England Rugby Tour '07
Day 1.
We had to go to school for the whole day. Most boring/most scared day of my life. I had never flown before and was dreading the airplane ride over, and stressing out over if my suitcase was going to be too heavy or not. Anyways, we had a practise after school and then we sat around waiting for our bus to pick us all up and bring us to the airport. after a hilarious bus ride (butter-tarts gone bad) we got to the airport and got all our shit together. We gawked at a touring hockey team from vancouver and soon, we were on our plane. i was at the back of the plane all by myself. so we got a little boy to switch me seats so i could sit with the rest of our team. i sat inbetween Mr.wilson and matt snider. NOT BAD. anyways, i felt sick the whole plane ride.
DAY 2.
we land at the Gatwick airport in England. STOKED! eventually, after a bunch of waiting around he get on a coach bus with a hilarious driver, and he drives us out to Wymondly woods, a scout camp in the middle of nowhere where we had to stay for 3 nights. we get there and unpack. It was basically a fucking jail. the bathrooms suck, and we all slept in bunkbeds. after we unpacked we were dragged out into the freezing cold to have a practice. shittiest practise of my life. "throw the skinnies out of the way"--directed at me. after that we had spaghetti and we're all pretty bitter after finding out the showers suck and dont really work. Sleep time.
DAY 3.
things start to look up. its sunny, but a little chilly. we wake up, have breakfast and put our tracksuits on to start our journey into Letchworth. we walked a good..5 kms. FUN. the first english people we see are 4 boys (12 years old, id say) who rode by on bikes screaming mean stuff at us like "cunt pricks, SLAGS!" and then chose to spit at us. sweeeet. we continued our walk into town, and stopped shortly in some stores to have a look around. jenna and i ate donuts. we continued our long walk to the rugby club where we were then going to play 3 whole games of rugby, which is a ridiculous amount of rugby. the changerooms were absolutly disgusting and had mud and stuff smeared all over the walls. the showers were one big communal shower that looked straight out of the movie SAW, so needless to say, noone wanted to shower after. We lost our first game, cause i missed a tackle and had no reinforcements at my end of the pitch even though i screamed to shift before the ball even started that way. We won our second and third games though, which was stellar. then we played some traditional club games which envolved everyone making fools out of themselves and robin ended up soaked. we had a meal and did some presentations, and then all got in small little cars and rode back to the rugby club. we then were on lock down. Big fights with mrs.falconer about not letting us go out, and her lieing to us about what Mr. Wilson said. (he said we could go out, and she lied and said he said we werent allowed cause he had to bring bailey to the hospital). So, we all got pissed and sat in our room bitching. eventually, since we were starving, carling and i managed to work the phone and ordered pizza to our jail. BEST idea ever. we all paid about 2 pounds each and got pizza. Mrs. Falconer was pissed, but we all hate her, so we didnt care. we all went to bed shortly afterwards. except, me, kayla, jenna and corie started talking about scary stuff and ended up freaking out and all sleeping in one bed. then jess woke up and acted creepy and we FREAKED. uncomfortable 4 people in one bed sleep.
Our walk into Letchworth.
Size Comparison.
Corie making a sweeeet tackle.
Alicia throwing, such a sweet picture!
after the games! kayla, corie, me and jennnnna.
DAY 4.
DAY IN LONDON. we toured around on buses, and did a bit of sightseeing. eventually we just wanted to shop, soooo, we did. then we hungout in pubs and just tinkered around london. a few of us sat in a pub for a few hours duing happy hour and got pretty loaded. we then got guys on bikes to peddle us around as we looked for joes concert. All in all, just a hilarious day. so fun.
In front of the letchworth trainstation, waiting to go to london.
carling and i on a bus.
Picture off of a double decker bus.
random canadian we met in a Pub who saved us from 2 ginos trying to buy us too many drinks.
getting driven around by guys on bikes. hilarious.
