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Once upon a time in the Bunkers Hill Inn someone said 'Hey there's this new team joining the Superleague called the Belfast Giants'. 'Belfast ?', Ginger Monster interjected, his ears pricking up. He then proceeded to list all the pubs he'd drank in there like some walking Good Beer Guide. Thus, the idea for a trip was born. Our esteemed Cats Whiskers editor Jono#72 spent what seemed like months checking out places to stay and booked a block of tickets for us. So off we went.
Myself (Girl#20), Ginger Monster, Shaggy, Slate#18, Slate Jnr, Slate Jnr's mate, Keefe, Lisa, Jono#72 and his gang rendezvoused at Luton Airport where we piled onto this rather dinky 737. We referred to it as the bus on the grounds that it had roughly the same number of seats inside as a large bus. The pilot was something of a wit: 'We are currently cruising at 33,000ft and if anyone is stupid enough to smoke, they will be asked to leave the plane'. He introduced us to the cabin crew and mentioned the First Officer was Tony Underwood. I assumed this was someone with the same name as the ex-England Rugby star. Apparently, we learned later that it actually was the ex-England Rugby star. Err, fine.
Look, I don't care what anyone says this picture is bloody amazing. See that ? That's the coast of Ireland down there. Or was it one of the big watery bits we saw in the middle of Northern Ireland ? But its still an amazing shot. Yes, granted it would have been even more amazing if my thumb wasn't in it, but just take into account that I was standing on the wing of the plane when I took this. I'd like to see you do any better.
Oh, the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round.....Ahem, sorry. You can see why we mistook it for a coach though. Keefe isn't reaching for a sickbag in the background, he's pulling his trousers down so he can moon another plane. Other than that, the pilot thanked the fans of the Nottingham Panthers for behaving themselves after we landed. Little did he know that the turbulance we encountered was actually aftershocks from Ginger's snoring.
