Good morning Blogpoppets and Simon with the sexy Larry voice!!!



Happy 50th birthday to your wife #1 and thanks for my mensh last night, Simon... I wasn't going to choose any songs today, but couldn't resist a couple!



FIRE AND RAIN ~ James Taylor



SING ~ Travis



LET'S STICK TOGETHER ~ Bryan Ferry (to start a camp fire)

Good morning sun-kissed Simon, team and warming up nicely poppets,



There is something seriously amiss with the blog. There are two blogs of this name and lots of error pages, that's if you can get a page to load at all.



Anway, I am here now and as Flo has managed to leave a comment on this one, I'll do the same.



Some tunage ..



WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON ME - TRAVIS



BLOWING IN THE WIND - BOB DYLAN



STORMY WEATHER - LOUIS ARMSTRONG



FIRE AND RAIN - JAMES TAYLOR



JESUS IN A CAMPER VAN - ROBBIE WILLIAMS



OUTSIDE - GEORGE MICHAEL



Lets hope the sunshine lasts.

Jx

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Happy Birthday to Mrs Mayo!



Bit confused as there seem to be two versions of today's blog - hope I'm posting in the right one



How about:



CARAVAN by Rush



CARAVAN by Barbara Dickson



CARAVAN by Van Morrison



OUT IN THE FIELDS by Gary Moore



POLES APART by Pink Floyd



and from the sublime to the other thing



IN THE COUNTRY by Cliff Richard



~X~

Has anyone else got 2 blogs???



HOLD THE LINE - TOTO



THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES - BOBBY VEE

What's happening? It looks like there is a double-blog today!

Good morning everyone!



#oldiestheme

FIELDS OF FIRE (400 MILES) - BIG COUNTRY



That's me done for now.



Off to the coffee machine...



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cBzz

Oh oh oh.. forgot to suggest...



CARAVAN OF LOVE - THE HOUSEMARTINS or THE ISLEY BROS



And Happy Birthday to Wife #1, Simon :)

Good morning, once again, everyone.



I do like a theme that leaves room for a little mischief:



JOHN, I'M ONLY DANCING by DAVID BOWIE ;0)

Are we sticking with this blog and not the other one ^^^^^ up there?

Morning all,



Ah, my first mensh for ages. Cracking tune it is too, even tho' I opted for the Communards version (shhhhh).



Not much is springing to mind but for now I'll plump for



Wide Open Space - Mansun



Enjoy your travels B&B. If I read back I would probably find out but time is money and all that but why for art thou' in the East?



Maybes laters



A.

Morning (still) lovely people & drivetime team who I now feel I can say hello to



Blog seems a little poorly this morning, or am I seeing double?



Still giggling at sexy Larry.







Caravan of Love – The HouseMartins



Cold Water – Damien Rice



Rain – Nick Drake



And All The Stars – The Comsat Angels



Wash in the Rain – The Bees



Into the Fire – Bruce Springsteen



And It Rained All Night – Thom Yorke



Bittersweet Bundle of Misery – Graham Coxon



Shine Like Stars – Primal Scream



Dreams By The Sea – John Martyn



Warmer Climate – Snow Patrol



Stormy Weather – Pixies

WONDERFUL LAND - THE SHADOWS

Double Blog is so confusing!

Anyway I'm on this one with:



GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY - Bow Wow Wow



FIVE GET OVEREXCITED - The Housemartins



FIREFLIES - Owl City



or indeed UMBRELLA BEACH by Owl City

Copied from the other blog!



3.

At 10:15 12th Jul 2012, You wrote:



Good Morning All Again



I’ve had problems too – “The Server at www.bbc.co.uk is taking too long to respond”



Are there 2 blogs?



Song Suggestions –



BLANKET ON THE GROUND - Billie Joe Spears



GOING UP THE COUNTRY – Canned Heat



SONG FOR GUY – Sir Elton



THE HAPPY WANDERER – Obernkirchen Childrens Choir

SUMMER RAIN ~ Belinda Carlisle



RAINBOW ~ Marmalade



BRAVE ~ Leona Lewis

BEND ME SHAPE ME - AMEN CORNER



WITHA SWAG ALL ON MY SHOULDER - THE SEEKERS

Also copied -



5.