DAY 5.
we get up early, and finish packing our bags and cleaning our rooms. we got on our coach bus again and we're off to Cambridge. We went punting down the river and leaned over bridges to look at cute boys. Cambridge is the most beautiful place ive ever seen. We ate "jacket" potatoes and looked around the market. i bought a cute black dress, and bought a nice rugby jersey for my step dad. after that, we got back on our bus and headed to welwyn to play a team that hadnt been beaten in 3 years. GOOD. the weather was really nice, and for sure got sunburnt again. then team was really good, and had some fast girls on it. and we played really hard. but, we didnt win. but it was the closest that team has came to losing in 3 years, so we did friggen stellar. after a team shower and the awards and some food, we were back on our bus to broxbourne to meet our billets. (the boys who came here in october) and a few girls. getting off the bus to a whole bunch of people waiting for us was the most nerve-racking thing ever. i was nervous as fuck. Tom Hill and his brother James picked me up, put my stuff in their small little car and brought me to their cute little house, with a cute little garden and NICE parents. Tom's parents are actually hilarious. after we had a dinner(which was pasta, and really funny) tom and I got ready and we went with his brother to The Bull, a pub we were meeting everyone at. We had some drinks and headed out to a Pub In Hertford. we drank there until it closed and then we all went home. English boys are all hilarious, and fun.
Jenna and i leaning over a bridge to look at cute boys.
cute boys we were looking at
Punting down the river in cambridge. absolutly gorgeous.
calling my mommy from a payphone.
DAY 6.
woke up and watched some bad british televison. jamie-lee came over because her billet had something to do that day, so she hungout with Tom and I. we all eventually went to lunch with Tom's older attractive brother, James in Ware, at this cute pub beside a river. we all joked around and ate some foooood. then we went back to the house to get our stuff and go to our rugby game against the hertford girls. Tom Taylor drove us over. and we WON the GAME. it was a hard game, but we pulled through and won at the very end of the game, thanks to jenna's amazing convert. We then had hilarious changeroom-ness and ate some food and did the awards. then, as we were leaving, we (being driven by Tom Taylor) got in a hilarious Car accident. anyways, we headed back to Tom's. got ready, and headed to a pub in hertford. we sat on the back patio that had large stone tables and benches and outdoor heat lamps. It was very nice. everyone met us there and we all had a bunch of drinks before heading over to a dance club called Zero's. We danced up a friggen storm. all the boys thought we were hilarious cause we did the sprinker, the shower, the robot, the dice, and other ridiculous dance moves. everyone had a ton of fun. we then eventually all dispursed and went home.
playing.
Tom taylor, Danny Abott, Tom Hill, and me at the pub.
me and tom!
the girls at the pub.
At zero's, dancing!
ryan, me, tom and tom taylor!
DAY 7.
tom woke me up,and we had a nice brunch in the back garden with his family. they then offered to take me to london to sight-see for the day since i hadnt seen much on my trip to London 2 days prior. we had a nice drive into London and pretty much seen everything i needed to see. we walked along the thames river and saw buckingham palace. we ate lunch at a cute restaurant. we took pictures of everything, and i had nice little chats with Toms Mother. who wants to adopt me so she can have a canadian daughter. we went back home after a long day of being a tourist and met everyone at the bull again. the bull closed early, since it was sunday and we all tinkered around on the streets of Broxbourne looking for people who kept sneaking off in pairs. ahahah. eventually we all met back in the middle of a dark park, dispursed and went home. Tom and i stayed up for hours talking and watching MTV. If i could marry any british boy, it would me THomas Hill, fooor sure. Bed time!
Buckingham gates.
TOM!
James(toms older brother) Me, and Tom.
Suzy and tom
tom and danny after we left the bull.
idiots. me on cories shoulders trying to reach the bull sign.
DAY 8.
woke up and paaaaacked all my stuff. let my gift and letter to the family on my bed and Suzy and Tom drove me to the school to get on our bus. we met everyone there and we all hugged and said our good byes. Suzy invited me back whenever i want. soon, our bus left and we were on the way to the airport. the airport sucked, and the plane ride was long. But, the bus ride back to the school from toronto was fun. Graham picked me up from the school, and ive never been happier to see him.
best trip ever.
