December 3rd: THE POST-SHOOT DINNER!

This ENTIRE DAY was a PERFECT EXAMPLE of ALL the STUFF
I GOT TO DO that NO OTHER “TOURIST” would
EVER GET TO DO in ENGLAND!!!
(Unless they PAID TONZ O’ MONEY to DO IT!!! –
And, even THEN, it wouldn’t be the SAME!)

Upon our return to the “CLUB HOUSE,” another GATHERING occurred. However, this time, the coffee was replaced with a WIDE VARIETY o’ BOOZE!

OOOH! The one exception to BOOZE: That plastic pitcher … was filled with “GREEN MILK!”: Chilled MILK STRAIGHT FROM THE COW! It was indescribably DELICIOUS!!!

Oh! This was too funny. By the end-of-day, the Brittish smokers were OUT of CIGS.
I WASN’T.So, the Brits ended up “borrowing” cigs from ME.
I smoke incredibly LONG, SKINNY cigs (“Capri”).
Hence, the silly POSTURING in these pix! LOL

“SMILER” puffing on a CAPRI! LOL.

Around 8 pm or so, the FOOD began to arrive, and all took seats at the table.

(Although its not a very flattering pic: that’s Ronnie’s wife, TRISH, in the red jumper.)

Thanx to Trish and Lynne (Roger’s wife) and Jeanne (Ivor’s Wife / Roger’s Mum),
dinner was INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS!
It consisted of LARGE quantities of peas, roasted potatoes, brussel sprouts, bread, and loads o’ BEEF!
Then, after everyone had eaten their fill, the cheese and biscuits (crackers) and fruit were brought out!

By then, however, everyone had been DRINKING for HOURS.
Consequently, rather INANE BEHAVIORS erupted!

Basically, by this time I’d been “accepted” by ALL the GUYZ.
Soooooo … I was “required” to perform
the RITUAL FLAMING DRAMBUIE SHOT drinking!

Thankfully, MARK clued me into the “secrets” of doing it without INJURY, before the shot-drinking started:
The MOMENT everyone agrees that the shot is “LIT,” you should put your lips around it, tip it back,
and drink it down WITHOUT HESITATION.
If you hesitate and WAIT, the flame heats the glass, and your LIPS GET BURNED!!!

Roger was kind enough to DEMONSTRATE prior to ME having to do it …
Allowing me to study his technique.

Then, Roger was kind enough (CONCERNED enough!) to
HOLD MY HAIR OUT OF THE WAY while I performed the ritual! LOL

Can we say, “INCREDIBLY UNATTRACTIVE?!” I THINK WE CAN!!!

MARK has QUITE THE MOUTH … doesn’t he?!!! LOL

The FIRST time Steve did a flaming shot (pix above), he BLEW OUT THE FLAME as he placed his mouth around the shot! Consequently, he was made to DO ANOTHER SHOT!!!

STUART’S TURN!

STUART CLEARLY was sucking-back a FLAMING SHOT.

APPARENTLY, however … Ronnie was worried that Stuart’s MUSTACHE had caught on fire
(yeah, RIGHT!); because he DOUSED STUART (and Steve, by proximity)
with a PITCHER OF WATER immediately after Stuart finished his shot!

EVIL, WICKED ANTHONY!!!

OOOOH! THIS MONKEY!!! This pic is cropped from the one above, wherein Stuart had been doused with water. Check out the woman who appears to be about to take off her blouse! I know absolutely NOTHING about HER or the BLOUSE BIT … HOWEVER!!! The guy OGLING her is (according to my notes) ANTHONY – a GAME-KEEPER. As it happens, earlier in the evening I had taken PIX OF ANTHONY WITH KNICKERS (Lady’s PANTIES) ON HIS HEAD!!! But, subsequent to that event, Anthony found my camera … figured out how to DELETE THOSE PIX, and DID SO!

Soon after I was “initiated” into the “CLUB,” I was asked to sing a song!
Thankfully, I remembered “JOHNNY WAS FINE” – a rather ribald “Renaissance” (Celtic) song.

For this performance, I changed the names of my “LOVERS” from Johnny & Thomas & William,
to the names of men present: ALLAN & ROGER & RONNIE.
PLUS, I designated VICTOR as “Me Father!”
It was a HIT!

DAMN! I did my BEST to get PIX of ROGER’s PERFORMANCE: A song, consisting of rather … er … GRAPHIC HAND GESTURES. Unfortunately, this and the above pic were the best that I captured.

About this time, Rachel called and “rescued” Steve and I:
Celtan was somewhat ill, and she wanted Steve to come home.
So, I joined him in the taxi (Mr. Cook’s Taxi!), and we returned home before midnight.

If you have information or suggestions for myne 2004 UK TOUR Website
– or PHOTO contributions for it! –
PLZ Email Me!
c-d-miller@neb.rr.com
That’s: c-d-miller@neb.rr.com –
those are hyphens/dashes (-) between the “c” and “d” and “miller”