Festival fever

Well, it's the Germans again. After tonight's win we now face our old enemy Germany in the second round on Sunday. Maybe, after all the recent speculation and gossip surrounding the England camp, it is time we turned the table on our tournament nemesis, I did say maybe!!.
Hot weather, great company, sun, sea, sand, and whatever else comes with a good holiday, it has all been enjoyed recently - well the two days I had anyway! I made a few interesting discoveries whilst abroad, one was that two days in the sun is really not enough, the second is that plenty of people definitely do not need an all inclusive holiday, they may well need a holiday but they definitely do not need a plate of pancakes, an omelette, three croissants, a coffee, and three chocolate muffins every morning. No wonder the plane struggled a bit on the way back!.
In the next few days it is a case of CV bashing, thinking, and talking, and when that is done Hargreaves senior is heading to the healing fields. I am not going to run naked through a field whilst covered in mud, singing Tambourine man, but yes, I am off to Glastonbury. Essential items - wellies, baby wipes, clean boxers, a sleeping bed, and an open mind!

CH

P.S Thanks to all who made Belfast an absolutely brilliant experience. Alot was learnt and alot of laughs were had by all.

Delay

I am currently sat in the departure lounge of an airport waiting for my second plane journey of the day. The plane has been delayed by four hours, which after 3 hours sleep is totally brutal - last night out and all that!. Why is the plane delayed you may ask ? The obligatory ash cloud nightmare or even a staff strike maybe, but no, we have been politely informed that the pilot is ill !
I have already been at the airport seven hours having arrived early from Belfast this morning but the day has gone pretty quickly, as incredibly, our old next door neighbours from Northampton, Helen and Ian, are on the same flight. We have had a good catch up ( in other words a major gossip session) and the time has flown - no pun intended. Cams old mate Harry is turning into a surf dude ( just needs the board now) and the girls Sophie and Emily are now officially running things - poor mum and Dad ( boys eh!).
Next stop Turkey!

P.S Need I say more about last night, made even worse by the fact that I was sat next to an Aussie, three 'yanks', two Canadians, three Irishman, and a Scot, with a Brazilian thrown in for good measure.

"Final call for Chris Hargreaves" ..........gotta go!

CH

Lock down

9 till 9 days and 10 till 3 nights has seriously affected my blog activity. Huge apologies about that but seven hours of football a
day and seven ish pints of guiness a night (joking of course) is not for the faint hearted. I have met some great people from all around the world and have bumped into so many old faces from our domestic leagues. My focus now though is getting back to the family and that means two more flights , a couple of taxis, and a boat ( no boat but it sounds better! ).
Before that happens however I have a couple more days to get through and a couple more nights to get through.
Love to all.

CH

Stage three

Stage three's progress was delayed massively due to baggage problems, a direction issue, and an initiation process. All done now it's time for full days and long nights!

CH

Stage two

Now on bus to airport, head is spinning and my mouth feels like it is full of cotton wool.

CH

Stage one

What a great wedding, a great location a beautiful bride, just a shame about the groom! I crept out of the hotel room early this morning (don't worry my wife and children were in there, not one of the bridesmaids!) and I am now on the train to the bus to the plane to the taxi to Belfast. My heart is heavy (leaving my gang) and so is my head (not enough tonic!) and to make matters worse I am in the QUIET carriage complete with screaming babies, twitteres, yappers, and chatterers!
Love is all you need
CH

Last minute wobble?

An uber busy day today, in fact an uber busy week really. Tomorrow however it is time to relax. Oh no it's not, it is in fact the wedding of the year, Kevin and Jenny (soon to be) Nicholson are to tie the knot(you still have time to change your mind Jenny!!)and I cannot wait, for the speeches that is!.
The stag 'do' went well, very well , more of which I tell you later (and boy will I tell you later), the suit is ready and the speech is written so I will bid you farewell safe in the knowledge that I will reveal all on my return. Well actually it will probably be in a couple of days as tomorrow will be counted out due to far too many Gin and tonics and on Saturday morning I fly off early to Ireland.

Speak to you soon from Ireland.

CH