TWC Tours - Stigs Last Stand !

Having said farewell for a week to Lindsey, who left for Vancouver ahead of me, I promptly and madly spent my final week dashing around the UK trying to catch up with everyone before I too would head over the pond again courtesy of Fly Zoom and their cheap battle bus airplanes.

First of all of course I had to grab one last pint of decent beer in the form of a Thwaites 'Lancaster Bomber' and to get my last Lancashire and family fix in for what may be a wee while.



With glorious weather following me north, Mom and I jumped on the bikes and headed down the cycle track to Brookhouse, just to make sure Dad got some fresh flowers and his traditional face wash.

Although life is so very good in Canada there is never not a part of me that just wants to hole up in Lancashire and enjoy the friendly northern way of life in this parts whenever I am here.


Oh well........ can't have everything I suppose.

Moving from the 'Black Bull' to the 'Ship' and then to the 'Greyhound' I am surprised Mom and I made it in one piece......... all I can say is that my mother is a better drunken cycler than my sister, who has a tendency to giggle and hiccup her way into the nearest bushes when on two wheels !

Routing through Ormskirk and a cuppa with Nanna in her fabulous new pad (top garden to lay on in the summer) I trained the journey to London one last time for a final beery night with the old Roundhouse Tolent mob !

Striding through the doors for a cheeky visit who do I see but non other than Roger our mechanical engineer - still trying to clear snagging lists ! Ha ha aha ha !! Most of which were mine in fairness to the fella ! oooops !

Joining Stanley, John and Declan for a few jars (well a gallon or two) was just like old times ! John is still a cheeky chappy who can never remember how to get home after 10pm (despite having done so for oodles of years) and Stan is still my saviour ensuring I get woken up before my stop at Fleet and don't end up dribbling on a chair in Southampton !!


Top night boys...... really enjoyed it !!



Oh well......... I suppose I best go back to Canada with my new visa then !!!!!


Doogie........ any chance of a first class upgrade again ???????