A Dorset Cream Tea Before Leaving Weymouth For Home.

Before Darrell and Nigel’s long journey home Andy took them to The Heights Hotel in Portland where he and mum had spent serveral very happy and great holidays (before we were around!)  The view of Chesil Beach (one of Andy and Mum’s VERY favourite places in the whole wide world) was truly stunning……

Naturally Darrell and Nigel took advantage of a Hello Magazine type photo shoot in front of such a wonderful vista …..

….. and though they embraced the moment with all their usual vim and vigour, they now wish they had just embraced it all for little bit longer and appreciated the moment for just a little bit more, knowing the great sadness that was to come just a few days later.

They went into the restaurant for a slap up morning coffee …… where Andy (foolishly) said that they could have ANYTHING on the menu!!!

Darrell plumped for the Dorset Apple Cake, without clotted cream as he had started to worry about his waistline after a weekend of wanton ice cream and fish and chip type indulgence!

Nigel on the other hand couldn’t decided between the Tea For One or the Tea for Two. In the end Andy pointed out that the Tea for One should be both ample and sufficient for him, adding, quite firmly, that he wouldn’t take too kindly to having to pull over on the way home so that Nigel could “avail himself of some fresh air” …….

Andy’s cake of choice was a Blueberry Muffin, which he had also partaken in in every coffee shop and cafe they had visited during the weekend, noting that they all came from the same bakery! What was he like??

And as you will see from the picture Andy’s beloved Tic Tacs were never far away from him ……It was the perfect ending to a perfect weekend, warm sunshine, a beautiful view and cakes akimbo ….. a weekend that will NEVER EVER be forgotten by any of us.

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Sun £9.50 Holiday Memories To Take Home…..

The last day of a Sun £9.50 holiday is always sad, you miss home and your family and friends…..

….. but everything at the seaside is just so exciting and great, you feel sad to leave it all behind ….

Nigel had greatly enjoyed all the facilities of an amusement Penny Falls type nature and had won a lot of tickets, but unfortunately not quite enough to exchange for a prize, so he passed them on to two children to add to their collection so that they could hopefully get a bigger and better prize of choice from the vast array in the prize kiosk..

Nigel also said that he would greatly miss being woken up in the morning by the sound of seagulls padding about on the caravan roof ….. and how romantic burnt toast smelt from his bunk bed as it was being scrapped in the bijou galley kitchen!

Darrell will never forget the mahoooosive pink meringues he spotted in one of bakeries in Weymouth,  but was sorry that he had missed out on their sweet delights, because, although he stood in the shop for a while and coughed loudly (almost consumptively), several times in order to attract attention, there was obviously something of very import occurring in the back as no one came out to serve him ….. and thus, in the end, he left, disappointingly empty handed!

 

And how could they ever forget the Weymouth 99p Shop …..??  Where else could you pur-chase a one size fits all, back fastening, 50/50 polycotton medical gown for just 99p????!!!  Though very tempting, in the end Darrell and Nigel refrained from making a random spur of the moment shopping choice and instead decided to share a bag of 20 mini fruity pops Chupa Chups (99p)

Ahhh ahhhhhhhhhhh haaaaaaha ……………….

…… summer days driftin' away …………

Millions Of Years Of History

As you know Darrell very much likes to peruse the shops of a tourist type nature whilst on Sun £9.50 holidays as he says “They offer a range of trinkets and bibs and bobs not oft found in the likes of Wolverhampton” …and he when he saw Fossil Beach he was in there before you could say Tyrannosaurus Rex.

“So much history of such a immense age and mystery gives me the Goosebumps” he continued.

Nigel was a little unsure and was nervous that some of the fossils would come back to life, but Darrell just told him not to be silly and that he had an over active imagination which wasn’t helped by playing too many scary computer games with Marcel.

In the end Darrell decided to purchase a couple of fossilised sharks teeth to wear round his neck to go with his holey stone ……

…. and few mammoth bone beads to make bracelets for presents for friends when he got home.

Nigel didn’t want anything, but sought shelter in an amethyst geode which he said made him feel all astral and at one with Derek Acorah, plus …. for the first time in ages his “…. chakra seemed perfectly balanced”….. good grief, what is he like???

