Monday, January 15, 2007

Gin Martini, shaken not spilled

Friday afternoon found me on a train with a selection of attractive girls enjoying Lidl Pina Colada mix, and generally brightening the place up. I was on my way to Chris Eastabrook's 21st birthday party at the The Jam House in Birmingham. Dave enjoys a damn fine Gin Martini (Pic; my phone)

The Jam House is a club/bar owened by Jules Holland, so the live music from the house band was excellent, as was the quality of the Gin Martinis, but at £6 a go, you would hope so!
The next morning (afternoon) after a hearty breakfast Dave Fairweather, Chris and myself set off for North Wales, in search of kayak based excitement. Having stolen some boats from someone's back garden (cheers Sarah!) there was just time for it to get dark before a quick run down Fisherman's gorge on the Ogwen. The only obvious cure for our still raging hangovers was a trip to the union for more drinking.Andy on the last drop of the Cwm Llan. (Pic; Dave)

Sunday dawned far too early, and for some reason, the Cwm Llan seemed appealing. It is a tribute to the quality of the run that it is worth walking 2km up the side of Snowdon to get to. Mad Andy joined us, and we "laid down some fresh new school slopestylin'(TM)"Hammer... ...and head grab. Fresh (Pics; Chris Eastabrook)
Big thanks to Chris and all the people that made Jam so much fun, Helen for preparing such a hearty breakfast for us all, and Sarah for the loan of some spare creek boats!

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