL TRY AND CATCH HIM OFF-GUARD SOON!
C+S 
July 30th, 2006
Hi,
Wedding Photos… well… we have nearly got all the wedding photos in from friends and family and just need to get the throw-aways developed and then we’ll start the MAMMOTH task of sorting through them all in good old iPhoto and making up our albums.
We are thinking of an official one, a personal one and an out-takes one for a laugh and once we’ve done em all we’ll upload each to the Blog
There are also some real nice photos of you guys too so we’ll dig them out too so you can take a copy of any you like.
Currently we have collected approx 1200 from the wedding which is likely to rise to more like 1800 and we have approx 2200 from the honeymoon… so.. BIG THANKS to everyone for taking photos and for saving us a packet on hiring a photographer who couldn’t have caught anywhere near as good photos or been there all day with us to see it all unfold.
Simon even snapped a few short videos of the vows which are very cool and incidentally are downloadable as screensavers and ringtones for your mobile phones at just £2.50 plus your usual network rate 
C+S
July 30th, 2006
Hi Guys,
Thanks to the magic once again cast by Tony… “Clive-O Rides Again”.
Not as terminal as at first thought although old Clive had us worried for a little while but now he’s all fixed up and running schweet once again.
Explanation for those familiar with engines… the fault was a single hydraulic cam-follower.
Explanation for those who don’t care for engines… a bit that kinda connects one of the roundy-round things to the uppy-downy things fell poorly and needed Doc-Tony to put a new one in so that the roundy-round things and the uppy-down things liked eachother once again.
We bought genuine Volkswagen bits too which cost a few pounds more but then you know the last lot went for 17 years so the little extra is a good investment and Clive is worth it.
So, he’s purring once again and we’re planning our next trips away already… wish he had been good for Trowbridge but we enjoyed the spot we had for our tent just as much
Trowbridge Festival Update….
We havent really posted much on Trowbridge as we’ve been a little busy since so… here is a small write-up…
We arrived late Friday and even though we had passes from the gov’ner we couldn’t get in as the screws had locked the place down like a lockedy down thing and wouldn’t let us pass, so, with a little help from our friends H+S we snook in the ‘back-door’ (oo-er missus… Frankie Howard moment… lets remember. . . . . . ok) and pitched our tent in the space between a stall a van and H+S tent (very kind of them to give up their view of Stage1).
A few ciders and JDs flowed and we got to meet some nice folk, listen to some music and then crash …zzzZZZ *<|-)
Saturday we were up early-ish and went for a wander and really just spent the day drinking cider and sitting around on the grass, taking in the stuff on the stalls... by about 11pm we had been drinking all day (sensibly of course... LOL) and we retired to listed to Stage1 and get some sleep as we were stll suffering from the honeymoon the week earlier.
Strangely we slept like logs... got up about 8am for brekkie in the brekkie field then back to bed for more snoozes then up for a bit of shopping before travelling home.
The trip really did us both a world of good and weirdly (what with the cider and constant noise) we caught up on tons of sleep and came home refreshed... very odd.
So, Trowbridge... in summary it's a very cool, chilled place to be and we would recommend a trip there although whether we would stay on the camping field or not is another question. If you do go.. as with anythin like this TAKE TOILET ROLL and a peg for your nose as you WILL need them, but then that's half the fun ?:-/
Thanks to H+S for the invite and for introducing us to some cool folk.. we enjoyed it totally and will defo come along again!
Thats all.... oh... original Trowbridge post is here and photos from Trowbridge are here.
C+S
July 30th, 2006
David.. AKA:The Wedding Singer is like 100 today or something… so…. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!!! Have a top day and enjoy the night out (drinking too…. there’s a scary thought)…. sorry we can’t be up there for it but we will see you soon and buy you a birthday doughnut or summat… C+S
July 24th, 2006
Helloooo…..
This weekend we’re at Trowbridge Festival which is near Bath… well actually we’re still in the car on the way there.
We should have been there early this morning but as you may have read poor Clive aint too well and we have to tuck him in on the drive and make some small adjustments to the trip(ie: now in a car and a tent) and get back on the road which puts us a little late.
Trowbridge is a small festival(3 stages) and has a folky kind of feel and musicians this year include the likes of Suzanne Vega and last year Sir Bob headlined(we missed that one… humm).
Anyhow… we will be in a tent in a field and the festival is sponsored by a brewery and there is beer and cider a-plenty.
All kinds of scrumpy and ciders will be drunk this weekend and of course we have bought a box of water too as it’s kinda hot out there!
We’ll drop a post over the weekend and maybe drop some photos into the blog too show you what we’re up to and stuff… oh and show you the smallest tent in the world… hmmm…. we miss Clive already… and no fridge for icy ones either… life without Clive sucks!
