OK. The date for this month is TUESDAY 16th ( it is bound to rain as it is not a Wednesday). We have a quoram of 4 - Matt, Laf, Frog and myself. Others are more than wecome. Further information to follow.
I can make the Club Corona at The Dorset more or less anytime the week before.Gatwick is being very picky this year with duties so it looks as though my attendances there will be thin on the ground - apart from being a passenger of course!
Laf is at the planning stage of a joint NERDS/ Dark Side Ramble in July.
God bless all -apart from Gooners and Tories of course.
Sandyballs
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Stop Press - April's Write-up has arrived
N.E.R.D.S. RAMBLE No. 306 29th April 2015
“ The Magic Trousers Ramble”
Those Who Walked: Froggy, Matt, Curly Clarke, Paco, Sandyballs
Those Who Didn’t Walk: Lafayette, The Bish, Bronco.
It is with trembling hands that I pick up my pen. Circumstances dictated that the onerous role of Scribe had been thrust upon SB. It is a role he has performed a couple of times over the last 2 centuries –the last time probably being one of the last Great Trek North to Shropshire when Lafayette did the walks and I was forced to do the write-up. O those memories of times long gone which cannot be recaptured…….(Oh yes we can - we have the photographs! Ed.)
This time Laf complained of having a poorly sick knee, which he claims to have sustained during an arduous hill climb during a Dark Side Ramble. Huh, that is what you get when you have women on a ramble. They are bad luck!
Anyway, we were to revisit an old favourite walk – from Lewes to Glynde and lunch at the revamped Trevor Arms. Yes, up Chapel Hill, eschewing the delights of Heart Attack Hill and skirting the golf Course.
Now the weather forecast was dire – rain and lots of it. Thus had spake the fair maiden Carol Kirkwood on BBC Breakfast on the televisual device ( have you noticed her tits seem to be getting bigger every day?). NERDS had been warned of foul weather and advised to dress accordingly. Naturally most decided to ignore this advice. SB took his own advice and turned up wearing a pair of shiny overtrousers. Yes they were shiny. Yes they made a strange crinkly noise. Yes they looked faintly ridiculous. Bur SB’s legs would remain dry – unlike the other participants!
Those Who Walked met at Lewes station
and proceeded through the town under leaden, threatening skies. At Chapel Hill the sudden gradient caused many stops to admire the view, which were impressive.
These stops were the cue for Froggy to produce his BRAND NEW CAMERA, of which he was extremely proud. This new toy of his had recently seen service in RSA taking snaps of bored looking lions and baboon’s pink arses. Froggy pranced about clicking away and taking the old ‘selfie’.
Having eventually reached the golf club the path levelled out but the wind increased in strength and was soon blowing gale force.
The clouds got darker and more threatening. Surely the tempest would soon be upon us? We staggered along, fighting our way against the gale, trying to avoid stepping in the sheep crap.
After about an hour the path started to descend and the village of Glynde came into view.
It looked as if we were going to make it without getting drenched. Make it we did. It must have been the Magic Overtrousers! If SB hadn’t been wearing them we would all have ended up resembling so many drowned rats. SB will never leave home without those trousers again! Maybe it was just another example of the Luck of the NERDS.
Having reached the sanctuary of the pub we lost no time in ordering pints and pouring them down our throats.
In no time at all we were joined by Those Who Didn’t Walk.
Laf and The Bish had arrived by train and Bronco by (someone else’s) car. We managed to find a table in the almost empty pub and sat down with our pints. We were 8 at table – which for the dwindling band of the NERDS is a good number.
After a couple of pints had been glugged down and food ordered, conversation turned to a favourite NERDS topic- our medical ailments. Laf made mention of his poorly sick knee,
Once again. Bronco
gave us an update on his place in the kidney queue. Froggy,as ever,
made reference to his Chalfonts (piles) and it was surmised that his favourite choice of reading must be the Grapes of Wrath. Moving on, Matt
shared with us tales of his Prostate – which was apparently 98% OK now. Curly
made claim for Pernicious Anemia but nobody knew what it meant and your Scribe could hardly spell it.
Paco
wanted to claim sympathy for his Sciatica. The Bish tried to claim another poorly sick knee but was shouted down as that ailment had already been claimed by Laf. Your Scribe could only lay claim to (expensive) dental treatment and of course his less than perfect hearing.
Interestingly the only ailment that we had in common was a generalised erectile dysfunction…… (Speak for yourself! Ed.)