At 10:20 12th Jul 2012, You wrote:



IN THE COUNTRY – Sir Cliff



OUT OF TOWN – Max Bygraves



WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT – John Lennon



HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT – Gladys & Her Pips



JESUS IN A CAMPER VAN – Robbie



GIMME SHELTER - Stones



CARAVAN - Barbara Dixon



CARAVAN - Van The Man



CARAVAN OF LOVE - HouseMartins

Quote from the sheriff in 'Smokey & the Bandit 3':

"I'm as confused as a baby raccoon"



I've never really understood what that meant, until now ;)



More coffee might help...



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cBzz

Caught up with you all!



HALLO MUDDAH HALLO FADDAH - Allan Sherman



SLEEPING BAG - ZZ Top



AIN'T GONNA WASH FOR A WEEK - Brook Brothers



TOSSING AND TURNING - Ivy League

Off to a meeting



Catch you later



Shona x

DOWN CAME THE RAIN - Mitch Marray

Is this blog battle like VHS V Betamax? I hope we're VHS.



Another quick campfire suggestion:



GUITAR MAN - Elvis

(not wanting to repeat myself or anything BUT)



Morning all !!! (many happy returns to Lady Ammo)



Just back from cherubs head-teachers retirement assembly, they made her a memory box which included 'a spot from a dalmation puppy' from the world book day when all the teachers dressed up as dalmation puppies and she the head teacher as Cruela Devil. It was quite a sight to be seen. Lovely voices from all the children this morning and many tears.



Up to my eyes in 80's music at the mo as my friend has asked me to help her create a playlist for her 40th party. Bearing this in mind, can I suggest...

RAIN OR SHINE - 5 STAR for the camping tunes. (Ive just drove 50 miles, I dont care what the weather is like, im putting up this tent!)



Ahhh time for pop master :-)



~gill~

@ Jilly - From the other blog! Thanks!

OH GOD I WISH I WAS HOME TONIGHT - Rod Stewart

OH my......



Please PLEASE can I second



DOWN CAME THE RAIN - MR MURRAY



It absoultly HAS to be played ! Had been one of my favorate songs for many year despite having only herd it on the radio ONCE many moons ago.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD3PeYji9Ew



Well done Billie for remembering it :-)

~gill~

Thanks Gill! I actually typoed MARRAY! Ha!





IN THESE SHOES? - Kirsty

Ticks - Brad Paisley







Keep it Country!

#8 We do enjoy a little mischief!

Thanks for that Simon. I can now cancel the emergency eye test I booked when a yellow ball appeared in a blue sky this morning. Although not camping this weekend I'm off to the English Lakes this weekend and have started hunting out sun hats and sun block as well as waterproofs.



Camping tunes.



WILD WORLD - CAT STEVENS



MOON ON THE RAIN - FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION



NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN - FLEETWOOD MAC



OUT IN THE FIELDS - GARY MOORE & PHIL LYNOTT



MUDDY WATER BLUES - MUDDY WATERS



Being a bit more tongue in cheek



CRAZY - GNARLS BARCLAY



SAVE ME - QUEEN



IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT - REM



THE FLOOD - TAKE THAT



Now off to add another layer of wax onto walking boots (not that I'm expecting this weather not to last)

There seems to be a new duplicate blog.

#26, Having never heard of Mr Murray, Gill I checked out your link and very nearly jumped out mi skin ;-)



Please Mr Mayo, it's a must for today's theme.



Laters



A.

#10 Alice – me too, don’t tell anyone



Katy – have a good break, come back soon!



BBB – Safe journey to Singapore





Cover From The Sky – Deacon Blue



Through a Long & Sleepless Night – The Divine Comedy



There is a John Denver & The Muppets song about camping but I don’t think it was released except on DVD ...

Simon,



Ah camping - I remember the days - some fondly; others not so!

James related requests for today;



I Wanna Go Home



Come Home - Radio 2 might even have that one - go on - play it, please :-)



Waterfall



Nic

#33 Amelia, secret is safe wi' me, hehehe.



Ummm...



Let's go outside - George Michael.



Maybes not, lol.



A.

Just found this alternative blog!



IF IT WISNAE FUR YER WELLIES - BILLY CONNOLLY

As I'm not keen on camping it's got to be



LEAVING ON A JET PLANE - PETER PAUL & MARY



or



GET HERE - OLETA ADAMS

(it does mention a caravan honest and there's little rain in a desert

"You can reach me by caravan|Cross the desert like an Arab man" etc )



And to end on a different note Happy Birthday Mrs Mayo.

