Legless In Looe

In the olden days, mum would organise a "legless in looe" trip for her workmates and I would come along and develop inappropriate crushes on all the young guys who she worked with.

The object of the trip would be to try and drink in every single pub in Looe.

No one has ever completed the challenge!

One or two of us gave it a bloody good try though including a guy called Richard who tore all his clothes off and threw himself into the freezing sea after someone shouted "skinny dip anyone?". He lost his clothes and had to suffer the giggling and pointing from all of us...that sea was very cold!

It happens to be quite a nice place to visit when you're sober too. However try not to go in the rain....

A Pole In Love

Last night saw Sparkle, Mookie and myself meeting up for a dignified one drink!

So you all know how that turned out?

...a conveyor belt of beers finishing with a man falling for me in an instant



Him: (heavily accented) You are the very lovely, no?

Me: Where are you from?

Him: Poland. You know, yes?

Me: Gen dobre. Pienke kolono!

Him: (puzzled) Erm, hello, and beautiful knees?

Me: Yes, you have beautiful knees.

Him: ?

Me: In Polish?

Him: (swoon)


I was hoping he was Dutch though. I would have rather liked serenading him with a "May I borrow you garage?"

Sparkle And The Sting Ray

Mama went swimming with these fine beasts.




She nearly peed herself when this fella swam underneath her though.

Fortunately she remembered that wee attracts sharks so she waited until she was back on the boat before she lost control of her bladder!

Sparkle And The Rottnest Monster

Grrr!

Cheap Wine And A Three Legged Goat

Otherwise known as Tipsy Tina's Topsy Turvy Tasting Tour....



For a blissful ten days we found ourselves living amidst the vines of Margaret River in our South West. So obviously we were unable to avoid the many many wineries on offer.

Wine tasting on a summers day? Why not!



Edwards Winery. Very nice. Good semillion sauvignon blanc.

We, of course, bought several bottles. None of which made it home with us!


Another winery, another tasting session. It really is a hard life for us.

More wine was drunk and more bottles of wine were bought.



And when we ran out of winerys we moved onto brewerys!

This place did a fantastic tasting paddle of every variety that they brewed. All were squiffingly good....


...however the one second from the left was the one that led to my downfall that particular day!


When the boys went off to hunt for marron in the rivers and there were no winerys or brewerys close by, mama and I pulled out a couple of chairs, opened a bottle of Savvy Blanc and proceeded to get tipsy drinking from plastic cups.

Sparkle And The Shark

Mr Ray. He really is very sorry for that whole Steve Irwin debacle!

First thing to do with Sparkle on her holiday? Scare the pants off her by taking her to visit 'The Neighbours'.

Meet Mr Sharkie...





He really is a sweetheart. Those teeth are just for show.

Mama, however, is not convinced!

By the end of the visit I did have Stevi and Murrae holding very dangerous creatures of the Australian dark waters.



Watch out for its massive teeth young Murrae!


A tender moment between siblings? Though it's all fun and games until someone loses an arm!

Brave brave Stevi. Hmm, maybe there aren't any fangs after all?




Mama is still not convinced!

Tales From The Land of Sparkle

SHE'S HERE!

Someone help. My liver is turning me yellow.

Roll on the next three weeks!

I Should Be....

• washing linen
• hoovering
• putting pretty things in Mama's room
• weeding the garden
• de-bugging the guest bedroom

I am....

• drinking wine
• watching crap films
• catching up on google earth
• sorting through boxes of CDs and DVDs ( I thought I lost Finding Nemo)
  

Sorry Mum. I am a slovenly slob!