I've had quite a strange week and a half.
It started off with a trip to Belfast to visit my cousin who works there now. It was a strange experience, going away on a plane and across a sea but still being able to use my phone normally and still having Dave on TV. Also, there were more British flags there than I had seen in my life up till now. Apparently the place we were staying was very close to a well known violent area. Luckily, nothing bad happened while we were there. Well, there was one thing.
We were walking along a road on the second day we were there, and a police car came speeding towards us. Along the wrong side of the road. Needless to say, it was surprising. Once the police car reaches us it comes to a halt, two policemen come out, arrested a woman who was standing next to us, put her in the car and speed off again.
Apart from that, the trip was quite uneventful. it was when I returned to Scotland that things kicked off.
Some of my friends and I went up to Bonar Bridge to hang out in David's holiday house. I have to admit, it's the most fun I've had in a long, long time. Even once most people had gone home, Eddy, David and myself stayed to relax for a few days before heading home. It was a ridiculous few days of playing Super Smash Bros. on the Gamecube, writing scripts for a sketch show we're planning and... recording a CD. I would recommend that you listen to it, but I'm nowhere near that cruel.
The trip home was special though.
David went back at around 3 o'clock on the train, while myself and Eddy tried to arrange a lift from someone to get home, as one of us (possibly me) was too skint to buy a ticket. Unfortunately, no-one was able to help us get home. At the last minute, Eddy offered to buy my ticket, and wouldn't take no for an answer. David was lonely in Inverness without us, and requested we get the first train home. We unfortunately left too late (definitely not watching the Simpsons) and missed the first train. We had no idea how much of a lucky break that was at the time.
We got on the next train and, as usual for the train heading south, it was almost completely empty. When the train started off, the ticket lady came round. As soon as we thought that everything was going smoothly, it turned out that the ticket machine wouldn't take Eddy's card. A bit of panic set in, we had no other way of purchasing the tickets. This is when the most fantastic thing I've ever seen happen on a train happened.
The ticket lady said "Don't worry about it, I'll tell them you paid"
This wasn't just great because we basically got a private train journey for free, it was also great because we got first hand proof that there are some truly awesome people out there who are genuinely willing to help out someong in need.
On a slightly more comical note, I would like to recommend that everyone should watch "Spaced". It's a sitcom starring and written by Simon Peg and Jessica Hynes. Nick Frost also stars in the show as Simon's character's best friend. Most people would recognise this pairing from the popular films "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz". The series is jam packed with fantastic references to films and TV shows.
Enjoy
"Smells like years of hatred..."
My brother, walking down a street in Belfast
