The PBC Launch Party. Not a jolly. Oh no.

Chris writes:
Thought that you might be interested in our latest adventure which saw us at the Clyst Hyddon rave last weekend (8th July - bit late, sorry: Ed). We knew that it was going to be good when, on the Friday morning, XTCold refused to start and shouting made no difference. One frantic lunchtime later and still no luck so it was on to plan B which involved getting lost in Dorset and arriving late on the Friday night in Devon. We camped next to Gower Power, who appear to know something about carburettors on SJ's, so providing we can do something about our map reading skills we may yet make it to the Gambia. We decided to calm our battered nerves with a visit to the local hostelry where a scary woman refused to feed us so it was back to the campsite with a take away for some camp songs. Unfortunately Russ only knows 'row row row your boat'……..….

Saturday saw Alex 'power skate boarding' until he fell off (one skateboard, 2.5litres of diesel power). So battered and bruised we took him for a full english breakfast at the lively seaside resort of Sidmouth. Sidmouth is for the young in heart. Where other towns have cycle lanes, Sidmouth needs them for zimmer frames. Still we weren't daunted it was off with the shoes and in to the sea for a paddle.

By the time we got back to the campsite things were really starting to heat up. Fortunately the weather was getting cooler so it kept us in balance. After a few beers Russ retired to his tent for a snooze, for the rest of the afternoon snatches of row row row could be heard coming from his tent. During the afternoon we made a number of friends from group 3. Then it was on to the evening entertainment, two excellent bands and several beers later we called it a night. Of course we didn't sleep, the rain and the cows saw to that.

A new coil and XTCold is like new, well we're getting a spark.

Till next time
Chris, Jo, Russ and Alex