Well well well.Where the bloody hell did July august and September go??! I blinked and they were goneso I haven't updated for what seems like eons, ages and a fairly long time to boot....I'm now, due to exponentially increasing workloads, stuck in Sweden for the weekend, so thought I'd skive off for a while and let you know what's happened in the world of Hobo lately
Mainly just three things
Number One: FIB = Festivale internacionale Benicassim* = Glastonbury by the sea.
FiberFIB
Picture ita festival that doesn't start till 6pm every night so allows you to take advantage of the local beach (yes beach!) in the sweltering temperatures (yes Englandy'know that hot weather you're supposed to have in the summer as opposed to fecking floods??). Then throw into the mix some of Europe's biggest bands and Baddabing you have FIB. (Oh plus numerous narcotics and litres of cold Heineken)
So what happened???!?
Well, we got a coach from the midlands to London Heathrow at 1am, so without sleep we set off for Spain!
We arrived about 4am and wandered around terminal one till the check in opened, then checked in and went through security to the bar! A pint of Beer at 5am and onto the plane by sevenmore drinks than you could shake a stick atOn the plane we had three bottles of red wine and by the time we landed in Spain we were having a whale of a time.
We hopped on a cramped, hot sweaty train to Barcelona Sants station, where we had a few hours to kill before we caught another train. So we went for another beer. Luckily, using the power of the internet, we'd prebooked out train tickets. Now listen up kids, if you intend to go to benicassim by train, BOOK IN ADVANCE!!! We meant lots of people who were making up their travel arrangements as they went and were finding all the trains and coaches already booked.
So we got on the train (first class obviously) and compared to British trains it was all very pleasant. Lots of room, air con and a BAR!!!!! Yes, A BAR!!! I'm not talking about a traditional British train style snack kiosk, I'm talking about a bar with stools around it and a couple of tables with stools around them! So we indulged in a few more drinks during the very pleasant three hour journey (It takes two and a half hours usually but there was a fire near the line so we stopped and had a walkabout on the platform in the hot hot sun for a while!)
Then we pitched our tent.fairly well considering we were quite drunk by thenand then we got drunk and suntanned for six days
Highlights include:
Arctic monkeys - nonstop dancing to the Sheffield boys!
OK GO - never heard many of their songs before but they're ace!
Who made who - Danish band who confused a lot of nave people by claiming to be the Saxons
CSS - Dancetastic - lovefoxx is ace!
The klaxons - Nu-rave-tastic
Magic numbers - surprisingly good; made you feel super happy!
Jamie T - Mayhem in a tent!
The Hives - Grrrrrrreat! The lead singer is bonkers! Already booked tickets to see them tour in the UK!
And musewell..words fail me. Awesome.
(*Apologies to the Spanish speakers in our midst for my lack of spelling!)
Number Two: V Festival in StaffordcestershireWeston Park
Well this was the entire opposite of the FIB festival. It was dark and cold and wet. Very wet. So wet in fact that here a picture of my trainers to show you what a trip to the toilet turned my Dunlop green flash into (Its mud by the waynot toilet contents!!)
[Picture will be inserted here when this site lets me!]
The music however was very good.
The Killers and the Foo fighters and Kasabian all rocked the place and for a few hours we were able to forget it was raining! Before the mud sliding trip back to the campsite.
Had an ace time overall, particular highlights' included:
a) The mud wrestling arena that appeared during PINK
b) Wee Sammy going mental to Mika.
c) Karl just basically being his Beer swilling self; Two pints of cider for breakfast come what may.
d) Glowsticks randomly reappearing after being thrown into the crowd
e) Wearing dayglo leggings gets you all sorts of unwanted attention
and met some reet cool new people to boot!
Three: The Munich beer festival
My bestest mate is getting married and made me best man number two, responsible for dragging 15 people off on a stag do to MunichIt was very stressful trying to arrange everything in a foreign country for 15 people and it's the Oktoberfest time, so everywhere was busy (all the hotels, flights etc) but we managed to pull it off and turn up to a city full of lederhosen clad drunken people and sexy German ladies wearing amazing cleavage revealing dresses! It was so very busy, so very drunken and yet everyone was so well humoured and just there for fun and laughter! I recommend you all go at least once in your life!!
Here's me looking like Gandalf
That's about it really.music, alcohol and workstill can't complain!!
Oh and I also saw the polyphonic spree the other nightthey were, as expected, unbelievable. It was in a comedy club so it was really intimate venue but the benefits of being three feet away mean that my ears were still ringing three days laterprobably not good long term, but then there's little else that can put a smile on my face like the spree in full flow.
If you don't know about them, check them out (And don't worry, they're not a cult!!!!)
The Spreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Mainly just three things
Number One: FIB = Festivale internacionale Benicassim* = Glastonbury by the sea.
