Hey,
Well... what can I say? What a great weekend!
The weather was great (sunny, if a little cold some times), great great
people from all over the world, and great competition :p
On Friday we arrived at about 11am, and built the trials course with
Yoggi. This took up much of the day. Friday night was such a laugh.
After a few drinks I took part in the Ceilidh, and I loved it! Im
hopeless, but it was a good laugh (even being a lady). Friday night is
great for meetin new people, which I did in the way of Simon and
Kristian from Denmark, Patrick, Christy, and during the weekend, meeting
and putting faces to people such as Pete, Kit, Steve, and Pebbles just
to name a few, and meet up with the guys I aint seen for ages:- Rob,
Iain, Stephen, Gayno etc.
We spent the rest of the night playing stupid games, thanks to Mini and
Patrick, which were quite addictive! Putting something like a cork on
the floor, taking four steps back, and try to kick it over with one foot
being one of them. haha. Also pushing each other standing face to face
without using your hands being another.
I dont know how, but we got into a conversation about [censored] hockey with
Mini. Closely followed by extreme pisshockey, just dont ask.. you had to
be there! 😄
After getting to bed at around 2.30, I had a quick sleep (snoring and
all), and woke as tired as I was when I went to bed. Quick wash, and it
was off to get some breakfast... yum yum.
10.00 and the Hockey starts to be organised. There was a great turn out
here, with teams from all over the country, Germany, and 2 scratch
teams. The standard was very high all-round. The final saw Stockton (my
team) play a German team (sorry, cant remember the name). Needless to
say, the Germans won, but it was very close. We put up a good fight with
the final score being 4-3. Well done to all teams, it was great!
The Freestyle competition, which unfortunately I didnt see, was won by
Will, and he performed his winning routine in the show, Well done
mate!
The trials competition, which couldnt of happened without Yoggi (Merci!)
saw around 15 competitors battle it out on the course. At the end of the
comp, we had a draw. Both Yoggi and I finished the whole course, which,
after a little time deciding how to find a winner, the tiebreak section
was ridden on Sunday.
After a quick shower, dash to Tesco’s for some alchofrolics (those self
service tills are great... they dont need ID :p BOOOYA!) we were just in
time for the show. Compared by Luke, all performances were great. These
included Joe M (who had ridden from Nottingham to Stockton on his Coker)
juggling in a number of different positions, girls doing Poi, Will and
his freestyle performance, Smiley Dave with his two Diablos, Christy,
Christy and Connie, Simon Wells, and Gilby on his two wheeler. Oh how
could I forget Roger and Rocket on two wheelers! 😉
After the show there were two bands. One, a didgeridoo and fiddle duo,
and a jazz trio (I think), which mostly went down well.
Yoggi and I, along with Simon and Kristian, maybe a few others, were
practicing toaster tricks in the canteen. These involved putting bread
in the toaster, and either popping the bread back up or waiting for it
to toast (the latter being the hardest, due to the heat of the toast!),
and catching it, swapping two slices over, or putting butter and jam on
before it comes back down. It was a good game at the time! 🙂
A few liquid refreshments later, late night unicycle games were in
order. These being gladiators (yeah, Will, you are gladiators champ!
:P), bulldog, sumo, chicken, musical unicycles, followed by late night
hockey, which there was actually a good turn out for.
What a great day!
After hurting my knee playing games, I hobbled to the toilets Sunday
morning for a wash, then to the canteen for some breakfast. I thought my
knee was getting better until I rode my uni. Still, a sore knee wasnt
going to stop me going on a Muni ride. Again, turn out for Muni was
good. We went to Guisborogh woods, a 20-40min car trip away, depending
if you got lost of not :p There were 3 groups. A fast long ride group, a
normal Muni group, and a trials group.
We, in the trials group, rode/walked to Roseberry Topping, a huge
hill/cliff, with great views, and a great place for some extreme trials.
After a good play and photo session, we headed back to the cars for some
lunch. By around 2 we were back at the convention and time for Yoggi and
I to go head to head on the trials course. We both cleared the first
section, and on the second section both came off at the same point,
about 3 times! On the third section, an unsuccessful pedal grab to
rubber by Yoggi resulted in him not completing that section, which I
did. Final results: 1- Joe Baxter, 2 - Yoggi, 3 - Rick Else. Well done
to all who competed in the competition, it was great fun!
The convention ended with a BUC meeting, where no host was found for
next years BUC! Email UUU if you fancy it!!
After dismantling the trials course, a go on Miarks bike :p (its
great... I'll swap it with my scooter 😕 😄 ), and a fair share
of good byes, it was time to hit the road.
What a great BUC... roll on next year! 😄
My Pics and videos will be up soon, but in the mean time, post yours,
and give us your stories.
Sorry if i have missed everything anything/anyone out, but my memory
isnt the greatest ever.. :o
Joe,
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