Royal Wedding: Will you be watching?

[MarkF]

I don't give a monkey's fart for monarchy or the wedding but I am always grateful for another holiday and a good time. Our street party has been planned a while, all the children are beside themselves with excitement and the adults will get comfortably plastered.

10.00 - 12.00 - Set up. Tent, bunting etc
12.30 - Opening of Champagne and blowing up of bouncy castle.
12.45 - Start lunch.
14.00 - Chill out tent
14.30 - Treasure hunt
15.00 - Afternoon activities.
15.30 - Wedding quiz
16.00 - Royal masks
16.30 - Three legged race

Can see me doing well in this.
17.00 - Pass parcel.
17.30 - Outdoor game

18.00 - Arrival of entertainment. (But I've been on the Champers for 5.5 hours!)

Food
Trifle - Rhona
Baked potatoes, chocolate fountain, smoothies - Kate & Andrew
Meat & vegetarian curry - Rebecca & Steven (w.a.n.k.e.r)
Jelly and veg BBQ options - My good lady & daughter (Now somebody else has to suffer Carloyn's cooking. Jelly & veg sounds the sort of thing she'd cook given the chance)
Vol au Vents and sandwiches - Louise & Dino
Chocolate brownies - Elle & Eve
Cakes - Jill & Matt

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[Piemaster]

I do rather get the impression the roads will thick with pelotons of cyclists tomorrow

 

[KingstonBiker]

Mrs KB seemed a little surprised when I said I'd be going out for a ride in the morning, she said "oh, I thought you'd be watching the wedding". You'd think she would know me after more than 15 years of marriage.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I do rather get the impression the roads will thick with pelotons of cyclists tomorrow

Yes, it seems that the roads will be jammed tomorrow as people all 'try to get away'. It'll be utterly hillarious if it does happen and hardee har har har to all you smug eejits who 'want to get as far away as possible'.


What you DON'T seem to realise is that some will be watching it purely to see if anything goes wrong!!

 

[Bayerd]

I know a few of the RAF fanfare brigade. Luckily I already know how well they play, so I've no need to listen

I'm taking the 2 year old out on the bike instead and hope to draft the peleton as it comes my way.

 

[asterix]

AAaaaaarghh!!!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Am I the only one who hasn't got a day off today?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

No.

and isn't in Belgium.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'm in Germany today.

Punishment enough!

 

[ComedyPilot]

Punishment enough!

I go to Germany for 3 weeks, in 3 weeks.

21 days of cycle touring heaven.

I could just as easily have saved the ferry cost, and spent my money in the UK, but our bad drivers have convinced me otherwise.

Let's see - 3 weeks of being beeped at, driven at, near-missed, and shouted at for holding them up, or 3 weeks of cycle paths, quiet rural roads, steins of beer, currywurst, schnitzel, rivers, mountains, lakes and a chance to brush up on my German?

NO CONTEST

It would be 'punishment' to stop on this island prison.

 

[davehann]

no

but i do apriciate the day off work

time to get out on the bike for a few hours

 

[ComedyPilot]

You've obviously never been to Duisburg have you?

My ride starts in Venlo, then goes through Duisburg and on to the Ruhr Radweg.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Knew I should have put that smiley in. I went to Germany when I was about 5 or 6, I remember getting a Fixi and Foxi comic book (which I've still got ) and cutting my foot in a lake, so it's not all bad!

 

[User169]

My ride starts in Venlo, then goes through Duisburg and on to the Ruhr Radweg.

Venlo (from the Idler):

"Pubs: Hundreds of 80s throwback bars, “Rock” cafes and alcohol selling Turkish cafes. In fact pretty much every building in the city sells alcohol.

Amenities: Pot selling coffeeshops – hundreds, mostly illegal. People in the street selling pot – hundreds, all illegal, many very annoying.

The “mountain” – a slope by UK standards.Venlo might sound like paradise to a lot of people with pretty much every building selling alcohol and every other person selling pot. Don’t be fooled.
There are reasons for this:
1. It’s the only way they can get anyone to live in this dull dreary 1950s prefab city.
2. You need to be out your head constantly to handle this travesty of civilisation.

I’ve heard Venlo described by a local as the crossroads of Europe. If this is true then it’s probably the crossroads where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil. Arse end of Europe is a more fitting description.

Venlo is the seediest part of Holland often making Amsterdam seem like a family picnic. The Dutch that live there however, are generally quiet family people and enjoy nothing better than dancing in a circle to “Brown girl in the ring” in a mock 1950s America bar. Many local men resemble Ned Flanders of the Simpsons and their wives often sport huge 1980s swept back hairstyles. The youth of Venlo express there rebellious nature by growing huge mullets and hanging out in “Rock” cafes or slicking back there hair with a ton of grease and riding round on scooters.

Bizzare place."

 

[User169]

No public holiday here today, so should be able to miss it quite easily. The Dutch media seems quite excited by the event - seemed to be on most news channels last night.

Tomorrow though, Queen's Day....