
THE SAYING ‘SLEEP WHEN YOU’RE DEAD WAS GONNA’ COME INTO PLAY OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS AS I HAVE 5 DAYS AND 5 PARTY’S TO ATTEND. FIRST I HAD THE PVSD (PRITCHARD VS DAINTON) TOUR OF GURNSEY, MIDDLESBOROUGH AND WREXHAM TO CONTEND WITH. AS FAR AS TOURS GO THIS WAS A BLINDER OF ALL BLINDERS. A DRIVE TO EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT AND A FLIGHT TO GURNSEY WAS FIRST. I’VE NEVER BEEN TO GURNSEY BEFORE AND HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO SO I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND WITH THE WEATHER BEING LOVELY AND WARM IT ONLY MAKES THINGS THAT MORE FRUITFUL. ARRIVING IN GURNSEY WITH VIEWS OF HUGE HOUSES AND SWIMMING POOLS IN ALMOST EVERU BACK GARDEN IT REALLY DOES SAY TO YOU THIS ISLAND HAS A LOT OF £££££££ AND SO IT SHOULD CONSIDERING THE MAIN BUSINESS IS FINANCE. WE WERE PICKED UP BY ADAM WHO WAS THE PROMOTER AND HE TOOK US TO OUR HOTEL THEN IT WAS DOWNSTAIRS TO DO PRESS INTERVIEWS. AFTER A BEER WE WENT TO A LOVELY RESTAURANT AND HAD SOME OF THE BEST FOOD IVE HAD IN A LONG TIME. IF YOUR GONNA BE PARTYING LIKE A MAD MAN FOR DAYS A NICE BIT OF FOOD IS A TREAT FOR THE BODY LET ME TELL YOU.
FOOD DONE THEN IT WAS BACK TO THE HOTEL TO GET OUR DRINK ON AND THEN HEAD OFF TO THE CLUB. THE PLACE WAS RAMMED AND AS PER USUAL THE PVSD FANS DIDNT LET US DOWN. A GREAT GIG WAS HAD BY ALL AND THEN OFF TO HOTEL WITH A LOAD OF SHITTY TAKE AWAY FOOD.
THURSDAY MORNING AND A FLIGHT BACK TO EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT AND A FEW HOURS DRIVE UP TO MIDDLESBOUROUGH. DUE TO THE EASTER WEEKEND THE TRAFFIC WAS HORRENDOUS SO IT TOOK LONGER THAN EXPECTED. WE ARRIVED DUMPED OUR STUFF AND HEADED TO NANDOS FOR A NOSH THEN WENT TO THE VENUE ‘ARENA’ AND SAT DOWN BACK STAGE BEFORE WE WERE LET OFF OUR LEASH TO GO MENTAL ON STAGE. THE CROWD WERE WELL UP FOR IT TONIGHT AND AFTER WE FINISHED THE GIG I STAYED TO PARTY WITH EVERYONE THERE. THE DJ PLAYED SOME TOP TUNES AND WE ALL HAD A GREAT LAUGH. FROM CLUB TO HOTEL AND THE PARTY KEPT GOING UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO CHUCK EVERYONE OUT AND MANAGE AT LEAST A FEW HOURS BEFORE HITTING THE ROAD TO WREXHAM.
MEETING ME IN WREXHAM IS FELLOW GUMBALL ENTRANT BLONDIE WHO WILL BE JOINING ME FOR THE NIGHT AND THE WEEKENDS PARTY’S IN CARDIFF. MY FRIEND JASON KONTEN WILL BE JOINING HER IN HER FERRARI ON THIS YEARS GUMBALL TO ISTANBUL.
MEETING UP AND DRIVING THROUGHT THE ONE WAY STREETS OF WREXHAM IN A LOUD FERRARI TRYING TO FIND THE CAR PARK OF OUR HOTEL WAS QUITE FUN AS IT WAS REALLY HARD TO FIND BUT WE MANAGED IT IN THE END AND GOT READY FOR SOME PINTS AT THE HOTEL BAR BUMPING INTO A FATHER WHO HAD HIS LITTLE SON WITH HIM WHO WAS CALLED ‘DAINTON’ OF ALL NAMES. BEING IN THE SAME ROOM AS 2 DAINTONS ISNT REALLY MY IDIEA OF FUN LET ME TELL YOU HAHA, ONE IS ENOUGH. WE HAD SOME PICS WITH MINI DAINT THEN HEADED TO THE CLUB.
TONIGHTS GIG WAS A VERY SPECIAL ONE AS THE CROWD WERE REALLY SILENT AND LISTENED TO EVERY WORD WE SAID. IT WAS MORE LIKE A SPOKEN WORD WITH ADDED STUNTS AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT. IT WAS MORE COMEDY BASED AND WE CAPITALIZED ON THE COMEDY ASPECT OF OUR SET. AFTER A GOOD GIG CAME A GOOD PARTY AT MY HOTEL ROOM WHICH INVOLVED SNORTING LINES OF CUSTARD CREAMS, BOURBONS, TEA, COFFEE AND SOAP HAHA, GOD KNOWS WHAT WE WERE THINKING BUT IT WAS FUNNY AT THE TIME.
WAKING UP WITH A NOSE FULL OF A BISCUIT FACTORY IT WAS TIME TO MAKE THE DRIVE BACK TO CARDIFF IN THE FERRARI AND I WAS THE CHOSEN DRIVER. EXITED ISNT THE WORD. ITS NOT EVERY DAY YOU GET TO DRIVE A FERRARI ALL THE WAY HOME BUT IT DID WIND ME UP BEING STUCK ON ‘A’ ROADS BEHIND TRACTORS WHEN YOUR STUCK BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A SUPERCAR GGGRRRR. AS SOON AS I HIT THE MOTORWAY I WAS OFF AND ENJOYING THE ACCELERATION OF THIS BEAST AND I LOVED IT.
A GREAT 3 DAY TOUR AND NOW I HAD 2 NIGHTS IN CARDIFF TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHICH WAS AS CARDIFF NIGHTS OUT GO…..AMAZING.
HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IM OFF TO WIDNES, ST HELENS, ABERDEEN AND GLASGOW ON TOUR. TILL NEXT WEEK, BE SAFE BUT BE HAPPY
PRITCH