i just told my friend from LA that you´d visited compton.....his reaction...why the hell did they go there???!! it sounds a little rough to say the least! say hello to Blighty for me, and please please please take advantage of being able to get good beer, i know you will and you´d better be coming up to whitefriars at christmas! it´s been great reading about your adventures, claire xxxx
face nice trip man. the pictures were m favourtie bit. shame there was no sign of snoop or dre but hey. man it's gonna be proper bo to have a pint in whitefriars sometime over chritmas. yeah ale.
badger patrol good effort on the surfing and such chief. the idea of visiting song names is indeed a good one. keep up the good work and i'll email you soon. check out the latest blog for our news.
yeah
you lyrical gangsters you its Kerouac
get back to engaland before you loose your ability to spell completely and develop and unhealthy desire to eat hamburgers for breakfast and a desire to bomb foreign lands.
only kidding... glad the surf is wearing you oot x
AH BOO So many evocative memories you counjure up in my head of my fathers homeland... and the entry from you John about Mt St Helens... Quite a sight. Really the rugged backbone of the States.
and the sizes... forget the quantity of McDonalds - you realise you are near to the homeland of the big chip? Howay man, I hear you protest faintly... oh yes. I feel a spot of vegetable tourrettes coming on...
looking forward to seeing you both guys. say hello to cali for me. x jonty
Good on yer mate So says the tag line of the best selling beer in New Zealand. And tis true, great to see the two of you discovering the clearly in need of discovering by a floppy haired brit (we're heavens breed according to tests) and a understandably triumphant italian (mute but warm congrats ces). Anyway i'll have to email you buggers to get up to date. Ces i havent been in touch with you forever (boo). but now i will (yay). John - word (as usual). Oh and you better find snoop and dre or i'll cry.
Factoid Chap,
A little known fact which may aid your volcanic shenanigans -
"...tweed is, in fact, impervious to fire as well as volcanic ash, flaming boulders and pyroclastic clouds, as I discovered on my recent caper to Mount Etna. However, all of my sherpas and man-servants perished. I am now forced to make tea myself, which is most disagreeable. Despite the expense, I shall now endeavour to clothe all of my man-servants in the finest tweed."
(as quoted from Col. Tarquin Chuff-Barley's (Retired) splendid book: 'Travels in Johnny Foreigner's Land - Ripping Yarns of Tweed Based adventures in A World Gone Mad')
Yours,
Topper
ancora io Caminante
Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino, y nada más;
caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.
Al andar se hace camino,
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de pisar.
Caminante, no hay camino,
sino estelas en la mar.
Urban Handclaps, State Side YEEEEEEAH! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (accompanied by gentlemanly hip hop hand gestures)
How's my little Johnniepops then eh hmmmmm eh hmmmmmm he hmmmm goochy gooochy goooochy goooo? (accompanied by me tickling you under your chin like your some kind of cat)
Glad you boys have made it over there ok and sounds like your having an amazing time, particularly with crazy people who like continuous exercise and stuff. LOVED the customs official who asked how long you chaps were together HA HA HA HAAAAAAA!
Speaking of CHAPS dear boy, I've just got to tell you about the 'Chap Olympics' (as in the infamous journal 'Chap') which took place yesterday. Check out www.bbc.co.uk/news and look for the photos, or straight to the source at www.thechap.net/olympics.htm Particularly fabulous is the lighting of the Olympiad briar pipe ("stuffed with navy shag") and the hurling of the cucumber sandwich laden discus. Bliss.
Keep on having fun my lovelies!
Stay urban, stay fresh....
Topper
There is a faint suggestion from your entry that this trip of yours could be quite surreal... how exciting though! Cesco - thanks to your lovely Italian football kicking bretheren, I won £60!
If you should hear any ghost stories....
xx
Two men, one called Cesco from Roma and one called John from Coventry (not quite as glamorous but hey) set out to discover America. Although this had already been done by some chap called Columbus and had been subseqently settled by several million other people, they thought it would be a good idea just check it was still there and find out what its like. This is the story of the adventure from Canada (hense the moose in case you're wondering) to California, complete with pictures and writing (provided they can handle the complexities of digital cameras). ... full info
claireandmarc
over the hills & far away
i just told my friend from LA that you´d visited compton.....his reaction...why the hell did they go there???!! it sounds a little rough to say the least! say hello to Blighty for me, and please please please take advantage of being able to get good beer, i know you will and you´d better be coming up to whitefriars at christmas! it´s been great reading about your adventures, claire xxxx