So… have fun and Happy Birthday to Phil who is like 102 or summat over the weekend!
Catcha later…
C+S
************** UPDATE ***************
Nearly there… now dark and soooo glad we have a pop-up tent….. take out of bag… throw in air…. tent lands…. crash …zzzZZZ
Steven kinda had a cider accident on the way and flooded the car with Strongbow but the car at least smells nice now
*********** UPDATE ENDS *************
We’ve uploaded some photos here and an update here
July 21st, 2006
Hi Guys,
Well… sad news today… Clive-O has a cold… well… kinda bad flu really… looks like he used his last ounce of steam to get us safely home from our Scotland trip(HE’S OUR HERO!)… looks like the TLC we promised him when we got home is gonna have to dished BIG TIME!
It’s sounding like a possible engine out and a rebuild… spoke to the Pit-Crew earlier AKA:Tony …and we’re gonna formulate a plan which probaby involves a trolly-jack and some serious spanners… so we’ll keep you posted and let you know when he’s all fixed up and ready for his next adventure.
Sorry you can’t be with us at Trowbrifge Festival this weekend Clive-O mate but we will defo sink a few ciders for you and be thinkin bout you.
C+S
July 21st, 2006
Hmmm….. ok….. today is our first day home from our honeymoon and Scotland roadtrip and hmmmm… need say no more 
The dogs(Megan and Bruno) are of course VERY happy to see us and we called over to Cat’s mums earlier to collect Penny the cat who is hmmm well she’s a cat so doesn’t give much away but Megan is pleased to see here too.
We unpacked Clive today which was a MAMMOTH task in the baking heat…. oh… a note on the “heatwave”… as usual, a few odd days of sun or wind or snow or rain and the country stops, proclaims that this is the hottest, coldest, windiest, snowiest… day/week in the history of the universe… and so on… hmmm… maybe we should look a little further afield and check-out some REAL scary weather and realise just how lucky we really are… ok… personal rant over 
As you can probably tell we’re on a bit of a downer atm what with being back home… although, it was nice to sleep in a proper bed and we do like our home so it’s defo not all bad and of course we’re wifey and hubby too to that’s always gonna be top
Clive-O is all clean and tidy now too and the boxes and bags are refilled and he’s all ready to Rock and Roll again as soon as we can take some more time out which will be soon given half a chance.
Oh… still not been shopping so still living off all the stuff out of Clive and the cupboards… although… the cupboards are still quite well stocked as is the bunker in the dining room from when Cat went panic-shopping following the Bird-Flu warnings some months ago.
We also started to pull all the photos together today from the Wedding Weekend and the Honeymoon and so far we have about 800 from the wedding and about 2200 from the honeymoon… anyone with photos from the wedding that needs help getting them onto CD/DVD give us a shout and we’ll sort it. We estimate by the time all the photos come in from friends we should have ablut 2000 from the wedding too so we reckon we should be able to make a half-decent album from that
We’ll be back again soon when we find some inspiration and we’re considering a photo gallery for wedding and honeymoon out-takes so let us know what you think as you guys will be in there if we kick it off!
All for now… Mr+Mrs C @home
July 18th, 2006
Hi Guys…. Drink… Blurrrrr… Fall Over… That’s about it for tonight but there are some photos here and we’ll write more when we can… top, top and very crazy day… love to see the CCTV of us arriving back into the reception at the hotel
July 17th, 2006
Helloooo,thought you’d all enjoy an update….we’re still out in Edinburgh at some bar on Rose St a few Strongbows n JD’s under our belts n lovin it,Edinburgh rocks,Cat is lookin stunnin today!Were defo goin out in style… been out since this aft…prolly roll in sometime early n then in the mornin.. home to Moog and Doog Were defo gonna pop in and see/heckle David and Duncan later
July 16th, 2006
Hi guys,
Just a quickie, we know you like to be kept updated so… as we’ve only just got up and were almost ready to go out… think were gonna go to the pub … we’ve not got a problem honest, well maybe we do, a problem with mornings that is and problems getting enough beers in before closing time and of course that the Scotland trip is coming to an end so what better way to finish off the trip but with a few drinks in this top city!!
Ok guys hope you’ve all not been working too hard whilst we’ve been away and we’ll try to get a few more posts and pics in before we get back and we’ll see you all very soon.
We can hear the pub calling so we’ll catch you all very soon… oh breakfast was very nice btw, huge in fact not mean with their portion sizes here, thought at one point Steven was gonna throw… he didn’t though, very impressive :/ if you like that kind of thing.
Bye for now all,
Mr and Mrs C
July 16th, 2006
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