Dreams of David Hasslehoff’s Trunks!

Both Darrell and Nigel found the Lifeguard Station on Weymouth Beach rampantly masculine but at the same time tinged with a  soft and romantic air.

Nigel imagined what it must be like in David Hasselhoff’s red swimming trunks …… erm …  performing acts of a heroic and manly type nature …

….. and running along in the beach in slow motion …. without getting out of breath!

Darrell wished that his sling was invisible so that the girls in their skimpy lady costumes would gaze at him in the same way as they gazed at the lifeguards with their big kayaks primed and honed for action ….

What are they like?

Catching The Rays

Nigel decided that the extremely clement weather afforded to us by Weymouth would be an ideal opportunity to top up his tan ……

What is he like?

Peter Andre eat your heart out!

Darrell and Nigel’s Nuts!

This picture was taken in the Royal Oak, Weymouth, which we hasten to say is famous for its nuts!!

But you know Darrell and Nigel, never ones to miss out on a photo opportunity of a double entendre type nature!

Any comments relating to Darrell or Nigel’s nuts are best kept to yourselves!

Starting The Day……The Darrell And Nigel Way ….

Whilst on a Sun £9.50 holiday breakfast becomes a matter of paramount importantance  …. as it sets you up for a day of robust sightseeing and adventurous activities ….

Darrell likes to start his day with a rather ample and sufficient bowl of multigrain hoops (from Aldi), followed by a few delicate toast and marmite soldiers ……

……. whilst Nigel prefers the remains of the pizza from the night before … good grief! No wonder he has a problem with his rampant flatuation,  phutttt, phutttt, phuttttt!!!!

The Weymouth Sweet Shop

No Sun £9.50 holiday is a proper Sun £9.50 holiday without visiting the main local establishment of a confectionary type nature ….

….. and Darrell and Nigel certainly hit the confectionary comestibles jackpot on this trip …..

….. they were like two kids in a sweetie shop but in real life!!

It was hard for either of them to know where to look first.

But in the end, after much robust decision making, Nigel felt that he would like to try a few of the finer things in life ……

….. and asked for a quarter of homemade Belgian chocolates as opposed to his usual jumble of Smarties, Haribo and Twixes.

Darrell selection of choice was some Crumbly Devon Fudge made with real clotted cream ……

….. some Liquorice Flyers and Catherine Wheels to eat in the car on the way back home (and to hopefully ease his little problem!)

And then very thoughtfully …….

….. a big bag of broken rock to take back for all the ladies in the office who, Darrell has oft noticed, very much appreciate having something nice to suck on while they are working!

Awe And Wonder At Weymouth Sea Life Centre

Darrell and Nigel both agreed that the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth was most amazing and great! They took so many pictures it was hard to know which ones to select to show you.

Darrell mused and noted that it was as if Nigel had finally found his spiritual home and was so full of awe and wonder it bought tears to Darrell’s eyes.

The gentle grace of the rays had Nigel spell bound …..

…… and when they came up to take a look at him it was almost too much ……

…. and it was all Darrell could do to grasp onto Nigels shirt tail with a vice like grip as Nigel was transfixed  and kept uttering in a strange monotone voice that they were beckoning him to join them!

Darrell also had a hypnotic type moment of a Derek Acorah type nature with the octopus….. “All those testimonials  testicles tentacles made me feel all goose bumpy” he said “….. but I just couldn’t look away from them!”

While Darrell and Nigel were inside the various hubs touching the rays etc. was definatley not permitted …..

…… but outside there were rock pools where Darrell and Nigel were actively encouraged to touch the creatures …..

Needless to say Nigel touched and conversed with EVERYTHING, all the crabs, anemones, urchins etc. and once again poor Darrell was emotionally rung out by Nigel’s touching empathy, gentleness and oneness with the creatures …….

…… even down to Nigel’s refusal to partake in a iced chocolate shortbread lobster in the cafe, at the end of their trip, ……which he muttered in disgust (Darrell thinks) as being “Tantamount to an act of cannibalism and nothing fishy will ever touch my lips again” What is he like??