Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Beast of Arundel

In the best traditions of Fawlty Towers, we arrived in Arundel, only to find out that this was where the "he/she beast" of Arundel hung out. Frightening stuff, I can assure you. Even Tim was in bed by 8pm, so scared by this new foe that we now faced!

In a place that included no internet, a phone that didn't work and Arundel's equivalent of Manuel, it appeared that life was going to be difficult for the next couple of days....that was until the Duke of Edinburgh girls arrived with their tents for the night!!! This was going to test the mettle of Drury and Wyatt to the max. However, after Mr Drury defeated Ricky in an epic arm wrestle the boys clearly knew who was the boss!

The highlight of Arundel would clearly be our trip to Portsmouth. I mean they have got some seriously old ships there - The Victory - that fought in the Battle of Trafalgar....poor Nelson though he didn't quite make it. Then there was Henry VIII's ship the Mary Rose. This ship sunk like 500 years ago, had been hanging around on the ocean floor and then they dredged it up after 500 years!!! Yea 500 years!!

After POrstmouth we went for traditional fish and chips at an English pub...bloody good tucker that. Some dodgey geezer came in off the street and tried to sell Ricky some jewellery. However, the ever alert Wyatt was quickly on the case, stared him out and he hightailed with his tail between his legs. Then it was back to the Arundel fortress, hiding all the while from the beast. Angus was prepared though, he even went into Ninja mode prepared to take out the he/she beast....Anyway that was basically it for Arundel. Off the next day to Belgium!

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