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15th to 30th
September |
Various
Henry's birthday in Abacus. Bernie and Lauren's leaving party
at The Castle on Battersea High St. |
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9th
to 11th September 2009 |
Jo and Matt's Wedding
Jo and Matt's wedding in a Tee-pee in Kent. With fiery lanterns
and wedding dancing. Katrina and Mat visit the arts and crafts
fayre at Penshurst Place ... |
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8th to 9th
September 2009 |
Stu's Birthday
Mat and Hoops sail a boat from Portsmouth to Hayling Island with the
setting sun. Stu's birthday (43) comedy with
Ed Byrne. Quite funny.
Dinner in Los Iguanas afterwards |
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31st August
to 5th September 2009 |
France
Jean Walker's 'leaving Great Amwell' party in the village hall. Katrina
and Mat visit Carcassonne and around. Sites include the medieval town of
Minerve with its fantastic river cut caves... |
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20th to 21st August
2009 |
Kent
Katrina and Mat visit the sites of Kent including the Chiding Stone at
Chiddingstone, the church at Penshurst Place and some dear in Knowle
Park |
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18th August 2009 |
Ed's Stag II
Ed's Stag Deux with Jono, Gobby, Mat, Tommypenny, Ross, Stu, Ed,
Lewis, Tim and Christian with Bernie joining later. Lunch in Tom's
Diner, Chelsea followed by a short pub crawl |
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3rd to 11th August
2009 |
Summer Hols in France
Tim, Willow, Mat, Katrina, Ed, Helen, Clir, Hannah and Cheetah
head down to the Languedoc for rose, site-seeing and La Place, |
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31st July 2009 |
Hoe-Down
Yeeeee-hhhaaaaaaaaahhh. The 2009 Great Amwell Hoe Down,
bonfire and cryptic walk to Ware - what a weekend! |
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14th to 20th June 2009 |
Courchevel Yacht Club
Courchevel Yacht Club trip to Alderney and Cherbourg on
the good yacht Parallele |
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4th July
2009 |
Ware Wine Tasting
Percy again. The Ware Wine Tasting in Ware. Ware
Carnival, sunset from OXO tower. Mat's got the lurgy (again) |
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19th June 2009 |
Fred 40
Fred's 40th 'Superheros' birthday party at GJ's |
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16th June 2009 |
Royal Ascot 2009
Steve and Lisa. Fantastic lunch, lots of betting,
go and see the queen. Win 115 quid. Sian's red feet.
Boozing in a bar near the track |
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13th to
14th June 2009 |
The Treacles Wedding
Service, Wedding Breakfast, First Dance, more Dancing,
End of the night, the morning after |
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1st to 12th June
2009 |
Windmill, Fondu, Kents
Percy the Peacock. Occasional Wednesday night drinks at the
Windmill. Fantastic Fondu at Pinch and JJ's. Reserved for Ben Kents -
the pear tree and vision express merging drink up |
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20th to 28th
May 2009 |
St Martin in the Spring
Cleaning the pool at St Martin, bike ride to Castelnaudary, Abbey at St
Papoul, amazing sunset. The chateau at Arques and Rennes Le Chateau - a
con. Mirepoix, poppies and home made cherry Jam
making! |
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11th to 16th May
2009 |
DRKW, G&C BBQ
Beers with the DRKWers in Abacus. BBQ at Gobby and Clir's,
followed by a game that involved bog roll masks (??) |
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8th to 10th
May 2009 |
Treacle's Stag
Treacle's stag in Polzeath, Cornwall with Stu (BM), Tim
(BM), Scott, Tony, Ben, Steve, Jono, Simon, Simon, James, Tom, Andy
and Mat. |
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30th April 2009 |
Alex Visits
Alex comes across the pond for a visit with some of his colleagues.
Drinks in the Pitcher and Piano in Mayfair for Mr Harding....
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25th to 29th
April 2009 |
Ware, Swans, Booze
Drinks in the Saracen's Head in Ware and then supper in Sfizio's. More
boozing and dancing. The walk from Ware to Great Amwell |
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21st
to 23rd April 2009 |
Last Days of Courchevel
First lifts = no people on the slopes - fantastic.
Mat has a final four-valleys day with Dippy Dave and Hoops (to Mont
Vallon). Driving the car back. |
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16th April to 20th
April 2009 |
Telemark
Mat goes boarding with Paul, Button, Nookie, and Dan,
then teaches Von Boskel how to Telemark. Mat has a go on the
1990's 205cm pink skis. Drinks in the new place to be in
Courchevel 1850 - Le Refuge! |
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15th April
2009 |
Val & Seasonaire's Ball
Hugo, Pinch, JJ, Hoops and Mat have a day out in Val
d'Isere. Mat is presented with his first gray hair - not
happy. Meat Fondue in the Caveau then up to the Chalet de
Pierres for the end of season ball. |
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11th to 13th April
2009 |
Easter
Mat and Gobby try to teach Danny to ski. Apres beers in
Barouf (Takanaki!!!), then fondue supper in the Caveau.
