Oh yes! This bank holiday monday we went to Weston-Super-Mare. Amazing idea thought up
by 1 Matthew Dyson (aka Spad) and his lovely other half Sarah Craddock (aka Leather Girl). We left a dark and grey Walsall at 8.30am, having fed the kittens Jack and Daniel, we truddled off down the M5. Half way there the weather really wasn't looking promising, overcast and the odd drizzle of rain (fo shizzle), but this did not dampen our spirits as GMTV had told us that it was to be a fine day!We arrived in Weston at around 10am, and seeing as there was a McDonalds on the way to the "Sea front" car park, we stopped off and had breakfast.
I was disappointed in the "BIG" Breakfast offered, having ordered it and received it I found that it only contained the elements of a Sausage and egg McMuffin just not put together, I kind of build your own McMuffin. Nicola loved her pancakes and syrup mind, but I wont be having a BIG breakfast in there again!
Whilst in McDonalds I couldn't help but overhear a family group, of what I assumed was Granny, Grandad and Granddaughter talking about what they were to order. The Granddaughter requested a Sausage and Egg McMuffin meal, the Grandad was having a Bacon and Egg McMuffin meal and the Granny requested only a coffee, and I quote, "I aye 'avin no ordinary coffee, I want one of 'dem Larrrrrtays". The switch from Black Country (I assume) to posh accent was incredible and had me chuckling for sometime.
Fully refuelled we headed to the Sea Front.
Beach Time!
On arrival at the sea front car park, which was only 40% full I was amazed to find that to park for longer than 5 hours it would cost £9, a whole NINE ENGLISH POUNDS! This prompted what can only be described as a sharp exit and a hunt for "side road parking", which turned out to be a fruitful exercise and we parked all day for absolutely nothing!
So we'd arrived at Weston and we were awaiting Matt and Sarahs arrival, texting them when we got there we found that they were only at junction 8 of the M5, so about an hour away, but then with Matt driving his new BMW, and trying to get the highest MPG EVER, that was more like an hour and a half! So we had a walk into Weston, and found SHAKE KING!
Shake King
I had heard rumours of these places before, from Nicola, but to see one in the flesh was AMAZING! Whatever you could think of in a shake, they did! Pure brilliance, I decided on a Battenburg shake, with a popping candy topping. I felt like I was about 6 again, walking down the street with my mouth making the greatest noise ever!
Once I'd shaken off the popping candy high, we went to an arcade, where I played the best space invaders game EVER, barring the original! Operated with your feet to shoot it was amazing and
in total I managed to win us at least 50 tickets to put towards a prize. A small drop in the ocean seeing as it was 500 tickets for the small fluffy toy! Nicola proceeded to show me up by winning over 100 tickets on a Deal or No Deal game, that was in essence a 10p sliding machine thing, where you push a "DEAL" button and it drops a 10 pence piece onto a sliding thing...... you know what I mean!
in total I managed to win us at least 50 tickets to put towards a prize. A small drop in the ocean seeing as it was 500 tickets for the small fluffy toy! Nicola proceeded to show me up by winning over 100 tickets on a Deal or No Deal game, that was in essence a 10p sliding machine thing, where you push a "DEAL" button and it drops a 10 pence piece onto a sliding thing...... you know what I mean!BEACH
Once Matt and Sarah had finally arrived it was time for the beach! Spent a grand total of £10 on a bucket and spade and a cricket set...... Frisbee wasn't working seeing as I seemed to be the 
only 1 out of the 4 of us that could actually throw a Frisbee, honestly, what do they teach kids at these West Midlands schools! So we opted for cricket! We set up the wicket and as you can see from the picture, it wasn't quite a full sized set. (I know I'm big, but seriously!) There was actually only 3 of us playing this, Nicola was busy being Banksie of the Beach and creating the names in the sand picture you saw above.
only 1 out of the 4 of us that could actually throw a Frisbee, honestly, what do they teach kids at these West Midlands schools! So we opted for cricket! We set up the wicket and as you can see from the picture, it wasn't quite a full sized set. (I know I'm big, but seriously!) There was actually only 3 of us playing this, Nicola was busy being Banksie of the Beach and creating the names in the sand picture you saw above.So all in all it was a fantastic day by the sea side, with arcades, sand castle building, beach cricket, 3 throws of a Frisbee, sand writing and an amazing milkshake fit only for a king! Shame we had to come back but I had a gig at the Wheatsheaf in Walsall for the Caldmore Village Festival to get to.
Wheatsheaf, Walsall
Gig went well, small crowd but they appeared to be lapping up the comedy. Andrew Jones whole routine about a blow up doll did get mentioned by the MC (and organiser) Donna Scott when he came off, she actually apologised to the audience for this "Rude set". Which made me laugh!
My 10mins went well, but I managed to miss out ALL my diet set and was a little annoyed when I came off stage as I really think they would have loved it. Tried some new stuff to, and that went down well, which is good cos I'm going to include that in my "So You Think You're Funny 8mins set for the 13th June.
Next gig is the Hollybush in Cradley Heath..... really looking forward to this one, I've heard ALLOT of good things about this venue!
Anyways, pip pip, and see you all soon!
