Where else can you mix Cowboys with Brides apart from a fnacy dress party? This photo was taken from the street through the window of a pub but most revellers were on the roads of St. Ives, Cornwall on New Year's Eve and it was great fun. The best costume was a Statue of Liberty outfit.

We hadn't planned on going but managed to get some bits on the morning to make sure we could join in.

The comination of New Year's Eve and fancy dress appears to put everybody in a really good mood. We should do it every month.
Our firends Durv and Katie came round and we had to try on wigs and eat great curry. Then it was compulsory to drink loads and wear O2 rugby tops and watch England kick their way past France into the Rugby Union World Cup Final. The only thing is, one of them is not wearing a wig.



...rug, big scarf or perhaps it is a "wall hanging" as modelled, and made, by Karen.

Judging by my bulging mailbox nobody reads this blog, however, a fan letter has flooded in (thanks Mum) asking for more of Rob's Hat and I understand that Viz magazine want to make a cartoon strip of it. So here is Martyn trying it on (for a change). Notice how they have improved crisp packet literature so you now know what to do with the tandoori and scraped off the kitchen floor flavour crisps.

The Hat is a bit of a lightweight though. It's downed its drink but, as you can see, it was only a nancy boy's Pimms.

Like all good pets, Rob's Hat has an owner. He is called Rob. This is gripping stuff isn't it? Here he is trying his first Black Russian. Well that is not strictly true but I will spare his blushes by not talking about Katyenka Ububgulu here.

Notice how he is really enjoying it and look at the after effects:

He had to hang The Hat up before he used it as a barfing receptacle.
In an effort to produce something that matches the shirts seen in the pub, we have reverted to the cetnuries old tradition of tie-dye although my boys will spell it tie-die no doubt as they have a healthy obsession with death. I am such a fashion guru of course and predict that tie-dying will be making a come back Real Soon Now.

The pub near work seems to attract these sort of bright colours. Note we haven't got The Finger intruding in this picture but Chris's face. Which is nice.