We had to go to school for the whole day. Most boring/most scared day of my life. I had never flown before and was dreading the airplane ride over, and stressing out over if my suitcase was going to be too heavy or not. Anyways, we had a practise after school and then we sat around waiting for our bus to pick us all up and bring us to the airport. after a hilarious bus ride (butter-tarts gone bad) we got to the airport and got all our shit together. We gawked at a touring hockey team from vancouver and soon, we were on our plane. i was at the back of the plane all by myself. so we got a little boy to switch me seats so i could sit with the rest of our team. i sat inbetween Mr.wilson and matt snider. NOT BAD. anyways, i felt sick the whole plane ride.
DAY 2.
we land at the Gatwick airport in England. STOKED! eventually, after a bunch of waiting around he get on a coach bus with a hilarious driver, and he drives us out to Wymondly woods, a scout camp in the middle of nowhere where we had to stay for 3 nights. we get there and unpack. It was basically a fucking jail. the bathrooms suck, and we all slept in bunkbeds. after we unpacked we were dragged out into the freezing cold to have a practice. shittiest practise of my life. "throw the skinnies out of the way"--directed at me. after that we had spaghetti and we're all pretty bitter after finding out the showers suck and dont really work. Sleep time.
DAY 3.
things start to look up. its sunny, but a little chilly. we wake up, have breakfast and put our tracksuits on to start our journey into Letchworth. we walked a good..5 kms. FUN. the first english people we see are 4 boys (12 years old, id say) who rode by on bikes screaming mean stuff at us like "cunt pricks, SLAGS!" and then chose to spit at us. sweeeet. we continued our walk into town, and stopped shortly in some stores to have a look around. jenna and i ate donuts. we continued our long walk to the rugby club where we were then going to play 3 whole games of rugby, which is a ridiculous amount of rugby. the changerooms were absolutly disgusting and had mud and stuff smeared all over the walls. the showers were one big communal shower that looked straight out of the movie SAW, so needless to say, noone wanted to shower after. We lost our first game, cause i missed a tackle and had no reinforcements at my end of the pitch even though i screamed to shift before the ball even started that way. We won our second and third games though, which was stellar. then we played some traditional club games which envolved everyone making fools out of themselves and robin ended up soaked. we had a meal and did some presentations, and then all got in small little cars and rode back to the rugby club. we then were on lock down. Big fights with mrs.falconer about not letting us go out, and her lieing to us about what Mr. Wilson said. (he said we could go out, and she lied and said he said we werent allowed cause he had to bring bailey to the hospital). So, we all got pissed and sat in our room bitching. eventually, since we were starving, carling and i managed to work the phone and ordered pizza to our jail. BEST idea ever. we all paid about 2 pounds each and got pizza. Mrs. Falconer was pissed, but we all hate her, so we didnt care. we all went to bed shortly afterwards. except, me, kayla, jenna and corie started talking about scary stuff and ended up freaking out and all sleeping in one bed. then jess woke up and acted creepy and we FREAKED. uncomfortable 4 people in one bed sleep.
Our walk into Letchworth.
Size Comparison.
Corie making a sweeeet tackle.
Alicia throwing, such a sweet picture!
after the games! kayla, corie, me and jennnnna.
DAY 4.
DAY IN LONDON. we toured around on buses, and did a bit of sightseeing. eventually we just wanted to shop, soooo, we did. then we hungout in pubs and just tinkered around london. a few of us sat in a pub for a few hours duing happy hour and got pretty loaded. we then got guys on bikes to peddle us around as we looked for joes concert. All in all, just a hilarious day. so fun.
In front of the letchworth trainstation, waiting to go to london.
carling and i on a bus.
Picture off of a double decker bus.
random canadian we met in a Pub who saved us from 2 ginos trying to buy us too many drinks.
getting driven around by guys on bikes. hilarious.
