Saturday 12 July

It all started in the early morning of a rainy saturday morning for me. I had to get up early to catch my train to the airport where I would meet up with Krystle (Krystle1985). Together we would fly to London. The trainride went pretty smooth and I made it in time. I met up with Krystle. It would be my first time flying with EasyJet. After some luggage issues Krystle faced, we waited for the plane to board. First EasyJet issue: the flight was delayed for about 90 minutes. After a time of being bored and just hanging around we finally boarded the plane and we were ready to start our England adventure. The flight was relaxed also. Nice and fast. We landed safely on Luton Airport. We were supposed to catch the same train to Chesterfield as Steph (Darlingwish) but due to the delay that wasn't gonna hapen so after a quick text message to Steph we were on our way to London St.

Pancras train station and from there on we took the train to Chesterfield. A trainride that lastest over 2 hours. From there on it was on.

When we finaly arrived, Krystle called our host of the meet up Wayne (Wayneollerenshaw) to let him know we had arrive. In the meantime I was franticly looking for a toilet. Drinking 1.5 liters of water in 30 minutes was not a too good idea. When we walked through the station I saw a group of 5 people coming towards the front door. I recognized Wayne and Steph and knew it was them. The meet up was ready to begin.

Of course we were pretty much the last to arrive. Also present were Audrey (Nomad-hippie) and Matthew (Matthew_1982) who I'll just call Matt for the rest of the blog and non TB member Adam.

I think it took about 5 milliseconds before everybody was talking to eachother. Exactly how I like it! I walked back to the car with Krystle, Adam and Matt. My first experience in Chesterfield was almost getting hit by a bus who seemed to slow down when I wanted to cross but decided not too. What a way to start my visit. That right there was a sign that this meet up would be anything but boring.

We ended up at the house. Kinda like our basecamp for the meet up and the first beers and Strongbows and Budweisers got broken out. We talked and laughed a lot. Got to know eachother a little bit better. I already noticed these were the kind of people I could have good fun with. I downed a few Budweisers. It surely wouldn't be the last alcohol that was flowing during the meet up.

After a while it was off to the pub. Me, Matt and Adam jumped in a cab. Wayne and the girls would follow later. The drinking continued and I was having already funny conversations with Matt and Adam. The pints flew around at an enormous rate. In the meantime the girls and Wayne arrived and I was already in a not so sober state. It was there in the first pub where we were also joined by Craig a/k/a The Snoremaster 2000. That will all be clarified later.

After some more boozing and pubcrawling it was time to go to Sheffield to continue the partying. The trainride was an adventure itself. We didn't pay for any tickets so when the ticket guy came by we had to run to the front of the train. I suppose us shouting "Code Red, Code Red" throughout the train also didn't really help us look less suspicious.

Eventually, only Matt and Adam had to pay. the rest of us got away scot free! We had a quick bite to eat at the local Burger King where I made Steph a nice Burger King brown paper bag mask that was later confiscated by Wayne. Now I almost didn't even make it to the end of the first night because when Wayne jumped on my back and I gave him a piggyback ride (because I'm nice like that, ahem) he managed to almost choke the life out of me. Thanks for that bro haha.

Eventually we ended up in a club called The Leadmill with of course more booze. Especially me and Audrey were happy to hear at least one song by The Killers. Me, Matt and Craigo continued our booze cruise there as well as the rest. I think it's safe to say that Wayne left his soberness back in Chesterfield.

But he sure is one great guy to get drunk with. I busted some moves with Audrey on the dancefloor, drank some more beer and then heard it was time to go. We searched for a cab and while the rest was getting some greasy food, me and Craigo gave away a beautiful, tear-jerking street show performing the song 'I Shot The Sheriff' by Bob Marley a capella. We rocked the spot! After that we needed to get back home. It was time for Craigo's cab-move.

Me, Matt and Craigo would go pick up Craigo's guitar first, then back to our little basecamp. When he stopped a cab, 2 girls suddenly jumped in and confiscated the cab. Not a wise thing to do when the Snoremaster 2000 is around :-) So eventually all of us jumped in the cab as Craig subtile prompted the 2 girls to 'get the fuck out' which they did.

The cabbie wasn't having all those people in his cab so Wayne went (as always) with the girls and me, Matt and Craig a/k/a Snoremaster 2000 went with the first cab.

Eventually, all of us were back at the house. One by one the group fell asleep and I was pretty much the last one left with Craigo. Now seeing how Wayne's philiosphy on the sleeping arrangment was kinda like: 'find a spot anywhere in the house and just crash there', I needed to find me a spot. I talked about pulling an all-nighter with Craig but when he said he would go to the bathroom and had not returned 10 minutes after I realized he was in deep sleep also. Now at this point Wayne was long gone too and Matt was trying to get comfortable on the floor. I decided to scout for a place myself.

That's when I found Craig laying in a 2 person bed with his clothes and sneakers still on. I just crashed right next to it. I manged to take of my shoes but that was about it. Now Craig snores...loud! But I found out that if you shout at him he'll be qiuet for moment. So the next day I crowned Craig the one and only Snoremaster 2000! Yeah Craig, those were magical moments for sure! A perfect ending to the first day.