On another note, in Simon's Blog, didn't he mention he was on holiday after the weekend, but no mention of who's going to be sitting in his seat?

#38 its patrick kielty



hi all ive got 2 blogs today so i post on both



CARAVAN OF LOVE-HOUSEMARTINS



GOING CAMPING-JOHN DENVER

Sorry just answered my own question Patrick Kielty

Hello All,



A very happy 50th birthday to Mrs Mayo, I hope all the Mayo family have a great time celebrating, maybe Simon could do his "sexy Larry voice" as a special treat ;-)



I'm still suffering with my "summer" cold, it actually does look like summer outside today! Warm sunshine aplenty, or maybe that's just my fevered mind....



Oldie suggestions...



FOUR SEASONS IN ONE DAY - CROWDED HOUSE



GENTLE ON MY MIND - DEAN MARTIN



TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS - JOHN DENVER or...



ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - JOHN DENVER



ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO - LOBO

Sharon - Patrick Kielty according to the schedule pages

Thanks uncle gazza, shazza signing off for today.

Morning All,



Happy Birthday to Mrs Mayo



Hoffs, Katy, and Chickster, hope you have enjoyable breaks

B & B, good journey and safe travels



Camping = camp beds........



'Pump It Up' Elvis Costello

'Move Over Darling' Doris Day or Tracy Ullman

'Thorn In My Side' Eurythmics



Have a good day everybody

Well that's confuzzling - two blogs!



I hope everyone is well. It seems it's going to be quiet around here for a few days. I'm heading down to Gatwick later today to fly off tomorrow. My plucked and waxed (though not ironed!) body has now been spray-tanned so I'm ready to go (please let it be sunny, or I'm going to be coming back paler than when I left)!



Camping oldies:

Caravan of Love - The Housemartins

Out in the Cold - Carole King

Out of the Sinking - Paul Weller

Wishing happy holidays to Chickster and Autumn_Gale.



Our numbers are dwindling by the minute!

Morning Simon (aka Larry?) , DT Team and all Blogpoppets



Two blogs?? Does Matt of the BAIU need to have a look!



Very brief pop in lots to do and little time.



CAMPING TUNE SUGGESTIONS:



The Thin Wall-Ultravox



and for those unfriendly situations,



I'm gonna tear your Playhouse down-Paul Young.



Off to Ottery St Mary tomorrow for the weekend to see Mr B's family-Where are my wellies, or if you've seen the news reports, should this be waders??



Love & Kisses,

Mrs B x



Ooh Happy Birthdays to Mrs Mayo too

A late start for me.....



THE SMITHS 'HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW' ( and hungry,wet,cold and unwashed too)



PSL xx

ELVIS COSTELLO 'PUMP IT UP'

How very rude of me to forget to say Happy Birthday to Mrs Mayo. 50 at last! Wishing you a lovely day and much happy celebrating later.



(Nice to see you Mrs Boris)

If weather is nice for campers on holiday, they may have/like this....



BLANKET ON THE GROUND ~ Billie Jo Spears

'Life's A Gas' T Rex

Hello Everyone and, of course, Simon, The Team and the VNYM,



It's been a while but as the boss has just left to sail the seven seas, well Grimsby to Holland, I thought I'd make the most of playtime.



My justification and suggestion for a camping oldie:-



Just on the off-chance that, as they get ready for bed, the tent and all their belongings are blown away in the high winds his wife will be heard to shout DONALD WHERE'S YER TROOSERS?' 'Let the wind blow high...'



Rightio, off to catch up. Only to the beginning of this blog and not all the way back to when life started to get in the way of my e-socialising.



Laters p'taters.



xx

Well I didn't need to sit on my suitcase to get it to close, so that's a result!

Hey Toots! How are you? Long time no see!



Things seem very slow here today? Is it the shizophrenic blog? Or are all the chatterboxes on hols?



I've been trying to think of some puns in attempt to plug the gap left by the absence of the punmeisters (JBG and B&B) and all I can come up with is:



CAMP 'EM UP SOLID by RY COODER



Perhaps I should have left that one usaid? ;0)

Is that the time already? Really don't know where this morning went...



TOOOOTTTTSSSS!!!!! *waves frantically* Lovely to see you!



