Er, no.
I was not inviting a Louise and Laura jokes free for all!
Just no.

Well Stormin my wife and I thought your response very amusing. Nice one. Some people should get a sense of humour. I remember a secret you told me about your stay in a b & b in Braemar. ?

I would point 'backpacker47' to the guidance at the top of this forum, which is printed in bold capital letters:

"FRIENDLY ASSISTANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT AVAILABLE FOR CHALLENGERS OLD AND NEW,

FROM FRIENDLY AND ENCOURAGING CHALLENGERS, NEW AND OLD

PLEASE USE YOUR OWN NAME WHEN POSTING. THANK YOU!"

Alan

Richard, your secret will be safe with me, and visa versa.

Three days after getting lost in forestry and running out of food, Laura was having second thoughts about being vegetarian. :wink:

Ha Ha! I expect the Vegetarian might have already exited...pursued by the Carnivore....

Alas, Carmilla, that vile website Geographicus has misled me most abominably.

Despite the vogue for gender balance, Phil was beginning to doubt Alan's strategy to gain a place on the TGOC.

I cant believe the Airlines lost our packs. All is well.. We got this.
:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
I had another one but I changed it. I didn't laugh at myself.

Two years on, they were beginning to think they may have got the grid reference to the fabled Cheese and Wine party woefully wrong.

I presume these rainskirts are waterproof?

Oh, here comes Alan and Andy, do you think Lord Elpus is carrying the wine?

We're saved! Here comes HMP3 with a chinese menu in his hand! :wolf:

I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein

Now that we've recovered from that Intense Full Moon time has been spent poring/pawing over your very wonderful captions and, yes, we have a winner! Hard hard hard, but Emma just squeaked in by a nose with her scholarly reference to Sheridan La Fanu's Carmilla - the first vampire novel (1871). Tho' it was a terribly difficult decision - well done everyone!

I am deeply honoured to be receiving this award and would like to thank everyone who made it possible: the organisers, the Vetters, the staff at the Park, my agent, my researcher, my personal assistant, my werewolf advisor, my speechwriter, my bodyguard, my accountant, my vampire advisor, my financial advisor, my route designer, my chauffeur, my cleaner, my rucksack technician, my physiotherapist, my cleaner, my mapreader, my makeup artist, my GPS operator, my hairdresser, my costume designer...