Mister Wibble

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Wiltshire weekend

Published: 6:06 AM GMT, Wednesday, 4 June 2008

I don't care what you say; on a Friday afternoon it seems well worth the cash. An easy trundle through central London to the motorway for eight of my English pounds. Thanks Ken. Miss you..

 

To the best little village pub in village pub-land; and a splendid evening populated by oldest-bestest pals, the stars in a clear sky, and some beer - obviously. Next day, a meander through the valley for a sit by the river. Old boys fishing, swans and cygnets, a dog called Reg, and an over priced ploughmans lunch.

Ploughmans Lunch?... More like Trudy Styler's Lunch. I mean, do two slices of cheese no thicker than a dragon fly's wing and a gherkin the size of a field mouse's penis make a summer? No, they do not.  Time was, you'd need a Massey Ferguson and a large farmhand to get your lunch from kitchen to beer garden. Too many rock stars living round here now; swanning around with their lah-de-dah ways, bumping up the mansion house prices and being all tantric and stuff. I want my Ploughmans and I want it wibble sized, thank you very much.


A view of "the stones" as we pootle down the A303. Memories of picnics with mum, and  - much later-  a very different kind of picnic at Stonehenge Free Festival.

 

Despite the proliferation of Arran sweaters and the pong of mouldy pipe tobacco in the audience; Martin Simpson was astonishing. All intricate finger picking and nifty slidesmanship. Great to sit in a small auditorium, not ten feet away. Go and buy Prodigal Son - Best Album 2008 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. It's great. 

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Enjoy your weekend, young Wibble. Under different circumstances I would have come to seek you out.

I would have bought my own Ploughmans Penis and not tried to share yours, honestly....

left by Blazing . Friday, 6 June 2008 8:48 PM

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Now THAT's a gherkin!

left by mister wibble . Thursday, 5 June 2008 10:05 AM

Gherkins should be the size of a grizzly bear's penis *at least*. (Typing this I realise I do not actually know how big grizzly bears' penises are, and dare not do a Google search in the office to find out. So more precisely, gherkins should be as big as I imagine a grizzly bear's penis to be.)

left by joella . Wednesday, 4 June 2008 4:26 PM

good read.

left by John . Wednesday, 4 June 2008 4:17 PM
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