FiberFIB
Picture ita festival that doesn't start till 6pm every night so allows you to take advantage of the local beach (yes beach!) in the sweltering temperatures (yes Englandy'know that hot weather you're supposed to have in the summer as opposed to fecking floods??). Then throw into the mix some of Europe's biggest bands and Baddabing you have FIB. (Oh plus numerous narcotics and litres of cold Heineken)
So what happened???!?
Well, we got a coach from the midlands to London Heathrow at 1am, so without sleep we set off for Spain!
We arrived about 4am and wandered around terminal one till the check in opened, then checked in and went through security to the bar! A pint of Beer at 5am and onto the plane by sevenmore drinks than you could shake a stick atOn the plane we had three bottles of red wine and by the time we landed in Spain we were having a whale of a time.
We hopped on a cramped, hot sweaty train to Barcelona Sants station, where we had a few hours to kill before we caught another train. So we went for another beer. Luckily, using the power of the internet, we'd prebooked out train tickets. Now listen up kids, if you intend to go to benicassim by train, BOOK IN ADVANCE!!! We meant lots of people who were making up their travel arrangements as they went and were finding all the trains and coaches already booked.
So we got on the train (first class obviously) and compared to British trains it was all very pleasant. Lots of room, air con and a BAR!!!!! Yes, A BAR!!! I'm not talking about a traditional British train style snack kiosk, I'm talking about a bar with stools around it and a couple of tables with stools around them! So we indulged in a few more drinks during the very pleasant three hour journey (It takes two and a half hours usually but there was a fire near the line so we stopped and had a walkabout on the platform in the hot hot sun for a while!)
Then we pitched our tent.fairly well considering we were quite drunk by thenand then we got drunk and suntanned for six days
Highlights include:
Arctic monkeys - nonstop dancing to the Sheffield boys!
OK GO - never heard many of their songs before but they're ace!
Who made who - Danish band who confused a lot of nave people by claiming to be the Saxons
CSS - Dancetastic - lovefoxx is ace!
The klaxons - Nu-rave-tastic
Magic numbers - surprisingly good; made you feel super happy!
Jamie T - Mayhem in a tent!
The Hives - Grrrrrrreat! The lead singer is bonkers! Already booked tickets to see them tour in the UK!
And musewell..words fail me. Awesome.
(*Apologies to the Spanish speakers in our midst for my lack of spelling!)
Number Two: V Festival in StaffordcestershireWeston Park
Well this was the entire opposite of the FIB festival. It was dark and cold and wet. Very wet. So wet in fact that here a picture of my trainers to show you what a trip to the toilet turned my Dunlop green flash into (Its mud by the waynot toilet contents!!)
[Picture will be inserted here when this site lets me!]
The music however was very good.
The Killers and the Foo fighters and Kasabian all rocked the place and for a few hours we were able to forget it was raining! Before the mud sliding trip back to the campsite.
Had an ace time overall, particular highlights' included:
a) The mud wrestling arena that appeared during PINK
b) Wee Sammy going mental to Mika.
c) Karl just basically being his Beer swilling self; Two pints of cider for breakfast come what may.
d) Glowsticks randomly reappearing after being thrown into the crowd
e) Wearing dayglo leggings gets you all sorts of unwanted attention
and met some reet cool new people to boot!
Three: The Munich beer festival
My bestest mate is getting married and made me best man number two, responsible for dragging 15 people off on a stag do to MunichIt was very stressful trying to arrange everything in a foreign country for 15 people and it's the Oktoberfest time, so everywhere was busy (all the hotels, flights etc) but we managed to pull it off and turn up to a city full of lederhosen clad drunken people and sexy German ladies wearing amazing cleavage revealing dresses! It was so very busy, so very drunken and yet everyone was so well humoured and just there for fun and laughter! I recommend you all go at least once in your life!!
Here's me looking like Gandalf
That's about it really.music, alcohol and workstill can't complain!!
Oh and I also saw the polyphonic spree the other nightthey were, as expected, unbelievable. It was in a comedy club so it was really intimate venue but the benefits of being three feet away mean that my ears were still ringing three days laterprobably not good long term, but then there's little else that can put a smile on my face like the spree in full flow.
If you don't know about them, check them out (And don't worry, they're not a cult!!!!)
The Spreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
charity:
blates ill be back!!!!my blood is sky blue 
and im proud...dont you love the transport museum, i highlight when im showing anyone rounf the city of dreams!xxxx 
and im proud...dont you love the transport museum, i highlight when im showing anyone rounf the city of dreams!xxxx
charity:
hahah to true about the transport museum, i used to love the blitz bit, when i was little it scared the shit out of me!cov arent doing to bad at the mo, couldnt believe my eyes when they beat man.u!will be sure to keep an eye out for anything down the back of my couch!lol 
did you watch the england match yesterday???you look familar did you used to go to browns a lot??X
did you watch the england match yesterday???you look familar did you used to go to browns a lot??X