Spiderman made a guest appearance! Sunbathing Easter Monday at
the Chenus. |
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10th April
2009 |
Mat's Bday Lunch
Skiing with Gobby the Geai on Meribel and then down to
1650 for lunch in the Ours, then boozing in the Bubble. Dinner
in the Cortona (Gob stormed out in a strop - he needed McHuggin...) |
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9th April
2009 |
Mat 36, Jump Last Night
Back in Courchevel for Mat's 36th birthday.
Telemarking with Chris in 1650, a few apres beers in the Jump and
then back to the Jump for its closing night with Lisa and her
friends. Gobby, Clir, Danny and Brook turned up at midnight |
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3rd April 2009 |
Tate Britain
Mat on holiday to the UK, Gobby arranges an unusual visit
to Tate Britain with some weird modern bands. Then we went to
dinner in a restaurant somewhere. |
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2nd and 4th April 2009 |
Jono and Hazel
Jono's stag party in a bar in Shoreditch - the Tyler clan
tuck into the shooters.. Jono and Hazel's wedding in the
Church of the immaculate conception in Mayfair |
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26th March
2009 |
Last 2009 Powder
Last decent powder of 2009. Hoops, Lisa, Zoe, Rob, Sian, George and Mat
off the Chanrossa and in the Creux Noir bowl. Hoops finally
regains the Pics of the day title. |
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17th to 25th
March |
Skiing
Mat and Jules do more skiing with Sian over to La Masse and Mont Vallon.
Mat gets drunk with Andy (tintin) and some old women in the Jump.
Zoe, Rob and Mat hike up and do the Equinox
face. |
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16th and 17th March 2009 |
The Govers
Mat skis with Jules and her parents, John and Jane to La Masse for
lunch. Mat and Jules ski to the Cime de Caron |
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14th March 2009 |
Very Drunk
Mat, Rich and Warren ski the saddle to try to find the last of the
powder. Rich, Chris and Mat go out for a couple of beers, Chris ruins it
by ordering shots of toffee vodka and Goldslager in the Jump, |
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12th March
2009 |
Boismint Powder
Hoops, Lisa, Sian, Chris, George, David and Mat head towards Orelle but
its shut because of the wind, a detour to the Boismint chairlift reveals
a beautiful long un-touched powder run. |
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10th and 11th
March 2009 |
Les Coches
Mat and David drive round to Les Coches to see Gobby and
his friends who are staying in a chalet there. First days skiing in
the snow in Les Arcs. |
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9th March 2009 |
1650 Powder
More powder, in 1650 this time with Hoops, Rich, Sian, David and Mat.
Rich wins 'pics of the day' much to Hoops' chagrin! |
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7th March
2009 |
Mottaret Powder
David and Mat head over to Mottaret and find some great powder near the
Bartivel. Much falling over and having to find skis... |
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5th and
6th March 2009 |
Courchevel Powder
Mat and David drive from Billericay to Courchevel in 11.5
hours in the Audi. First day and the powder is awesome. |
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28th February 2009 |
Annie's Birthday
Annie's Birthday in the Balham Bowls Club
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27th February 2009 |
Artois/Claire Drinks
Artois and Claire visit from Northern Ireland presenting
a perfect opportunity for some drinks in The Merchant |
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21st February
2009 |
G&C Supper
More Articulate at Gobby & Clir's, this time with Hugo
and Karen. Everyone tries on Danny's ski wear. Karaoke... |
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20th February
2009 |
BDD7 Reunion
Vodka shots in the rather pricey Revolution, Leadenhall
by a good turnout of ex-BDDers for a reunion. |
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7th February 2009 |
70s GJ's
Gobby and Mat YMCA karaoke. 70s Funk night in GJ's
for someone's birthday. Jen's birthday lunch in Battersea with lots
of children. |
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2nd February 2009 |
London Snow
It snowed in London - a lot. No one went to work,
everyone went to the Commons to build snow men. Then it all
melted |
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31st January 2009 |
Boozing - Alp/Johnson's
Clir, Gobby, Suz, Mat and Danny playing Articulate. Suz
shows off her breasts. Clir cooks a delicious supper. A
bit of Jungle Jam. Nudity. |
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28th December
2008 to 17th January 2009 |
BDD7
New Year, Kalico, skiing, Ronnies, Chardon Loisir and the
competition... |
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