Friday night:

The theme as you can see was the Blues Brothers. We got together early and got into the venue early.

As usual as soon as we got into the venue we wrecked the place so that we could all sit together.

As you can see Bandit came all suave and sophisticated, Becks just came scary.

Fatherhood with a new little baby girl has taken its toile on Bandit. No longer the all-night party animal, no longer drinking till dawn, there comes a time of the night now when tiredness takes over.

Saturday Morning:

After a good night’s sleep – some better than others (see picture above) some of us went into Bognor Regis. Some didn’t and stayed at Butlin’s and some went further afield. Basically you did what you liked.

Since it was a 70’s weekend (music wise) some attendees decided that they would dress up as 70 year olds – not everyone decided to dress up, but I know you can guess which ones did.  Most had brought their fancy dress with them but Charity Shops were ventured into for those last minute essentials.

While in one of the shops Becks decided that you would try on a garment that he liked the look of. He bought it. We thought that it was for the evening dressing up but he said “No” as he had all he needed for that evening. He bought the dress as it “as it fitted nice and it felt good and might come in handy for the future”. He chose not to tell us how it would come in handy for the future and we were too scared to ask!!

As we found an all you can eat Chinese Buffet for lunch at £7.50 we had to go in. We had lunch.

Saturday night:

Here are the Dresser Uppers. The one in red on the right is actually a woman so don’t get confused. The imaginations had run riot. Alex and Kev had both been taken into shops but their wives to buy woman’s shoes so they could get the right fit – they did say that some funny looks were given by the sales assistants as these women who were helping their cross dressing men to accessorise their numerous female outfits. 

Mrs Brown, Grandad and Winnie had turned up.

Some of the fashions were extensive –

Maria did however have an accident later in there evening. Neil was asked on a number of occasions if he read palms or did tarot cards. He was also asked if he had any pegs to sell.

Don’t panic – this was due to Kev and a jar of Branston Pickle.

Why do some old women have to keep flashing their knickers? Not all are clean!!

Kev organised a cake for the numerous people who had birthdays in February. These included Lyn, Becks, Neil, Amelia, Mary, Mike and I. We all took turns blowing out the candles. What do you think of Kev’s outfit – his shoes were very nice, but then he had help with choosing those.

Then makeup started to go on.

The dancing went on into the night around handbags and shopping trollies. However, dancing did not go into the night for everyone. New daddy with baby girl was “overtired” and his little eyes could not stay open any longer.

Sunday morning:

After a good night’s sleep – some better than others (see picture above) some of us went into Brighton to see the Brighton Pavilion. Some didn’t and stayed at Butlin’s and some went further afield. Basically you did what you liked.

No pictures are allowed to be taken in the Brighton Pavilion so…………….

Sunday night:

The Scrumpies wore Formal Scrumpies Evening Wear – Hawaiian Shirts and waistcoats. Flying helmet and goggles are an optional extra but is fully compliant with Formal Scrumpies Evening Wear!!!

Some of us found some of the acts more interesting than others – there was something for everyone.

Bandit having had 2 very good and long nights sleep finally woke up the night before we were due to leave. It is amazing what fun and joy 12 inches of long and squidgy rubber can give!! (Or is amazing?!?!?)

Either was this “object” found its way into various aspects of Scrumpy life and personage. Bandit thought he was being clever and asked Maria to put a condom on it from the packet he had bought out of the machine in the gent’s toilet. Unfortunately he had only bought lube – hands needed washing after!

A fantastic time was had by all – and we have it all to look forward to again next year.

Again, thanks very much Kev for organising this again and everyone is looking forward to doing it again next year.

Take care

AJ