Stonehenge vs Wardour Castle (Or Why my Weekend was Better than Yours!)

Song of the Day: The Pot – Tool

Album of the Day: New Adventures in Hi-Fi – R.E.M

Thought of the Day: “There is an advantage to always being right – you never have to change your mind” – JK Galbraith

Hello!

For those of you that are still talking to me, that is. For the rest of you, welcome back to my comforting and fuzzy folds. We missed you. Come in. Put your feet up. Not there. That’s better. Tea? How many sugars? Milk?

Good. Now then, doesn’t that feel better?

So, what’s been happening? What did you do this weekend?

Well, I can tell you one thing. You sure as hell didn’t have as good a weekend as me!

That’s right, folks – I had another weekend of greatness! But why? Calm down, I’m about to tell you!

I went to Dorset on Saturday. And while I was in Dorset, I once again had the opportunity to spend the day with someone who I rate incredibly highly. You’ve probably guessed it already – I went to hang out with Danielle.

So, my journey began early morning in East London. I left the house at 9am to scorching sunshine – so Jensen, being English, puts shorts on (probably the first mistake of the weekend) – and then began the frankly epic journey across London and down to Salisbury. Arriving about quarter to one, I was picked up by missy M in what can only be described as a brilliant car, and we went and grabbed THE BEST sausage rolls I have EVER eaten (and I know my sausage rolls, thank you very much), and then off to the fabulous, the mystical…

STONEHENGE!!

OoooOOoOOoooOOoooOOOoooOOOOOoooooOOOOOOOooooAAaaaaa!!! (In Mystic Purple!)

Druidish or what? What an absolutely amazing place. Even though a big road thunders relentlessly by about a hundred yards away, the whole place has this unerring sense of serenity… Great to visit it. Although it is also funny to mock the henge – with it’s ancient footbridge and mystical shop of gifts and treats…

And then – back in the car! And off on a random mission to Wardour castle… Wardour castle is where they filmed the bits of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, which had Brian Blessed in… Which invariably led to both me and Danielle running about the place shouting “Gordon’s Alive!” and exploring cellars and boy-holes and Mediaeval DVD racks. If you weren’t there, and you weren’t unless you are Danielle, or I, then you won’t understand. But needless to say there is much comedy to be found in pretending to be a real estate agent selling a ruinous castle, Mediaeval Mars Bar wrappers do exist, and it IS scary to look up Chimneys.

And then we went and had a good old natter over drinks, curly fries and cheesy Garlic bread. I think it might have scared her a bit that I didn’t eat much – but then I hope that I made up for it with funny banter!

So once again I am lost for words when it comes to miss Menage. I’ve met her before – you remember, when she came to London, but it’s nice to be constantly amazed and refreshed by someone. It’s incredibly rare that I can feel instantly comfortable with someone. It’s rarer still that someone will laugh at all of my crappy jokes, and rarer yet that someone can make me smile and laugh with such ease… AND she has the most perfect nails EVER!! It feels strange that someone I hardly know is having such a profound and deep effect on my life… I don’t quite know how to explain it really. I’ll try – it feels like I’ve known Danielle for years, and I actually fear the day that she’ll stop e-mailing me, or leaving me snazzy comments, or sending me funny texts… I think life’ll be a lot bleaker then.

Oh, and this will really embarrass her – she’s an exceptionally pretty lady too. And you can take that from me.

So to sum up – Danielle is much, much cooler than flared trousers. Oh, yes. Danielle is about as cool as a polar bear, taking a dip in an ice pool while eating a lolly. That’s how cool Danielle is.

But I’ll stop embarrassing the poor girl now, she doesn’t do compliments so well. But thanks, DM. You are the reason that my weekend was better than everyone elses!

Anyway. Mum has gone away on her hols (lucky lady), and the rest of life is swimming along nicely too. Work is going well, I have formulated plans to buy a flat, and Top Gear is back and it’s making me drool over yummy cars again.

My favourite things at the moment:

1) Danielle (of course… Did you even READ the above?)
2) Lovely Brie and Bacon baguettes
3) Words like Flang, Wangdoodle, Monk and Cheesebread
4) Tool’s new album – absolutely fantastic
5) Feeling back on the road again
6) The kitten that keeps following me home – Little Mau – he’s ace
7) Somewhat bizarrely, my new socks
8) My proposed name change – to Baron Pierre Von Moonboot of Flufflehausen
9) Stonehenge
10) Brian Blessed

So there!

I hope you are all well, I hope Danielle isn’t too embarrassed, and I hope that I’ll see all of you soon!

Lots of Love,
CJ x x