Nights Out
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Pickering & Tadcaster
I went on holiday this weekend to Pickering with my parents and Geoff and Gwen. Okay, it’s not that far away — one might argue that it’s not a holiday if the Coastliner goes past the camp site — but we had a really great time, despite the rain on Friday!
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Back in Scholes
Well, that’s it, I’m back for good. It feels very strange to think I won’t be going back to Durham again! That’s not entirely true; I’ll be back for the start of next term to sort out the changeover of the HBMC, and then there’ll be Claire and my graduation in January, but it won’t be the same!
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me…
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Dublin
Best couple of days ever…
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End of Exams
So much stuff going on!
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Hannah and JC’s Visit
This weekend, Hannah and JC have been up to Durham.
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Spider-Man 3
We went to see Spider-Man 3 for Jay’s birthday today. I’ve seen the second, and really enjoyed it. This one, I must admit, was no different — despite warnings from critics and friends alike that “there’s too much going on.”
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College Day
Always a great day, and this one was no exception!
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Back in Durham 2
It’s good to be back up here. When I got back we went for a drink at Wetherspoons, where Reg showed off his new back piercings — and Lara managed to slap them as she left! Then Monday night: the first day of term, Collingwood’s fund raiser at Walkabout, and St George’s Day — so many reasons to have a few (many) drinks! And tonight, some live metal/harcore music at Bar19, thanks to Helen and Chris! All in all, a great few days.
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Tex & Junior Tex’s Party
The weather was just right for the party (mainly for Rob’s 18th, but not far from Tex’s 21st). A couple of 9-gallon kegs from Wold Top Brewery and a hi-fi up on the banking topped off the afternoon! A game of killer table-tennis gave me my (apparently) inevitable injury as some of the garage clutter collapsed while running round…
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Jess’s Party
Last night was Jess’s 21st night out. She’s not 21 until Monday, but that doesn’t matter!
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Clubs & Socs Formal & Summerhill
The Clubs & Socs formal at Hild Bede is always a great event, with much celebration of attending the best college at Durham (true fact — ask Andy), and this year’s was no exception! Our table had by far the best balloon, a fact proven by a jealous girl with a knife in the bar afterwards…
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Reg’s Birthday
Last night (well, Wednesday night, it’s 2am) was Reg’s birthday night out. We started up at Butler — without Reg, I might add — before moving along the hill and then down to Varsity for a bit of drinking and table dancing (Ste, Jon) and finally Love Shack. A select few had gone to the effort of making tank tops (beaters, if you will) with some excellent pictures of Reg and themselves… see the pictures for examples!
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New Wii & JC’s Antics
Andy got a Wii the other day. A complete impulse buy — but a good one, I might add! It came with Wii Sports, a game that demonstrates the revolutionary controller known as the Wii remote:
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Durham & Planet of Sound
Andy and Jay finished their Engineering project yesterday. And Lara got her Physics project in. And I did half her Physics project. So we were all out to celebrate!
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Full College Bar Crawl
Heavy night…
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Casino Royale & Planet of Sound
A very different Bond…
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Less Than Jake + Dropkick Murphys + The Living End
Such an awesome gig!
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Boarding Tryouts
This evening was spent at the artificial ski slope at Silkworth Sports Complex in Sunderland. It was supposed to be tryouts for the DUSSC, but didn’t seem that organised: Upon arrival I purchased a membership card (for £5) that meant I got a discount — except that it only applied to skiers. Thankfully the staff also thought I was a skier and charged me the cheaper skiers’ price for entry! Reg managed to pay for both the membership card, only to then be told that he didn’t need it, but was going to have to pay full boarding price…
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Spanky’s 20th
What a night!
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The Automatic + Mumm-Ra + Alterkicks
Last night we went over to Newcastle University Union to see The Automatic, supported by Mumm-Ra and Alterkicks.
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First Climbing Session
Yesterday we took the new HBMC members to Sunderland Wall. It was a big turn-out, requiring four cars in total — our biggest turn-out yet, I think!
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Love Shack
That’s where it’s at…
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Waiting to Exist
Headaches of waiting for university registration, and the inevitable solution.
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Birthday Night Out
What a night…
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Amy’s Party
So, Brown’s is a posh place, eh?
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Pub Quiz & Biking
Last night we had a go at the quiz down at the Barleycorn in Scholes. I remember the days when we used to be glad to scrape half the score of the winners — this time a fairly impressive 28 put us considerably closer to the winning 35 (remember this is a pub where our group at least halved the average age). Not long now, soon we’ll be regular winners…
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Tad Run & Climbing
Yesterday saw the legendary Tad Run being completed in excellent style by a number of us. We started at the Falcon for a bit of lunch (the usual Brit doesn’t do food on a Monday), and working an interesting route around to finish at the Angel in plenty of time. All in all, a very respectable Run, with minor closing hiccups being dealt with promptly!