How many have you got in your band?

As I am sure you will be aware by now, I am a little bit involved with a youth organisation known as the Nautical Training Corps. As you should be aware, I am with Training Ship Intrepid.



In recent months I have been helping/ hindering one of our sister ships, TS Sturdy with their band. Last year, Sturdy's commanding officer, Graham, helped us set up our percussion section. In return, I started going over to them in February. When I started over there, they had a similar number of cadets in their band to us (around 8 to 10).



I went their tonight (as usual) to find TWENTY members of their band! That is more than Intrepid's entire ship's company. How dare they!!!

In all seriousness, it's a testament to the fantastic job that Graham, and his officers are doing. But it doesn't forgive thge fact that they've got three million cadets, and we've only got 12! Swines!

My perilous Holiday!!!!

Good Evening. Just thought you might like to see some pictures from my life risking holiday in Snowdonia! There again, you probably couldn't give a flying monkees...



This is me (from camera phone) scrambling up part of Trefan (915m above sea level), a mountain in Snowdonia.



PROOF! My car got all 725 miles to Snowdonia and back! In the background is Llanberis, and Mount Snowdon. Good picture as well.



Me being a heroic explorer (yeah right!). This photo was taken half way up Trefan.



Trefan, Trefan, Trefan, Trefan, Trefan. This is Trefan, except for the top which is above the cloud ceiling.



This is one of my friends (Luke) on the edge of a 20m cliff. Shortly after this, my rucsac went over the edge of this! I had to scramble back doen and get it! Doh!



At the top of Trefan, are these two pillars (Adam and Eve). Most people jump between them (915m above sea level).



Nothing to do with me! Some unfortunate lady broke her ankle. Provided excellent entertainment though!



At the bottom of one of the rivers we Kayaked (Treywryn?) was this massive wave. This is my other friend (Lee) going into it.

I'm back... (just)

Hello there...

I do hope you all had a spiffingly good Easter. As some of the more observant of you will have noticed, I haven't posted for a while. There is of course a good reason for this: I COULDN'T GET THE DAMNED PICTURES TO WORK!!!!!

I have also been on holiday. Me, two friends, three Kayaks and my car went to Snowdonia (a round trip of 725 miles). And yes, myt car made it all the way there, and all the way back, with NO problems!

Well, now that I am back, I shall attempt to make posts on a regular basis again. Please check out the pictures of my car (below), as I spent literally seconds getting the pictures to show!

Well, have a good day. "See Thee later!"

My 'classic' Ford Escort - and mini-minibus.

Well, I promised you some pictures of my car, and here they are! Firstly, when I drive NTC cadets around, I have decided to dub my car the "mini-minibus". So, with that in mind, I decided my car needed a bit of paint...



I also took these pictures of my car. The first couple are pretty cool, the rest are just for show.

Rust is just bloomin' marvellous!

If you're still reading this load of old nonsense, more fool you, you had your chance to stop reading!

Well I havn't posted for a couple of days. I'd like to say it was because I was on "the streets", taking some "turkeys" into custody (see previous post if you've lost me). But that would be a fantastical lie. The truth is, nothing exciting has happened in the last couple of days.

Even today was a slow day! Look at the title - don't fool yourself, it's not going to get any better. Today's highlight was rust treatment on Ernie (my 'classic' Ford Escort Estate). As some of you will have seen, my car is now a cult classic, and it needs a bit of TLC.

I've treated the the rear right wheel arch you'll be pleased to read, although I am waiting for a respray. I have also cleaned the inside of the car (although I still havn't got rid of the damn last owner's dog's dog hairs (try saying that when you're drunk). While I was doing this, I found that my baeutiful car is riddled with bloomin' rust. Brilliant!

More good news, is that we are planning on videoing some more... well videos. Watch this space to see what antics we get up to next with my dear old car. Will we be raiding a drugs warehouse in the dockyard? Could we be chasing some bad guys down an alleyway? Watch this space (although I'd doubt it's anything that good, we havn't got the budget).

Well, that was my exciting day. I did also fit a roof rack today (off a 1960's Ford Transit). If you're all good boys and girls, I might post a picture of it tommorrow (ooh the excitment!).

If you have had an interesting day today, why not make a comment, or send me an E-mail (catcouk@yahoo.com). That way you can show what a meaningless life I lead, and really rub it in.

The New CI5? (inc. pictures and VIDEO)

What happens when three friends meeting up over the Easter holidays, get mixed with an empty country road, a sunny day, and a 1986 Ford Escort 1.4 GL Estate? A homeage to 1970's cop shows of course....

When I met up with Michael and Dominic for our Easter break meet, we decided to go for a cruise up to Truliegh Hill (near Arundel as one of my NTC cadets would say... lol). Those of you that know me, will know I drive a rather "classic car" (or 'rust bucket' to the uninformed): 1986 Ford Escort (mk IV) 1.4 GL Estate (I call him "Ernie [the Escort]"). Spurred on by the recent TV show of "Life on Mars", and me having a reputation for 1970's copshows anyway, we decided to make a film, to give my poor old car a bit of a cult image. Here we go Ernie...



With this all in mind, Dominic got out his camera phone, and started taking photos. We decided what we were going to do, and I drove down the hill a bit, to set up. We started filming, and I scream up the road, screaching to a stop. In the film, you can hear me shout "HAND BREAK!" just after I get out of the car. This is where some idiot forgot to put the handbreak on when he got out the car.

Although you can't see it on the film, it was on a fair slope, and the car started rolling backwards. Shortly following this, you can hear Dominic laughing. Anyways, being the true "Proffesionals" that we are, we finished the take anyway.

If you're completely lost by this whole post, and you've never heard of "The Proffesionals" (1978-1981), or "Starsky & Hutch" (1976-1979), don't worry. Just watch the film, you'll get the idea.

Could this be the start of a new cult following? I doubt it, but it was a laugh to make...

The New CI5? - "Have It!" [Pictures and Video]

Damn Free Servers

No post yesterday, as I spent the day relocating one of TS Intrepid's free servers. I was up to 3.30 in the morning getting that done.

And who said I was sad....

Do I have to...

Hello, my name is Andy Clarke.

I'm 19 years old, and live in Sussex, England. A friend of mine started a Blog, and asked me to make a comment. The only way of doing that was to sign up for my own Blog! If you reading this, I apologise, I don't write diaries. But I'll probably carry on writing this so I can make my sarcastic comments on the day, and I don't have enough to do anyway (sarcasm doesn't travel well in writing!)

Please visit and support my NTC (Nautical Training Corps) unit: TS Intrepid NTC!