Blog 17th of June
Delayed updates as strange and bizarre adventures................
Start at the start I guess. Packing of the car ready to leave was a huge challenge and Nik was not amused. Pack, re-pack and the nightmare continued. The debate on how to maximise the space was heated and as you know we have a Limo so there is plenty of space, or was till we filled it up. Our good friends Dave and Kirstan were coming down in convoy and bringing Mum but arrived to enjoy the last minute stress.
We finally got away at 12 ish with an unexpected return of Az to wave us off. In convoy the Boyntons and Team Newlywed hit the road, southbound to Weymouth. We had a quick stop off at the Boyntons lovely Art Deco style hotel on the hilltop overlooking Weymouth beach. The Reveria looked a great place to stay. In character we changed clothes into our Newlywed gear. Nik in Tux and me in dress complete with veil and bouquet. Craig was supposed to bring his suite but forgot so as Team Newlywed chauffeur he had to borrow my Dads. Priceless!!!!! Tan and 2 sizes too big with his straw hat he morphed into Manuell our mexican driver for our tour of Europe, he slipped into character too well. We hit Morrisons in character to stock up the cocktail bar in the back of Olly. We did get some odd looks.
The big send off started from 6.00 at Weymouth football club. We arrived to find most of the vehicles were already there and the starting grid was marked up with team positions. We are Team 27, the date we married. On arrival we drove the circle of the car park and Olly got to make her big entrance. It was finally great to meet the teams and check out everyone's vehicle of choice and modifications to make the journey comfortable and some extra's added just for comedy value. Team Mobster had their mob outfits on, think Bugsy Malone! Team Lotus took on the full James Bond in their Tux's with bow ties undone, very suave. Sleeping quarters were interesting! The guys with the Ambulance had done a great job of cleaning out the blood, guts and smell of antiseptic. Nice kitchen area where a stretcher would normally be. We were all surprised to see how The Morris minor would cope on the long drives and more importantly how they had squashed all their gear in such a small space. Especially as we had trouble with all the space we had!!!!!!
After photo's, recordings for the local hospital radio and more photos it was nearly time for the off. We were very lucky to have had some great support to wave us off from both Dave and Kirstan who also enabled my Mum to come along too. My brother, Barney joined us to see the result of all his hard labour take to the highways. It was a photo opportunity he just couldn't refuse! Friends from work Caroline, Mel and Helen also made the journey and Nik made them a special cocktail from bar Olly. Complete with Glitter ball spinning and LED lighting, saving the horn until the off. The atmosphere was electric with all teams pumped and ready to go. In disbelief though that we were all at this point and almost on our way but to where..............
Caroline, Helen and Mel came down all the way from Banbury to wave us off
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