Despite the apparent poor health of the participants, no self restraint or avoidance of cholesterol was apparent when consuming the pub grub was concerned. A couple of our number – name the guilty men,for it was Matt and Bronco – had at least 3courses!
Hunger (or greed) being sated, conversation became free-flowing. There was much talk about next month’s 300th Ramble to Prague and also the vexed issue of T-shirts. My notes indicate that the use of selfie stick was discussed. This inspired Froggy
to again prance about with the BRAND NEW CAMERA. He became so excited that he managed to drop the device to the hard, unyielding Trevor Arms floor. Unfortunately it did not appear to have been harmed…….
And so the ramble drew to a close. SB’s Magic Overtrousers continued to keep the tempestuous weather at bay for the return home. However it may not work every month!
Hope to see all or many of you on the next ramble – TUESDAY June 16th.
Sandyballs
“ The Magic Trousers Ramble”
Those Who Walked: Froggy, Matt, Curly Clarke, Paco, Sandyballs
Those Who Didn’t Walk: Lafayette, The Bish, Bronco.
It is with trembling hands that I pick up my pen. Circumstances dictated that the onerous role of Scribe had been thrust upon SB. It is a role he has performed a couple of times over the last 2 centuries –the last time probably being one of the last Great Trek North to Shropshire when Lafayette did the walks and I was forced to do the write-up. O those memories of times long gone which cannot be recaptured…….(Oh yes we can - we have the photographs! Ed.)
This time Laf complained of having a poorly sick knee, which he claims to have sustained during an arduous hill climb during a Dark Side Ramble. Huh, that is what you get when you have women on a ramble. They are bad luck!
Anyway, we were to revisit an old favourite walk – from Lewes to Glynde and lunch at the revamped Trevor Arms. Yes, up Chapel Hill, eschewing the delights of Heart Attack Hill and skirting the golf Course.
Now the weather forecast was dire – rain and lots of it. Thus had spake the fair maiden Carol Kirkwood on BBC Breakfast on the televisual device ( have you noticed her tits seem to be getting bigger every day?). NERDS had been warned of foul weather and advised to dress accordingly. Naturally most decided to ignore this advice. SB took his own advice and turned up wearing a pair of shiny overtrousers. Yes they were shiny. Yes they made a strange crinkly noise. Yes they looked faintly ridiculous. Bur SB’s legs would remain dry – unlike the other participants!
Those Who Walked met at Lewes station
After about an hour the path started to descend and the village of Glynde came into view.
Having reached the sanctuary of the pub we lost no time in ordering pints and pouring them down our throats.
After a couple of pints had been glugged down and food ordered, conversation turned to a favourite NERDS topic- our medical ailments. Laf made mention of his poorly sick knee,
Paco
Interestingly the only ailment that we had in common was a generalised erectile dysfunction…… (Speak for yourself! Ed.)
Despite the apparent poor health of the participants, no self restraint or avoidance of cholesterol was apparent when consuming the pub grub was concerned. A couple of our number – name the guilty men,for it was Matt and Bronco – had at least 3courses!
Hunger (or greed) being sated, conversation became free-flowing. There was much talk about next month’s 300th Ramble to Prague and also the vexed issue of T-shirts. My notes indicate that the use of selfie stick was discussed. This inspired Froggy
And so the ramble drew to a close. SB’s Magic Overtrousers continued to keep the tempestuous weather at bay for the return home. However it may not work every month!
Hope to see all or many of you on the next ramble – TUESDAY June 16th.
Sandyballs
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Still no earlier write-ups
OK. The date for this month is TUESDAY 16th ( it is bound to rain as it is not a Wednesday). We have a quoram of 4 - Matt, Laf, Frog and myself. Others are more than wecome. Further information to follow.
I can make the Club Corona at The Dorset more or less anytime the week before.Gatwick is being very picky this year with duties so it looks as though my attendances there will be thin on the ground - apart from being a passenger of course!
Laf is at the planning stage of a joint NERDS/ Dark Side Ramble in July.
God bless all -apart from Gooners and Tories of course.
Sandyballs
I can make the Club Corona at The Dorset more or less anytime the week before.Gatwick is being very picky this year with duties so it looks as though my attendances there will be thin on the ground - apart from being a passenger of course!
Laf is at the planning stage of a joint NERDS/ Dark Side Ramble in July.
God bless all -apart from Gooners and Tories of course.
Sandyballs
Friday, May 22, 2015
April 2015 Ramble
They've been to Prague and yet this Ramble's write up is still awaited! They did go
as Froggy's photographs prove. The publication date is to awaited still!
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