We'd been struggling to come up with a name for this weekend of great activity for a long time as we thought something as big as Forest away and seeing the Kaiser Chiefs on Sunday needed a clever title.
Having search our minds all week, we were frustrated in our attempts until something happened on Friday that was quite brilliant in its randomness and ability to make us laugh out loud in a fish and chip shop.
Before hand, we had travelled up to Northampton in Jamie's car after he had decided to make another appearance at a Cobblers game before we headed down to Brighton for the gig on Sunday. I had caught a train to his place of work, Liss, a quite desolate little place near Winchester. Indeed, Jamie's tour of Liss began and ended with him pointing out where his workplace was!
It was a smooth journey up to Northampton and included some bizarre sights on the road. Maybe it's something that happens on Friday nights that lorry drivers decide to grab the biggest things possible to take home for the weekend but there were endless haulage vehicles dragging the biggest and oddest looking things up the motorway.
Back at my parents' home and it was time for some dinner. Andrews fish and chips round the corner provided not only for our hunger needs but for one of those brilliant pieces of comedy where you have no idea why you're laughing at what you're laughing at but you just do.
A guy walked in with his wife, full of Friday night cheer and with a strange mix of Australian and Northamptonian accent. He ordered his chips and then asked in a superbly timed manner, when asked if he wanted anything else,
"Er, yes, can I have some Dadieeeeeees Red Sauce please"
It's one of those moments that I try to explain but know that reading this you'll be thinking "what's so funny about that?" but you really did have to be there and the fella deserves a big mention in this weekend report!
After we'd finished laughing (or painfully holding in the laughter till he'd left) we headed back and finished eating before getting a good nights' sleep in preparation for Forest...
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