DAY 5.
we get up early, and finish packing our bags and cleaning our rooms. we got on our coach bus again and we're off to Cambridge. We went punting down the river and leaned over bridges to look at cute boys. Cambridge is the most beautiful place ive ever seen. We ate "jacket" potatoes and looked around the market. i bought a cute black dress, and bought a nice rugby jersey for my step dad. after that, we got back on our bus and headed to welwyn to play a team that hadnt been beaten in 3 years. GOOD. the weather was really nice, and for sure got sunburnt again. then team was really good, and had some fast girls on it. and we played really hard. but, we didnt win. but it was the closest that team has came to losing in 3 years, so we did friggen stellar. after a team shower and the awards and some food, we were back on our bus to broxbourne to meet our billets. (the boys who came here in october) and a few girls. getting off the bus to a whole bunch of people waiting for us was the most nerve-racking thing ever. i was nervous as fuck. Tom Hill and his brother James picked me up, put my stuff in their small little car and brought me to their cute little house, with a cute little garden and NICE parents. Tom's parents are actually hilarious. after we had a dinner(which was pasta, and really funny) tom and I got ready and we went with his brother to The Bull, a pub we were meeting everyone at. We had some drinks and headed out to a Pub In Hertford. we drank there until it closed and then we all went home. English boys are all hilarious, and fun.
Jenna and i leaning over a bridge to look at cute boys.
cute boys we were looking at
Punting down the river in cambridge. absolutly gorgeous.
calling my mommy from a payphone.
DAY 6.
woke up and watched some bad british televison. jamie-lee came over because her billet had something to do that day, so she hungout with Tom and I. we all eventually went to lunch with Tom's older attractive brother, James in Ware, at this cute pub beside a river. we all joked around and ate some foooood. then we went back to the house to get our stuff and go to our rugby game against the hertford girls. Tom Taylor drove us over. and we WON the GAME. it was a hard game, but we pulled through and won at the very end of the game, thanks to jenna's amazing convert. We then had hilarious changeroom-ness and ate some food and did the awards. then, as we were leaving, we (being driven by Tom Taylor) got in a hilarious Car accident. anyways, we headed back to Tom's. got ready, and headed to a pub in hertford. we sat on the back patio that had large stone tables and benches and outdoor heat lamps. It was very nice. everyone met us there and we all had a bunch of drinks before heading over to a dance club called Zero's. We danced up a friggen storm. all the boys thought we were hilarious cause we did the sprinker, the shower, the robot, the dice, and other ridiculous dance moves. everyone had a ton of fun. we then eventually all dispursed and went home.
playing.
Tom taylor, Danny Abott, Tom Hill, and me at the pub.
me and tom!
the girls at the pub.
At zero's, dancing!
ryan, me, tom and tom taylor!
DAY 7.
tom woke me up,and we had a nice brunch in the back garden with his family. they then offered to take me to london to sight-see for the day since i hadnt seen much on my trip to London 2 days prior. we had a nice drive into London and pretty much seen everything i needed to see. we walked along the thames river and saw buckingham palace. we ate lunch at a cute restaurant. we took pictures of everything, and i had nice little chats with Toms Mother. who wants to adopt me so she can have a canadian daughter. we went back home after a long day of being a tourist and met everyone at the bull again. the bull closed early, since it was sunday and we all tinkered around on the streets of Broxbourne looking for people who kept sneaking off in pairs. ahahah. eventually we all met back in the middle of a dark park, dispursed and went home. Tom and i stayed up for hours talking and watching MTV. If i could marry any british boy, it would me THomas Hill, fooor sure. Bed time!
Buckingham gates.
TOM!
James(toms older brother) Me, and Tom.
Suzy and tom
tom and danny after we left the bull.
idiots. me on cories shoulders trying to reach the bull sign.
DAY 8.
woke up and paaaaacked all my stuff. let my gift and letter to the family on my bed and Suzy and Tom drove me to the school to get on our bus. we met everyone there and we all hugged and said our good byes. Suzy invited me back whenever i want. soon, our bus left and we were on the way to the airport. the airport sucked, and the plane ride was long. But, the bus ride back to the school from toronto was fun. Graham picked me up from the school, and ive never been happier to see him.
best trip ever.