GLC's celeb golf tournament Caerleon 25th Sept 2010

Newport has a hotel called the Celtic Manor and in 2010 it's hosting the Ryder Cup which is a big fancy golf tournament that all the big name golfers will be attending.


So I decided that Newport needed an alternative that was more fun, free and that people could actually go to.
The venue is Caerleon golf club and the date is the 25th sept.

This is Eggsy with the club pro Jo Pritchard, she is very good at golf.

This is me and Eggsy teeing off from the 1st tee. He wouldn't get out of my way.

Caerleon is a nine hole course and anyone can play so get down there and give it a go.

After the golf in the night we are putting on a giant party and it's only a fiver to get in!

NEWPORT STATE OF MIND (YOU'RE NOT FROM NEWPORT)

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Teiefi festival 7th August 2010

We met up at 10am and got in the scum bus as we were off to West Wales to the Teifi Festival.
It had been the Blue Rock Festival, but they had some issues with the council or something to they changed the name and venue.

So we eventually left and traveled down to the end of the M4 and beyond.
We stopped at the Preseli cafe.

It's wicked we stopped here once before on the way back from Ireland. They make all types of food like pies and pizza type things. Mike was very happy.

About 4 hours later we got to the festival site and they had been kind enough to provide us with a caravan to use as a dressing room.

And it sure was spacious.

We went out to meet the crowd.

As we were there about 7 hours before we were going on stage we thought it best to take a day trip to............ Newport.

Not South Wales but Pembrokeshire. It's well nice and it's just by the sea so they have shops selling buckets and spades. We took a walk around.

And found the ruffest looking pub we could to have beer and food in.

Maggot went for the faggots.

Except for a small disagreement about mushrooms the pub was lovely, we finished our food and had another beer.

Then after a walk around the village we went to the beach.

It's a great place, really beautiful and you can drive your car onto the beach.

We went back to the caravan and played a game of Guess Who.

The nice people at the festival gave us some booze and a cucumber.

Adam and I went for a look around and found the party bus.

A wicker fox.

Met some of the party people

And bumped into my old mate Nick B.

Maggot bumped into this guy who he had met in Bristol or something.

There was a lot of love at the festival.

And Maggot was getting a lot of it.

Soon it was time to do the final preparations before we had to go on stage.

Everyone at the festival came to see us. I had a great time, real fun.

We all sweated loads but it was a really good gig.

Then we went to meet some of the crowd who were on the other side of a fence.

We sat in the caravan and drank till 12.

Then when we were all proper smashed we got ready to go back to the Port.

There was just one more thing to do before we left.

Then it was back on the scum bus to listen to O.D.B. on cassette tape for another 4 hours.

Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Filming for Channel 4

Eggsy and me went to Stoke Mandeville Stadium to film part of a show channel 4 are making about the 2012 Paralympics.
We were very lucky indeed and we were looking forward to a great day of sport.

We met up with some top athletes and were split into two teams.
On Eggsy's team was Olympic sprinter Jeanette Kwakye and bronze medal Paralympic sprinter Ian Jones.

I had Gold medal Paralympic swimmer Liz Johnson and the man himself Tony Jarrett who has won a bunch of medals including gold 110m hurdles at the Commonwealth games in 98.
I thought my team were strong and we had a good chance to whip Eggsy's team's ass.

First up it was sitting volleyball. This is our instructor sitting volleyball ace Emma Wiggs, she had a black eye from playing last week so we were slightly scared.

We got into it as Emma explained the basics.

Eggsy was getting right into it.

Then we split into our teams, I was quietly confident that we would kick ass and win.

You will have to wait and see who the winners were when the show is on TV in August.

Next up was Boccia which is a bit like Bowls crossed with the French game Petanque but you play with a mini football that's soft so it doesn't bounce.

This is our Boccia instructor Dave Smith. He was world number one at Boccia so we had the best teacher. He is a dude.

We entered the arena of conflict.

Eggsy and his team tried to master the game. Boccia is serious and involves skill and a strong mental and tactical ability. I thought my team again had a strong chance of going for the win.

You will have to watch the show to see who got the victory. After we had battled it out at Boccia we moved on to something more deadly.

But first we had to put on special protection.

This is Eggsy with Adrian Derbyshire. He is the a gold medalist and one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. He took us through the basics and tried to convince me it was safe.

Then the games began. Eggsy has always wanted to fence since he was about 4 so this was his big chance to shine, he took on Liz.

Then it was me, I was up against Jeanette and she scared me a bit. She is very competitive and said she would cut my head off.
In the end she didn't hurt me too bad, she is a big softy really.

Then we were done, all to soon. I would love to go back and just hang out at Stoke Mandeville it is a great place and the canteen had some reasonably priced snacks too.

I can't wait to watch the 2012 Paralympics........on TV of course.