Tone's Birthday

So 34 seems like a big age start of the mid 30's but hey what did we do the same as we always did Got pissed, a fab night out was had by all even those we managed to collect along the way (I blame Charlie for this)
It started in the Nags Head where we was joined after a short while by Barney then off to dinner for 3, Barney, Nikki and myself, ok we we might have had a few drinks before dinner Pizza Express near Covent Garden it was after trying to get in for a Mexican and finding out that is sure they could serve us in like 1.5 hours (to much drinking time wasted there me thinks). Food was well Pizza Express I.e. good food ok price not bad services in an ok place.
Then back to the nags head to collect Charlie and meet up with Susanne and her friends she had met in Japan. the vodka was flowing so was the banter, Barney was smoking girly cigs again (yes i am sure he is not gay!) about 10:40 we left the pub with Barney saying i know where we are going heading for the Borderline Club for the Saturday night Christmas club session. we found the club more by luck than judgement i suspect. Christmas Club is a bargain to get into for a London club and is one of the oldest indie nights in the UK apparently dating back 17 years now
The music was excellent mix of old and new rock/indie. all was going so well until Barney suggested shots (see told you he is not gay) and well it kinda went down hill from then on see the picture pages for evidence
Both Nikki and Barney were a tad (actually totally and completely) pissed by the time we left at 3am Nikki was very concerned that Barney wouldn't get home ok on his own (I am glad to report that he did) . A good night was had by all even michelle and err some guy she was with who seemed to join us in the Christmas club (I still blame Charlie)
of course there was many funny stories from this night that i not possibly repeat on such an open site but Barney is defo not gay ok

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Child Free Week

During the summer holidays Dad & Sheila kindly offered to take Kayla up to Cheadle Hulme with them for a week, so for the first time since my impromptu trip over in September last year Tone and I had a week of just adult time and took advantage rightly so
After having a nice night in on the Monday together, Tuesday saw us heading into London to meet Charlie & Barney in Leicester Square for a drink before heading to a recommended Indian. We had been given directions how to get there from Piccadilly Circus and was leaving it up to Barney’s “capable” hands to direct us there. So off we headed to Piccadilly Circus to follow the direction and on the way there we walked past a street full of Indian restaurants and sure enough following the directions from the start point and ended up back at that exact same street. It was the best curry I’ve had over here and a great night lots of laughter & drinks!Wednesday night we met up with one of Tone’s work colleagues Mike & his girlfriend Anne and they introduced us to a really good Noodle Bar in Reading. We then ended up in the Rising Sun (an old rockers pub) one of Tone’s old haunts from his earlier days in Reading. We headed back to Mike & Anne’s who have Guitar Hero for PS2 (which Tony has been lusting after since we saw it in a games shop) and let Tony have a turn. They have said that they have never seen anyone fail the tutorials before but I cant talk I didn’t even have a try after seeing both Mike & Anne kick arse on it – we still want one for home though! After work on Thursday I met Tony at Henley-on-Thames as we decided to go out for another meal though just the two of us, this was interrupted for a little while as we were cornered by a drunk local who wanted to talk all night about Saduko (an unexpected drunk conversation admittedly)Mike’s brother Pete has a band Pete & The Pirates who were playing a gig in a converted warehouse in Reading on the Friday, so Tone, Charlie and I went along. The entertainment was superb and we came away with 2 cd’s one of Pete & The Pirates and another of Ben Marwood who played first and was fantastic also.A great end to a fantastic week! Waiting with anticipation for the next summer holidays

 

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