wow how time flies....
i cant believe how long its been since i posted here. so much has happened and it only seems like yesterday, the summer has gone so quick.
the world cup has come and gone (i won a bet with the lads that spain would win...they didnt believe me, they should know by now not to doubt me lol) and the pre-season started back up again :) but not only that but tomorrow is the first day of the championship season!!! WOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! i seriously can not wait. having seen the last couple of preseason games, im even more hyper for the start of it! the wolves game was great - the return of Kevin Doyle :) fantastic, he got a huge standing obvation from the reading fans!!!! and the my boys played so well! (they won 2-1) and then last weekend at southampton. again won 4-2 but the game was more of a mixture. they played well for the first 15 mins (leading 1-0), somehow slacked until the last 20 mins (at this point losing 2-1) and then in the last 20 mins picked up again and won 4-2 in the end! Simon Church is definantly one to watch this season, if the last few games are to go by!!!
However someone should tell these players that they are pre-season friendlies! some of the tackles that were happening were so dangerous!!!
First up Scunthorpe as home tomorrow! wohoooo especially as we managed to get Andy Griffin from Stoke on a permanment basis, after a V V successful loan deal last season!!!
So that the footy bit over and done with now for the other highlight of the summer..................GOING TO FRANCE TO PIERREFONDS, so see Merlin beinng filming! THIS WAS FANTASTIC/AMAZING and many other words that i cant think of right now! went with mightypretty and we both had a great time. We left London at 5.20am and i pretty sure that we didnt go to bed until about half 9 that night......got there, dropped ouur stuff off and went straight to the castle! On my first sighting. the castle took my breath away....its so lovely! can totally see why they chose it for the show.
SPOLIERS THIS WAY FOR SEASON 3..........................................
Started off by looking round the castle and got very hyper when we saw bits that are now so recongisable from the show (the merlin/arthur staircase in the courtyard, the courtyard itself, the cloisters, the griffin staircase-arthur/gwen/morgana one from 204, the list goes on). But on our walk round i spoted a clearing looking out onto an area within the castle grounds and could see horses.....so we headed out the castle to find it and what did we find????????? BRADLEY AND COLIN FILMING!!!! that was it then, that is where we stood watching them filming for a good couple of hours! we couldnt believe that we had found them within hours of arriving at the castle! When they broke for lunch, we went and carried on walking round the castle and then enjoyed the scenery outside. It was here that we saW some SA's, so as you do we followed them and found that Bradley and Colin were carrying on with the scene from earlier. So again we stood and watched and towards the end of the shoot Katie and Angel turned up :) ALL FOUR ON THE FIRST DAY!!! How lucky were we?? they didnt shoot anything there, but as soon as the lads were finished, all four of them were driven back to the castle, where they carried on filiming into the night. So a very long day came to an end, but it was so successful.
Day two - got up to the castle early and met Yanannauk (who we had a great couple of days with for the rest of our visit - thank you for you company and all your help!!). Today we ended up seeing Bradley, Angel, Colin, Katie and Rupert!!! there were alot of bitty scenes but so worth sitting there watching them all. At one point we were watching a scene with the knights of camelot in the courtyard and we heard a loud voice coming from inside.....it was Bradley (him and Angel had gone in earlier on, so we are guessing that it is an angsty scene!). But as said before....all the scenes were great. At onne point we were sitting on the drawbridge waiting to see what was happening next and Bradley walked down into the castle, so i thought id say hi to him!!! AND I GOT A HI BACK :) :) that was it then....i was on such a hi!!!! he looked so tired though, they all did. Also saw their stunt doubles in the mornning before they all turned off, looked like they were filming abit that was linked to the scene that was shoot in the castle the night before (the outfits were the same). Rupert was lovely!!! so glad to see him back....but he was doing alot of hanging around and had one scene to do right at the end of the day....bless him though, did i mention he's lovely!
Day three - quieter day than the previous two. Only Katie and Rupert filming today as it was last day of filming (Angel and Bradley had gone home, or so we are assuming, but Colin was seen in Compiegne with his parents throughout the day). Katie was great in regards to the fans, she even came over at the end of the shoot and said thank you to all the fans for coming. HAVE I MENTIONED HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS CAST???? after the filming was all finished managed to get to see the rest of the castle (the great hall, the banquet hall, etc!) only thing we did see was the crypt (guess have to do that next time!!!). Then we spend a lovely evening with Yanannauk seeing the sights in Compiegne and a really nice meal. it topped off a great holiday!!!! SO GOING AGAIN NEXT JUNE (just gutted i cant go in september :()
Only 4 weeks to wait though now, as going to the BFI screening again!!! Again v excited about this as we get episodes 1 and 2 of season 3!!! and if what i saw during those few days and have heard, its going to be an amazing season!!! fingers crossed that all the cast make it! Also went to expo in may, which was great too (even got my signed merlin poster :)) and met timetraveller90 (great to meet you and you will have so much fun with mightypretty in sept!! hopefully see you at BFI).
so as you can see my summer has been packed and been worth every second!!!! its just a shame that its gone so fast!!!!
once i get sorted ill post some pics from france