A good time was had last night. However... (grumpy old woman alert) the concert started half an hour later than the advertised time (why do they always do that? downright rude in my book), the floor by my seat was sticky due to someone at a previous gig spilling their drink and it not being cleared up, and when did it become acceptable to have digital cameras and mobile phones snapping away throughout? In my day (!) photography was strictly prohibited. It was quite a distraction - one girl in front of me seemed to spend the whole evening looking at her camera screen - I can't imagine she would have got much out of the event itself, although she must have some great photos to post on her FB page...



~X~

Lovely to 'see' you Harry m' Lovely, how's you? It has been a long time; life getting in the way I'm afraid. Anyhoo, all's well. Eldest boy still coming to terms with being back home after having the best time at the Scottish music festval at the weekend. Youngest boy has just texted to say he came 3rd in the 800m at an inter-schools sports day (listen out for a three worder).



I would like to add my felicitations and wish Mrs M a very happy 50th birthday. We've got an 18th and a 50th in our household this year. Very busy, happy times.



#54 - AutumnGale - thermals and waterproofs don't take up a lot of room, or are you off somewhere you'll only need bikini, t-shirts and shorts?



Grindstone backing up so must get cracking again.

I couldn't post all that I wanted to say in one go, so here's the rest:



But it was a great concert, and fantastic to hear those famous guitar riffs played live by Brian May himself! Our son was absolutely in his element! And I did a bit of celeb-spotting too - Phil Spencer from 'Relocation, Relocation' was two rows in front of us (I had to look him up when I got home, as I couldn't remember his name!). And I also spied Bob Geldof, and apparently Matt Lucas was there as well.



Hope you have a great holiday Autumn_Gale. And Madchickster too, and anyone else who's off somewhere... Sounds like we're going to be a bit thin on the ground...



~X~

#56 - *waves frantically* - DEEEBBBSSS!!! Thank you - lovely to 'see' you too. I hope none of the above spoiled your night out. I've loved Queen since I was about 13 years old - my parents bought Night at the Opera for me and that was it. Had the opportunity to see them in concert about 30 years ago and didn't take it!?!



really must attend to the grindstone.



Cheery bye for now.

#58 - Deebs, i'm hoping to be able to poop by next week so look forward to having some fun.



Really must go.



xx

#57 Toots, be good to have you around next week. There are quite a few people away.



And, while we're on the subject of next week (how long is Simon away for?), will we be thinking up a new game? Or should we resuscitate an old one?

Hello all - yellow thing in a blue sky - most disconcerting!



May I second or third or whatever DOWN CAME THE RAIN - MR MURRAY. I suggested it a few weeks back for something or another. I remember it from ages ago but had to trawl youtube for it - had no idea who sang it-................please choose it NYM/L.



Hospital wasn't wonderful yesterday - felt worse coming out than when I went in and not everything that was planned could be done for various reasons so it looks as though more prodding and poking is on the cards! Oh deep joy.



HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY MRS MAYO. Have a wonderful party/celebration and then a holiday - lovely.



JW

Oh and happy holidays to all vacationing bloggers - have happy days!



JW

Deebee,



Deevski and I went to see Paul Heaton's the 8th last night at St. Paul's Church in Birmingham. A play and a song about the 7 sins, accompanied by several of his guest/friends. Brilliant stuff. Then he and they did a "Best of" session, with anecdotes and chat in between. Hardly any cameras, nobody stood up, apart from the end to applaud. Very refreshing and civilised.

Simon Aldred (He of Cherry Ghost) was one of his guests - outstanding voice.



Nic

Hello Toots! Nice to see you back even though your nose is at the grindstone ;)



Speaking of Scottish Music festivals, there is someone screeching on the bagpipes outside the office. Heeuch!



Some funny tunes mentioned today and I hope at least one of them gets picked.



Glad you had a good time at the concert Deebee and did a bit of cleb baggin' as well. ;)

Forgot to add - sorry to hear it didn't all go to plan yesterday Jennie ;(

#63 Jenny – I’m sorry yesterday didn’t go as well as hoped, sending you my best wishes



Happy holidays Autumn_Gale hope all the plucking etc is rewarded with some sun



In theory I am on holiday in 3 weeks but if I don’t stop procrastinating soon I will still be here in October …



#56 Deebee – only sounding a little like a grumpy old woman but yes stickiness is icky.



You may as well stay at home than watch it all through a view finder. I love taking photos at gigs but only do it for a few songs at the beginning and end. I have to fight the urge to show people that their camera’s flash can be set to OFF and not auto, all the flash does is annoy everyone anyway.



