Piddington 99.

Area "AKANAMAFAG" or something

Lee (all he needs is a pipe) Head Vest Young Man Left Handers Oh My God They Killed Kenny A Pot Hole The pot in the hole A rather nice section Chicken Boy and Henry Andy and Scott General Standing About Andy doing some work Scott's Bottom Another of Mel's girlie photos

Well after six years we had finally well and truly just about finished with area 'E'. From some arcane tome Roy picked the letters for the new areas which we are convinced if you dance round them naked chanting the Area codes late at night you'll either get a sever chill or summon up some greater Piddingtonian demon (surely the only explanation for Max's reappearance last year?)

Lee dared all after the fruit cocktail party and went to work in his dapper string vest and even took a Parlimentary call in it (if inly they could have seen!). An interesting peculiarity (which Andy pursued with his usuall obsessiveness) was that all the left handers on site were in this area working for Mel. Expect the thesis sometime in the next century.

Other Areas

Dan What's that? When 900 years you reach, small find as good you will not Dirty Boots A little bit wet on site

Well the rest of the site must have been fascinating as this picture of Dan is the only one of the rest of the site and I only took it to use up the film! Mel had some more and seems to show that this year was a little wet and sticky.

Eclipse

99Working.jpg The Eclipse stops work Look I can see the eclipse... ...No it's just Mel's finger Solar Mojo Andy views the eclipse
1999 was of course the year of the eclipse. This naturally flimsy excuse stopped all work on site for far longer than the actual event!

The Pub

The Spread Eagle Refuge for the criminally insane Dan, Scott, Alison and Andy Eve and James Brotherly Love Mel On The Pull I think Alison stood on his foot. I use this to see who I'm snogging in the dark. Don't remember what the joke was but it must have been funny People in the Pub Alison talking to strange men. What's that man got under his arm?

With Dave's retirement in October a new landlord was stood behind the bar to greet us - Keith (or Robo-barman to us. "Dead or Alive you're drinking with me."). I'm sure he wasn't quite prepared for us although the food had returned to '91 prices (no complaints there) and we almost ran out of Bombardier (down to the last barrel the day before the delivery!). We even got to go down into the bowels of the Spread (which was smelly and damp but full of beer). Hopefully he'll be happy to welcome us back next year.

PFOR Taskforce

Scary isn't it? PFOR Departs P1 Les filming P1 Again P2 P2 Again P3 P3 Again PFOR's Agent Tulip

Once again with ruthless efficiency and an alarming amount of pre-planning this year's mission was to recce and return with information on the three Piddingtons and Poddington (Codename PFOR). After a general kerfuffle and hanging about for the taskforce to assemble we finally set out for our first objective (P1) unfortunately the walkie talkies were next to useless and the convoy had to move at a snail's pace to stay in contact. The first target did not disappoing however as we encountered a single track road and a mad pub landlord. P2 was shut so after alarming a woman on bicycle we resupplied at Bicester before heading for home. The Poddington task force will have to report on their mission separately.

Silliness and Games

Well Hello! Bow Ties a go-go Awfully Good Show What? Pod Racer Mel Sherlock Skittles Tim Gets An Anal Probe Only one of these men came dressed for 70's Day Excuse me sir is this your Bowser? Do you know where your Bowser is? It's a photo of something Mercats keeping lookout for... ...the busload of screaming bint Johnny gets a treat And it's all over No really it is a dog Someone crashed out on the Spoile Heap Tim the Matador Yes Mr Haig Tim in the morning Roy close to making a horrible discovery What have they been up to?
The Fruit Cocktail Party was a great success (and not just due to the vast quantity of alcohol Tina and Sandra managed to pour into the mix). It's always nice when people make an effort and get dressed up for a special occasion don't you think? Mel is showing us his impression of the Pod Racer scene from The Phantom Menace (I think just to cover up the fact that he fell through the bottom of a camp chair). On the skittles frount there was a terrible accident but luckily James was on hand to sort Tim out.

Sooty

Sooty Excited Balancing a cup on his head... ..resulted in a hideous accident The Dark Tower Childe Sooty to the Dark Tower came Pint of Sooty please Sooty Suicide Mel, Lee and the Sooty Shrine Crucifiction? Good. Line on the left, one cross each. Strung up Hic Jacet Sooty Puppet Never use a trowel as a ruler! A solitary mourner Pennies on the eyes Tina and Sooty ...and ascended into heaven. Sooty ascending

How can one little puppet bring so much joy? After his sterling effort on the PFOR expedition standing in as Agent Tulip for Lee (otherwise engaged on manoeuvers of a completely different sort) his kidnapping and ensuing suicide were a shock to all. A shrine was quickly erected in the pub for him and a burial mound constructed. However this wasn't the end. Three days later he rose again (helped a little by Tina) and ascended into the sky reborn as an angelic puppet!

Last Night Shenanigans

Beg I'll Get You my Pretty! Ha Ha Ha