Land of Hope and Glory

This weekend saw the best weather since we've been in Vancouver. On Sunday I actually wore shorts to show off my beautiful legs. With Sunday being so nice we had decided to have a barbecue at Andy and Ian's. Firstly I'd like to thank both of them for the excellent job they did and their great hospiltality.

Sunday was also St George's Day. For those of you who aren't English, St George is the Patron Saint of England much like St Patrick is for Ireland. Nobody in England celebrates St George's day as it's pretty much been hijacked by the BNP (British National Party). They don't really like anyone who isn't white and English.

St George is famous for killing a dragon. He's lucky it wasn't Trog Dor he was fighting or else he might have taken a bit of a beating from one of those beefy arms.

The day involved two barbecues and a visit to Kit's beach. It was almost a perfect day but for me sadly, one thing was lacking.

Anyway, enjoy the next 30 odd pictures and my witty comments that accompany them.


Andy getting the first barbecue going. If you're traumatized by this picture you may want to stop reading now


Come on baby, light my fire



Relaxing in the afternoon


Keenie playing with a piece of rope in the hammock. Finally he had met his intellectual match


Celebrating St George's Day wearing my England shirt, wrapped in an England flag. Staring into the distance and praying to God he never sends me back


"You wanna come to my club". Two naive Englishmen being lured into some seedy club by a gay cowboy


Where'd the cowboy go?


It's silly hat time


Ian about to be dropkicked off the balcony by Simon


Secret hammock cam


I just can't explain this picture, nor would I want to


Ian being spun around in the hammock for about 5 minutes


Ian and Jade cleaning up. It was even messier by the evening


Mountains, sun, what more could you want?


Gav and myself with some heroic poses in the sea


Its a beautiful day. As soon as I wrote that I just heard Des Lynam's voice saying "Tonight on the Premiership"


An amazing view. The mountains, sea and park aren't bad either


Something missing from this picture


The beach was full of people


Simon and Andy fully clothed in the sea

WARNING - The following few pictures could have serious harmful effects on your future health. Turn away now if you suffer from backpains or are pregnant.




Simon and Andy in their boxer shorts. Eugght. They went for a swim in the sea. Being a veteran of the polar bear swim on New Years Day I felt no need to go in again


A long shot, much nicer


Look what crawled out of the ocean


Frisbee on the beach, exciting...


...or not


Glorious


Group shot from the ground


We stopped off for ice cream on the way back. Being the affluent man that I am I forked out for the most expensive one they had to offer. $3.50 this cost me


Ian lighting up the second barbecue in the evening. By this point he'd lost his camera. I feel for you Ian

Now I know I put you though a lot of stress with those pictures of Andy and Simon, so I thought I'd redress the balance with two pictures of what is the second (not first) most beautiful sight in Vancouver.