My biggest moan is reserved for venues that have a complete no photos policy. If a particular artist doesn’t want photography that is fine and I would always respect them, and obviously no flash photograph is just common sense. But what makes me mad is gigs where I know the artist is happy for photos (because they have asked for them to be posted to their website) and I have taken photos of them countless times before, where you get over-zealous usherettes madly shining their torches at anyone who dares to use a camera. Rather more irritating and disturbing than flash-less photo taking.



Maybe I was spoiled when I lived in Yorkshire, lots of lovely small music venues where there were no daft rules.

The blog is behaving very strangely today.



Not only are there two of them but I had a message when I opened the page just now telling me that 'this page is best viewed with style sheets enabled on my browser'!



My sheets are not stylish enough for the Beeb? The shame of it! ;)

#61 - Harry, we have an ISO audit coming up later this month so in order to save my sanity whilst getting my way through all the, ahem, paperwork (I doubt we'll ever get to paperless office status), I'll poop by.



Shona and a heeuch to you too m' Lovely. Ask him if he'll play Highland Cathedral - guaranteed to bring a tear to the eye.



JW - I'm not sure we've been introduced before. Sorry to hear of your health issues. Hope all's well soon.



Lovely to hear everyone's gig stories. I remember getting soaked at a Midnight Oil gig in Berlin one time (didn't spoil our enjoyment). We returned the following evening to see Paul Simon and had a wonderful evening - not a spot of rain to spoil proceedings.



Back to paperwork :(

Not just you Jilly - all very blocky and my CSS's are not acceptable either

#69 Toots - we've not been introduced - hello!



Poor you, the thought of ISO audits from a previous life makes me shudder

And hello Toots, lovely to see you coming out to play, long may it last!



Harry we should definitely have a bit of a game to tide us over. Thinking caps on everybody.

Toots - I don't think we have blogged at the same time - I remember your name from when I was a 'lurker' - nice to meet you, my dear!!



JW

Hi Jilly, I knew your name was familiar, I think I mistook you for a friend of mine when you first started drooping by. Not sure how long it'll last.



Hello Amelia, lovely to meet you. You'll understand my need for headache medication this afternoon.



Oh Jennie thank you it's nice to meet you too :)



Okay back to the grindstone.



xx

Good to see that everyone has introduced themselves. It's a bit like being at a cocktail party...



;o)



When I logged in just now the 'other' today's blog had disappeared. Looks like someone has been tidying up!



I'm up for a game while our leader is away, especially if there are going to be fewer of us around, as it will help to keep things ticking over. Will have a think about what we could play.



~X~

Yes, the other blog has now gone. I did post on there earlier informing people that this one seemed to be the favoured blog but fear a few continued to use that one. Maybe the NYM/W made a note of the suggestions before it was culled :S

#75 *thinking cap on*



Off to the machine for the last coffee of the day...



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cBzz

Well, that's just great - I feel like a second-class bloggiste now. I find I've been contributing to 'the blog that never was' all day. Such is life.



All sorts of memories (before they were expurgated) of camping trips to Scotland (with good and bad weather), the Alps (with thunderstorms), the New Forest (with Robin Hood, Price of Thieves being filmed) and France (with chateaux, wine and R4 long wave, oh and perfect company).



I did suggest



WEATHER WITH YOU - CROWDED HOUSE



Wonder where that went ?

Deebee,



Idea for a game - one I play with my son - Don't say elephant - First person puts in a word, say Dog, then the next person has to put in a word starting with the last letter i.e. G, say Grass and the next with s etc - lots of words end with e, so that's why you can't say elephant, or you are out!



Nic

Afternoon All - just in time!



Oh! ParsleyCat! Have you only just found out?



Going to read back.

#78 - Blew away?

I have never heard that Steely Dan song before. I didn't quite catch the mensh but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a blogger.

I can still see both blogs - the false one has 24 posts.



Wasn't it a mess this morning? I got very confused and forgot to say "Happy Birthday" to Mrs. Mayo. Sorry, Mrs. Mayo.



@Jennie - sorry it didn't go too well yesterday.



@Toots - Hi Toots - good to see you again.



@Deebee - glad you enjoyed Queen despite the flashes and the stickiness.



#79 - Nic - I don't understand - if you said 'elephant' - wouldn't the next person have to use a word beginning with 't'?



A muggle mensh for PEG?

