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leoniedelt) wrote2007-11-03 09:55 pm
leoniedelt) wrote2007-11-03 09:55 pm
*collapse*
We went to Pype Hayes Park tonight.
We managed to park on Chester road, relatively close to the event, got in, got food before the queues became unmanageable, and got OUT and back home in 30 minutes !!
The bonfire was SO HOT that you couldn't stand at the barrier and look into it - it burned your skin. It was astonishingly hot, and the barriers much too close to it, i thought. Much closer than last year' or any year before it, and we've been regulars there for the last 7 years...
We had a blast. Pumpkin *hated* the loud music courtesy of HeartFM but enjoyed the fireworks, albeit with her ears covered. At least she quit jumping each time one popped, poor kid.
She collapsed in bed but spent almost half an hour crying, because we hadn't done every step of her bath and night time routine, and she couldn't go to sleep without it. Poor thing.
All in all a good time, but my god am i gonna be pooped tomoz. Yes.
Remember remember the fifth of November, folks.
We managed to park on Chester road, relatively close to the event, got in, got food before the queues became unmanageable, and got OUT and back home in 30 minutes !!
The bonfire was SO HOT that you couldn't stand at the barrier and look into it - it burned your skin. It was astonishingly hot, and the barriers much too close to it, i thought. Much closer than last year' or any year before it, and we've been regulars there for the last 7 years...
We had a blast. Pumpkin *hated* the loud music courtesy of HeartFM but enjoyed the fireworks, albeit with her ears covered. At least she quit jumping each time one popped, poor kid.
She collapsed in bed but spent almost half an hour crying, because we hadn't done every step of her bath and night time routine, and she couldn't go to sleep without it. Poor thing.
All in all a good time, but my god am i gonna be pooped tomoz. Yes.
Remember remember the fifth of November, folks.
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We had muchas fun, ya.
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you guys celebrate an unsuccessful terrorist attack on king james 1 in november. over here, we celebrate the theft of land and destruction of our native people's way of life. we just cover it all up with cartoonish turkeys and horns o' plenty.
hmmm...looks like we're the bigger assholes.
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pssstt... i'm a yank btw. I just live here because I married a Brit. :D
cheerio is a cereal dammit!
omg! my perving has officially converted into a quest for knowledge! i knew i should have just kept inside my little world...
(btw...my real name is traci...not sure i told you that, must be the crazy pills.)
Re: cheerio is a cereal dammit!
zomg, hee, yep, i'm a transplant, but i've adopted my new home pretty well, so well that i write like it, etc. I dont sound like it, my accent is still merkan, though i do use the proper UK slang, yes.
My writing is strange, its a sort of combo between merkan, brit, and intarwebs-speak. hee :D
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Pype Hayes is about 6 miles from the city centre, because Brum is a pretty big city by UK standards anyways. The city is very concentrated in its urban-ness, yes.
Those were lovely pics actually. As for me being a Rushie, i could be a fan maybe. Not a huge devotee, but if LJpeeps are that close to me geographically, i'll take any excuse to meet up.
Why were they here, anyways?
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Being out of the loop for weeks at a time, I missed why they chose Brum for the meet-up, but apparently it was a central locale for a bunch of UK Rushies to see him in The Golden Age together.