Newquay
Thats right, the yearly HST grice. Due to definite bent sets, Newquay instead of Pembroke Dock. Me, Ascot, Gizzy, Liam, Conner, Nat the Ned, LRT, Paul1609 and Jon G all bashed Newquay today. The set was TYPO EDITIED: unrefurbished, although had 2 MTU power cars.
First on was Gizzy with her Mac, followed at New St by Ascot with his little PDA thing with sat nav. I joined at Cheltenham Spa, one table for around 9 of us. I love 165’s (Sam) joined at Bristol Parkway, but was not found until Temple Meads by Gizzy. At Temple Meads, the table opposite us was available, so we took up this, so we then had two tables. Conner and Paul joined at Temple Meads, Paul being gutted Dennis didn’t come, as those two are very good at using up the beer! We made a nice RailUk sign to put next to the window stickers, just in case no body knew where we were sat! At Exeter, Liam and Jon joined the bash. Finally, at Bodmin Nat joined. He soon started the beer, however the TM had asked for no more booze to be sold, due to the already ****ed nature of the passengers. Paul nearly got offered a free FC upgrade due to the fact he didn’t look like one of the yobs going down to get hammered, that was only due to the drunks playing loud music.
Arrival in to Newquay was at 14.56 some 7late. After finally being let out the station, we went to stock up with supplies, including a bottle of wine for Nat and some Stella for Paul. Mark and Nat also shared some of Paul's supplies.
Departure saw us in coach E, happily eating and drinking and laughing away. Nat gave a lesson to the crew about Doctor Death, and Gizzy by now was shattered. By Plymouth the supplies from Newquay were out, and due to late running a stock up in Spar could not be made. So, it was beer from the buffet for the bashers!
At Totnes, a bloke who was out of it joined, off to Liverpool. He sat opposite Gizzy, and started making remarks about her, before being invited to come and join the main two tables. He got the **** ripped out of him, before finishing up his Vodka and nearly going to sleep. By Exeter he was out of it, and Nat was getting fairly drunk!
Arrival at Exeter saw Conner, Liam, LRT and Jon depart the train, with the bloke with the vodka starting up for one last time before going to sleep, and Nat claiming he was going to go clubbing in Blackpool, after forgetting to give Conner a tenner back, so this was spent on drink! We soon got to Bristol, where Paul left for a -3 connection on to the 19.22 to Portsmouth Harbour.
We then went on to Bristol Parkway, where Mark and Sam alighted, along with Nat, who had a 40min fester before his Voyager back to Plymouth. Me and Gizzy moved to the TGS. Got a phone call moments later from Mark, who was calling about Sam's laptop – which he left on the train! I then went to collect it, before taking it back to Bristol Parkway for him, thus he had a nice 90minute fester at Parkway!
As usual it was a top day out, with plenty of laughs. The annual HST grice has more than likely hit it’s final one here, however look out for August 1st next year!
It was nice to put some new names to faces, as well as get some new people on to the HST meet. Me and Mark proved what they had been missing for all this time! I hope everyone enjoyed it – and sorry if there are any mistakes in this write up. Thank you for coming along, Newquay Rail UK bash 2008
And – Gizzy is still on, after starting at 07.20 this morning!
Thats right, the yearly HST grice. Due to definite bent sets, Newquay instead of Pembroke Dock. Me, Ascot, Gizzy, Liam, Conner, Nat the Ned, LRT, Paul1609 and Jon G all bashed Newquay today. The set was TYPO EDITIED: unrefurbished, although had 2 MTU power cars.
First on was Gizzy with her Mac, followed at New St by Ascot with his little PDA thing with sat nav. I joined at Cheltenham Spa, one table for around 9 of us. I love 165’s (Sam) joined at Bristol Parkway, but was not found until Temple Meads by Gizzy. At Temple Meads, the table opposite us was available, so we took up this, so we then had two tables. Conner and Paul joined at Temple Meads, Paul being gutted Dennis didn’t come, as those two are very good at using up the beer! We made a nice RailUk sign to put next to the window stickers, just in case no body knew where we were sat! At Exeter, Liam and Jon joined the bash. Finally, at Bodmin Nat joined. He soon started the beer, however the TM had asked for no more booze to be sold, due to the already ****ed nature of the passengers. Paul nearly got offered a free FC upgrade due to the fact he didn’t look like one of the yobs going down to get hammered, that was only due to the drunks playing loud music.
Arrival in to Newquay was at 14.56 some 7late. After finally being let out the station, we went to stock up with supplies, including a bottle of wine for Nat and some Stella for Paul. Mark and Nat also shared some of Paul's supplies.
Departure saw us in coach E, happily eating and drinking and laughing away. Nat gave a lesson to the crew about Doctor Death, and Gizzy by now was shattered. By Plymouth the supplies from Newquay were out, and due to late running a stock up in Spar could not be made. So, it was beer from the buffet for the bashers!
At Totnes, a bloke who was out of it joined, off to Liverpool. He sat opposite Gizzy, and started making remarks about her, before being invited to come and join the main two tables. He got the **** ripped out of him, before finishing up his Vodka and nearly going to sleep. By Exeter he was out of it, and Nat was getting fairly drunk!
Arrival at Exeter saw Conner, Liam, LRT and Jon depart the train, with the bloke with the vodka starting up for one last time before going to sleep, and Nat claiming he was going to go clubbing in Blackpool, after forgetting to give Conner a tenner back, so this was spent on drink! We soon got to Bristol, where Paul left for a -3 connection on to the 19.22 to Portsmouth Harbour.
We then went on to Bristol Parkway, where Mark and Sam alighted, along with Nat, who had a 40min fester before his Voyager back to Plymouth. Me and Gizzy moved to the TGS. Got a phone call moments later from Mark, who was calling about Sam's laptop – which he left on the train! I then went to collect it, before taking it back to Bristol Parkway for him, thus he had a nice 90minute fester at Parkway!
As usual it was a top day out, with plenty of laughs. The annual HST grice has more than likely hit it’s final one here, however look out for August 1st next year!
It was nice to put some new names to faces, as well as get some new people on to the HST meet. Me and Mark proved what they had been missing for all this time! I hope everyone enjoyed it – and sorry if there are any mistakes in this write up. Thank you for coming along, Newquay Rail UK bash 2008
And – Gizzy is still on, after starting at 07.20 this morning!
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The pic of the unrefurbished set surprises me...