Greetings all - now back on terra firma and the last leg of my little journey. Last time I was in this hotel I got food poisoning and spent three days on the loo with Keith Richards and John martyn (as it were... in fact, those were the two biographies I downloaded onto a Kindle to keep me going). What an odd blog today! Is everyone on the other one pretending to be the real people on this one - blogterlopers? It's far too late to suggest any tunes obviously, but if I had I would have suggested one that reminds me of a few camping trips in the past, and revisits chat of a couple of days ago...



SEVERAL SMALL SPECIES OF SMALL FURRY ANIMALS GATHERED TOGETHER IN A CAVE AND GROOVING WITH A PICT - Pink Floyd.



Have lovely days y'll



Oh - Harry - John I'm Only Dancing.... I think Simon meant another kind of camp?:o)

Having just Slyped Swinton Insurance in Northwich, I can now here the dulcet tones of Elton and John Lennon... isn't technology amazing eh?

"Slyped"???

Lovely mensh for myself for John Lennon. LOVE his voice. Thankyou Simon.

#87 Ah - Billie - I only joined the song half way through (I have a note to excuse me though), but Lennon's voice is beautiful. I have been listening a lot in the car before I came away to the Vol One of Anthology, and the quality of the vocals - especially on the rockers, particularly Long Tall Sally (which was Paul) - was fabulous, from all of the Fabs. Lennon's voice on songs like this always makes me think of a paper cut - dunno why!



Ah... The Move. God love Roy Wood!

Another muggle mensh for The Move?



#88 Bertie - "GIRL" !

Oh Bertie! Apologies - that reads as if I'm calling you a "girl". I am of course referring to the song!

Well done on your mensh Billie, you're doing well this week!



I hope you avoid any dodgy food this time round B&B.

No mensh at all for OUT IN THE FIELDS - Deebee & PeteTheSpider ? Bechod!

LOVE THIS! Caravan of Love - tried to get it played at Christmas Time -2 years running!

#90 - tee hee Billie - no worries, I've certainly been called worse! I Love "Girl". A voice like a paper cut, but there's something so sorrowfully warm in his voice too.



I note from some of the comments of the previous few days that there are a few cycling fans amongst the bloggists? I know "my stories" get a little protracted sometimes, but I was thinking of this earlier... In 2001 I was in Chicago for the Book Expo America book fair - America's big international book fair. I had been made redundant the year before, and this was my first visit as a newly self-employed bod. It was nice to be bumping into lots of old friends, and as I wandered through the exhibition centre I saw ahead of me a guy called Stuart, who had worked for me for a few years previously before he too was made redundant.



Stuart was a nice guy and it was really nice to see him. He was chatting to some bloke when I went up and shook hands and said hello. We chatted for a couple of minutes, and then Stuart introduced me to his friend, who smiled broadly and nearly took my hand off. "Nice to meet you" I said, but in all honesty hadn't caught the guy's name. So we chatted for a few minutes, and the guy said he was going to go get a coffee and he'd be back in a few minutes... I assumed it was some colleague of Stuart. "You were very cool about that, Bertie and Baxter," said Stuart - "I thought you'd be gobsmacked, being into your sport and stuff!". "Why - who was it?" "That was Lance Armstrong" said Stuart. I was still none the wiser! Never heard of him. Stuart's company (who published "Men's Health Magazine" were doing a fitness book with him, and he was hanging out for the day with Stuart shaking hands with American booksellers in an attempt to whet their appetites...



So - my story of "how I met Lance Armstrong and didn't know who the devil he was!"



A bientot...

Congrats & Welldones to Gazza & Amelia! Wonderful Song!



#94 Bertie - funny story! But I had to ask Mr. BP who Lance Armstrong was!

....tomorrow, if you're good, I'll tell you my "I've been kissed by Sophia Loren" story!

#95 - well, quite - at the time cycling wasn't quite as big as it is now, except among cyclists, but he's pretty much one of the best known sportsmen in the world nowadays. The only Armstrongs I was familiar with were Neil Armstrong and Stretch Armstrong!

Funnily enough, the same day, via Guinness publishing and their exhibit for the G Book of Records, I met the then tallest man in the world. I am six foot four tall - this guy was a GIANT! He had hands as big as my torso and his feet were like cars!

Going to KB now - might just do some Beatles!



Supper - Mushrooms, Ham & Stilton - blogs passim !

Go on Bertie - get #100 AGAIN!