Tuesday 12 September 2017

Photocall For All Convention Delegates In Five Minutes Please!

After the night before …… it took quite a while for all of us to get back to our own rooms to freshen up, put on our convention t-shirts and generally make ourselves look vaguely human and presentable …….
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One by one we all stumbled our way down to the guest lounge ……
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…….. and all, in turn, assuring a worried Hank and Marvin that they had nothing to apologise for, their “hospitality” had been the icing on a wonderful cake of a “convention” type nature as far as we were all concerned ……..
IMG_4600  …….. and something, when the paracetamols had kicked in and our heads cleared, we would all look back on and talk about very, very fondly indeed.
IMG_4593Having so many monkeys staying in one hotel  also proved somewhat of a novelty to the hotel staff and guests (well, perhaps not to the guests in the rooms either side of Hank and Marvin’s), so our photocall took rather longer than we had anticipated, as everyone wanted to take their own photos as well, I think, perhaps, we may have almost gone viral!
IMG_4613After said photocall we had then planned to hit the sights and shops of Swindon, but general consensus had it that perhaps we should to stay where we were and chill. Darrell said that he would much prefer to just sit and keep his head as still as possible for a while, if Swindon indeed had a castle or other such attraction it could remain a mystery to him for a little longer as far as he was concerned.
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So there we stayed, with Sammy asking the hotel staff if they wouldn’t mind turning the TV over to the Create and Craft channel seeing as no one else was in the lounge with us at the time ……. (all no doubt out visiting Swindon Castle!!!!!)
IMG_4617And then Nigel ordered a stuffed crust pizza with extra pepperoni! I have to say we all politely refrained from his offer to share …… and then equally as politely asked if he wouldn't mind eating his pizza just a little away from us, just this once!!!!!

6 comments:

Mr.D said...

"And generally make ourselves look vaguely human." Or is it "vaguely monkey?"

What a wonderful few days. I am pleased Nigel still has his appetite.

Mrs A. said...

Norm and Sammy couldn't believe that Nigel managed to scoff the whole lot in one sitting. Their stomachs were still churning from the egg nog we made them drink at breakfast. Hugs Mrs A.

Mrs A. said...

Norm and Sammy couldn't believe that Nigel managed to scoff the whole lot in one sitting. Their stomachs were still churning from the egg nog we made them drink at breakfast. Hugs Mrs A.

Di said...

Crying here - how true and what a fun time we all had! Snort :)
xxx

Pamela said...

I love the look on Nigel's face as he gazes (stares!) lovingly at Sammy LOL!

Anonymous said...

Oh goodness - I guess this convention really turned the heads of the other guests in the hotel. A rather marvellous get together - pleased you took us with you all. JantheFan x