You may recall about a year ago I did a QI TV spin-off, I have just been told it will never see the loght of day. Crying shame, you will be deprived of a group of drunken fools talking total bollocks.....

The chaps are girding their loins in anticipation of the trip a week this Friday, it now seems the entire team will be travelling in the mini bus, a discussion was held with my brother about transporting his mother in law to Wales with us, he obviously gets on with her as he is going to drive down and pick up himself rather than have her put up with us lot...a wise move.

Young Finch is doing extremely well, he has been asked to attend the Royal Geographical Society in South Kensington for a careers chat, as he is described as 'gifted' in Geography, the RGS want to show him and two other pupils what sort of careers are open to them! The lucky little sod is also going on a field trip, to Italy! to view an active volcano and a dormant volcano, I thought field trips were spent in a sodden field drinking cheap cider whilst wiping mud of yout totally inappropriate clothing. He is not doing bad here, he has a trip to France with me in Feb, Switzerland, Italy, and if he gets to to the Jamboree you can add Denmark, Sweden and one of Lithuania, Finland, Estonia or Poland, he does argue he spent a day in Poland, which is true, sadly the part of Poland we visited on a day trip from Cottbus, Germany was an absolute shit hole with not a plumber in site!
Talking of travelling, Miss W has been to the Himalyas and has got me an ethnic hat, I have not got the hat in my grubby little mits yet, but Miss W did send me a photo live from their hotel, as usual Miss W is being her usual magnificent self and I must meet up for coffee in my favourite coffee shop in the world over in Leyton, trouble is I would have to travel through Stratford, dont feel easy round there!

Dec 19th is a date for the diary, Wingit are doing there annual Xmas gig for friends, and the Sound Man (me) is getting up and belting a tune out...the Big Bopper had better watch out is all I can say, tickets are available drop me a line if you want to join us for a good night out with a cheap bar!

I would like to point out here and now a suitable wedding present is not a rolling pin signed by all your mates, but the bride approves I am told!!!

Young Finch and I attended Scout DHQ last night for a Jamboree meeting, he is very very keen to attend in Sweden 2011, it looks a hell of a trip, they are away for 3 weeks or so, starting off in Copenhagen for 3 days then the Jamboree and then off to stay with a family in either, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania. The young is very fired up and will have to attend a selection weekend in January. Only one other Explorer from his unit want to attend, a few of the older ones attended the UK version 2 years ago. Talking to Paul a good mate and the 2007 Unit Leader he reckons I should put my hat in the ring to attend Japan in 2015 as one of the Unit Leaders, by then young Finch will at Uni hopefully, so 3 weeks away would not be an issue!
This years Jamboree leader is Debbie, who also happens to be organising our ski trip to Switzerland, we were chatting about the ski trip last night, seems we will be getting a healthy discount on our ski clothing hire!
We are booked in to visit our friends in Conde Folie, France, and a trip to the Somme trenches is planned as well as a days duck hunting with the locals, having seen these lunatics running around the Picardy countryside with guns it should be very interesting! We are off in half term week February, Young Finch cannot wait neither can I as the locals are very welcoming especially my mate Michel in Bar Tabac, my little bolt hole for an early morning coffee and bad attempts at speaking French with the locals.

Oh I think I am going to a wedding today......

Plans are well advanced for the New Romney Mountain Rescue weekend at the end o f November, the bunkhouse is booked, the van is booked, and the lads are hatching plans for the weekend, this year we have as usual our PA system, Ipods, Digital Radio and new this year a full blown Karaoke, as well as the Kinder Egg challenge we will have the all new Ferrero Rocher challenge. We have ordered a polypin of beer and Andy is bringing 40 pints of home brew....god help us. Our major activity this weekend is a walk to the local distillery for a tour and tasting session, I fear this will get messy....

Ouch my head hurts