Kelso 2006

Kelso…..nice wee jaunt for a change with the showground being located a mere 71 miles from the front door. You’d think then that not much could go wrong on the breakdown front - Aye right!!  Just ask Ward who had not one but two punctures and a trick James-Bond style rear missile launcher armed with what looked suspiciously like the end can from a TS1 PM pipe terrorising the traffic behind?? Hmm. My Lammy also went in the huff with a coupla heat seizures before the stator gave up the ghost just over half way down. Big thanks to Den for picking us up though. I’ve said before that sticking a ‘lambretta’ badge on a scoot guarantees it will break down but Sumo, Smurf and Doctor John proved us wrong with near faultless performance from the three. Feck – maybe it’s me that causes it! Needless to say the many vespas got down with no drama at all. Anyhoo – it was really good to see an excellent turnout of Blues scoots and peeps for the run. Not sure exactly but reckoned there were about 30 of the family present and our bit o’ the campsite resembled the Alamo with a tight circle of tents around the constantly burning tree stump in the centre (anyone managed to re-house the rabbits yet?) The Blues party tent providing a decent alternative for the main do!! (and with cheaper drink!)

 Saturday arrived with the usual smell of stale drink and badly cooked bacon. Just as well I saved a bag of McCoys then that also doubled as a comfy pillow during the night as well as a nutritional breakfast! A few more of the gang turned up for Saturday and the alcohol consumption was reaching scary levels – n that was just the kids! Don’t think we’ll look at jelly the same ever again. Daddy Blue assumed his position as a one-man garage with several running repairs to the clubs scoots, even replacing the stiff as fuck cables in pete’s p2. No wonder his arms got so bloody big!! Also particularly impressed with Fiona and Marks way of deciding who looks after the kids – Bugger off with the toffee vodka (and jelly? Yeughh!) and bring in Marks Da for a shift!! A stroll down to the hall uncovered a pretty high standard of custom scoots present for their show and a small array of dealers dispensing the usual desirables. Given that Skeggy is on same weekend it’s nice to receive the support from the regular faces as well as some stalls with a difference – selling things like really really nice pop art paintings at a very reasonable price!!! (I’ll get my commission later Squire!) And a wee change to the usual trophy line-up, now including an award for best tattoo. A close run competition, finally awarded to Soom SuM soiumo Sumo Dunf. hee hee. Saturday night included the following events in no particular blurry order – Jeannie slavering, jeannie sleeping, jeannie getting back up, jeannie sleeping, someone letting the blues out, elvis flinging the kids about, deanno wantin to fling elvis about, caz becoming a granny, tony becoming a dj (oops – I mean grandfaither), aw dancing daft, getting chucked in, getting chucked oot, shaking it all aboot, Kev McGill, wee white pills, burning trees, grass stained knees, losing ma laces, writing on folks faces, pot noodles, lassie stuck in turnstiles, fire engines, drink drivin, mair daft dancing, wigan-tom keeping on, ska bands, oily hands, apple pop, this hastae stop!, morgans spice, gorgeous wife, great craic, empty sack, funny fags, sleeping bags. Sunday.  Wished I could’ve stayed for the extra night and god knows the AA did their best to make sure that might happen but homeward bound I did go. 50metres by lammy then 70 miles by van then swapped for P2 and dropped-off wee Paddy and his hicky bites in Alloa. I reckon this was the best Kelso yet and I’ve missed out loads on here but it was just non-stop. The company was what made the event, each and every one of you – Blues and associates. Nice one. Until next time – (2 weeks time! – split club between Southport and Bamburgh)

Regards, Dunf

 Stats

Kelso  2006 – 27 May

 Scooters attending:- just about them all!!!!!

 Struggling to list this especially with my shitty memory. If anyone else can help out I’ll add it in.

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