Or should I say Boulogne-sur-Mer? MO, N and I took one of our daytrips across the water to Boulogne courtesy of P&O Ferries. This time I had to drive which I wasn't looking forward to because I have never driven my own car on the right hand side of the road (or should that be the wrong side of the road?). The other stressful bit was the possibilty of the monkeys parked on either side of us on the ferry whacking their doors into the side of our nice new Mazda. Fortunately I didn't have to worry and the car remained unscathed. An issue I have is that it is against the law to not have a GB sticker, stickers on your headlights (which we had), a warning triangle, reflective jacket and a fire extinguisher (which we didn't). And of course you can buy all of this pointless equipment at a rip off rate on the ferry.
Once we arrived in Calais we took a quick detour to one of the nearby hypermarche's... only to find the lazy French f*ck*ers were closed. Should have realised because it was a Sunday. But hold on... wait a minute... it would be still closed if it was a Monday or a Tuesday and probably every other afternoon. I am staggered Tesco's haven't tackled the French market as I reckon they would tear the local competition to pieces.
Anyway we carried on to Boulogne and parked near to the train station. A quick nose through a car boot sale (I have never understood the fascination in car boot sales) and then a stroll along the seafront. We considered visiting the aquarium centre but as the entrance fee was a bit over the top we didn't bother.
We walked back up through the centre of town and into the vielle ville (not as good as Nice however). Dinner was alfresco at a restaurant off of Gulliver's Jardin and then it was a quick walk back to the car and the return from Calais. Of course our ferry was delayed by an hour and we ended up sitting at a table adjacent to a family of 58 orthodox jews (looked like there were at least a couple of sets of triplets). The mess they left was disgusting... and the matriach looked like Terry Jones from Monty Python dressed up in drag - honestly it was a bloke!!!
Dover to home was on cruise control.
Bon nuit.
Ben Collins... (never heard of him) - is The Stig. Really who gives a shit? Also why would anyone be interested in the autobiography of someone no one has ever heard of? Plus why was BBC money wasted to fight a pointless case in the High Court?
There is no place to park in Whitby... that is the conclusion we came to when we arrived there on Saturday afternoon. Actually that isn't true - we simply had to leave the car half way up a hill just out of the town centre.
I swear our bloody sat nav has a mind of it's own... Being a lazy sod I've practically given up looking at maps and now end up relying on this irritating device stuck to the inside of the car windscreen. Anyway our latest weekend away (and last one for the school summer holidays) was up in Yorkshire between Scarborough and Whitby. The route we took involved crossing The Humber Bridge - which I have never done before (or seen) and I admit I was impressed (even though it cost £2.70 for the toll). Okay it ain't as impressive as The Golden Gate Bridge but it is a damn sight better than that concrete monstrosity that takes the M25 across The Thames.
Who the f*ck in their right mind would call a company Polly Peck?... what's all that about?? I wonder if this crook named it after his pet parrot??? Prick.
This film was very reminiscent of the classic 80's action hero films - especially Commando (the end in particular) but I felt as if it lacked something. The dialogue wasn't great, the plot was very basic and some of the acting (ie. Dolph Lundgren) was appalling. I don't like Jason Statham - basically I think he is a sh*t actor with the charisma of a barnacle and there was simply too much of Statham in The Expendables. I actually think the film would have been better if it had JCVD and Seagal starring in it instead. Schwarzenegger and Willis are in it for about 2 or 3 minutes and there is a very funny line at the end of the their scene. Mickey Rourke is very good and in fact shows the others up. I like Stallone and he is likeable in his role as Barney Ross, leader of The Expendables but at no time in the film do you ever feel the characters are in any great danger. The villains are instantly forgettable and very 2 dimensional. What a shame... I was really expecting something memorable.
Interesting to see that Thorpe Park has a roller coaster ride based on the The Saw films... surely it would have been more apt to have locked people in a room chained up having to solve fiendish puzzles... with hideous consequences if they fail! Okay maybe not...
One of our days out last week was at Duxford Aircraft Museum. The last time I went there must have been some 30+ years ago and from what I can vaguely remember about that first visit it has changed one hell of a lot!
Or should I say Boulogne-sur-Mer? MO, N and I took one of our daytrips across the water to Boulogne courtesy of P&O Ferries. This time I had to drive which I wasn't looking forward to because I have never driven my own car on the right hand side of the road (or should that be the wrong side of the road?). The other stressful bit was the possibilty of the monkeys parked on either side of us on the ferry whacking their doors into the side of our nice new Mazda. Fortunately I didn't have to worry and the car remained unscathed. An issue I have is that it is against the law to not have a GB sticker, stickers on your headlights (which we had), a warning triangle, reflective jacket and a fire extinguisher (which we didn't). And of course you can buy all of this pointless equipment at a rip off rate on the ferry.
I didn't really know much about The Four Seasons before we saw the musical Jersey Boys last Thursday but I certainly recognised all the songs. This musical is excellent. In fact I would say it is the best show we have seen over the last couple of years... far better than the mediocre Grease. Go and see it!
