Slowboat 2016

This was a brilliant evening.

Probably one of my most enjoyable Slowboats.

There were vast quantities of noodles, the duck was magnificent, there seemed to be talking competitions on various tables, the dancefloor was never empty thanks to Cookie, some of us had fits of giggles over the most ridiculous things and we even did a group dance floor plank. Our daughter won the Heads and Tails prize which was possibly something new that she didn't want in the first place if I can remember what the heck it was, the glowing bangles and flashing luminous jelly rings went down a treat, and I was only up till 1am the night before doing the seating plan which was a record.

Imagine the stress then, when the texts began to ping with several people cancelling at the last minute, a couple of people didn't actually turn up at all. Hmmmm. Nick-the-Slowboat and I remained calm and we moved tables and chairs and rearranged people and it was all absolutely fabulous. We glowed and ate and rhymed and heads and tailed and danced all night and we are going to do it again very soon :)

Emma and her mum Anne

"Are you Ali's sister?"

The Aqua lot. Mel,Judith,Carol, Julie

JoLowe

Kate Mandy Vanessa

Nicola Ali Jo Kate

The Graehame's (Graeme and Graham) entertaining Lynette

I love these chaps.

How gorgeous are Rebecca and Katrina?!

Kieran did a runner hahaha (He ran back in again)

To be fair, we are not a bad advert for spinning ...

Michelle and Sharon from Aqua

Mid giggles. At one point Tami and I were nearly crying laughing.

Gym Bods polished off every morsel of food, no wonder they needed cake.

Nik and Donna, you are just gorgeous.

I bore one of them and inherited the other :)

NickTheSlowboat did an awesome job.

Lynette had a glowing hug.

Bearing in mind Malcolm had been stood up he seemed to be having a very good time on his table with these babes.

Team HennaHolliBreadmanGlowe

I LOVE this girl.

Kay wooped.

Playing with the boys indeed. 

Shiny happy fave people

OMG OMG Linds and CERI!! CERI!!

NOT guilty. Cookie said "PLANK!" not me.

WINNER WINNER! Anyone who goes to Zanzibar and does a plank like this is a VERY WORTHY WINNER.

This team loved being part of it all.

Goodbye glasses and headgear haha

It's nearly Christmas once again

That can only mean one thing.

We're having some fun at the Slowboat

All dressed up in our bling.

We've ditched our favourite trainers

Were trying to walk in heels

Just to be less sweaty for once,and

Oh how nice that feels.

But tonight is not just MY night.

It's YOUR big party really

Next year will by MY night

Cos I'll be 60 nearly

(gotta point out I'm not 59 yet)

Twenty Sixteen was a crazy year-

Brexit? Donald Trump??

I'd rather not think about either of those

I'd rather run or jump.

Running, Swimming, Cycling...

A triathlete does the lot

LUCY! You're a triathlete now

Though tonight you're looking HOT.

Well done on your triathlon!

3 hours? That's so so good

Kieran wants to join you next year

Is that right Burger, you said you would.

She also did Tough Mudder

Cholmondley Castle in the mud

She's just a blummin superstar

I'd join you if I could

(But I'm not that keen on mud)

Who else deserves a mention?

It's gotta be Postman Paul

LONDON MARATHON 2017

Do not hit the wall.

Paul runs marathons for fun

Are you listening Jo?

Jo is a new born runner

There's only one way that will go.

Couch to 5k for starters

Now Parkrun every weekend

A Half Marathon is surely next for you

You could even ask your friends

Remember when you were sozzled

And you managed to persuade them all

to Join you, hungover, on Boxing Day

To Run around the Walls

(oh and by the way it's £16!!)

Nem and I did the Chester Half and 

Lisa ran it too

We ran together all the way

Such a lovely thing to do.

But Nem and I were tiring

Lisa, though, looked like MO,

 And although I didn't mean it, I

Said "GO, Lisa, just GO!"

She blummin did! She beat us, by a

Minute and a half.

So I made her plank at the finish

Yay, it was ME who had the last larf.

We also have some cyclists here

A Graham and a Graeme

One rode to Newcastle in a headwind that nearly killed him 

And the other did a 60 mile Lake District mayhem.

I wonder where they train to get

Their legs so strong and thin

Oh YES they come to my class

To my Aliholli spin!

Your planks have been magnificent

And I'm really rather flattered

That you're thousands of miles away on holiday

And it's my PLANK that really matters.

The Album's looking great, so I

Think we should keep it going

It makes no difference where you are

Whether it's sunny or it's snowing

Besides, I'm about to do some more

We're off to the Caribbean

But much to their disappointment

We're not taking Emma and Ian.

Instead we have a wedding! I'm going to be

Mother of the Bride

Nic is getting married in Greece

So a family plank on the beach must be tried.

Anyway....

It's you lot who make my job such fun

I love you all to bits

Especially my adorable Aqua lot

With your soaking wet jiggly bits.

Vicar's Cross will always be

My fave place  to leap about.

But spinning with the lads on a Friday night 

That's gotta be in with a shout.

CJ you're adorable

Andrew-he just sweats in a heart

Lyn, I absoutely love you lots

And Claire's a Walking Work of Art.

Claire! OMG Claire!  OMG Claire!

You HAVE to COME UP HERE!

Your Zanzibar plank...yes ZANZIBAR!!

Has won this year's Plank Of The Year!

Basically I love you all

You're all such super fun

Thank you all for coming tonight

Now have a happy one.

Before we dance- a special thanks

To the wonderful Slowboat crowd

I'm sure they love us really

I hope we're not too loud.

Cheers to everybody

Happy Christmas to you all

Happy Healthy 2017 

Thanks! God bless you all.

Cookie was fab, we didn't stop dancing