November 2010 Trip to Portsmouth

So, I got back a couple of days ago from a lads trip to Portsmouth to stay with some friends from uni. There were 3 of us that flew over from Guernsey (with another joining us afterwards), 1 from Sussex uni, 1 from Exeter uni, and the rest of the peeps were at uni in Portsmouth.

What a few days they were.

Firstly, we arrived on Saturday, 13th of November, in Southampton. Had our first pint in the airport at about 9:45AM… Standard.

First pint of the trip... 9:45AM

Then we got a train to Portsmouth, where we met up with the rest of the lads and had a drink and some lunch at a nice Wetherspoon pub called The Isambard Kingdom Brunel, had a shop about the city and basically chilled till the evening.

The lads of "LADS ON TOUR"

In the evening we went out, watched the Christmas lights get turned on, watched Jackass 3D, then headed out to a bar. By this point we had to make up for lost time, as it was around 10PM, so we ended up doing about 7 shots and a pint each in the space of about 30-45 minutes, which was interesting.

First Night Out in Pompey

We stayed with a few of our friends who were very kind to let us sleep there, until the Wednesday when we left. We had many, many enjoyable experiences, I met some new, cool people, had a great time, partied hard (4AM shirtless power metal session with some legend called Fraser that I’d just met, after coming back from a club, epic)…

The beginnings of a Power Metal session

… Got paraded around another club while wearing a pink visor (I have no idea either), while Fraser was basically tapping any girl he could find on the shoulder, pointing to me and saying “LOOK: THE VISOR!”…

"The Visor"... Which would later make a guest appearance at Pure nightclub

… Got several nicknames including “The Visor”, “Ground Beef” (story for another day), “The Hollywood” (after me drunkenly claiming that I should be known as that after ‘getting an oscar for my startling performances… in bed’), “The Legit” (after this terrible group), and generally drank a lot with my friends while having a great time…

Us having a laugh in the house

… Apart from my hangover on the last day. Worst. Hangover. Ever. I think I drank the most I’ve ever drank, I literally have no recollection of anything after leaving Pure as “The Visor”. I apparently went to a rip-off of KFC called “Ken’s Fried Chicken”, got a burger, starting falling asleep, got kicked out, puked outside, got carried home by a friend and his mate, was sick again in their sink (adding me to an elusive list of people who have been sick in my friends uni accommodation, apparently ), and next thing I know I’m fully clothed in bed with the worst hangover of all time… And the prospect of having to get up, pack my bags, get on a train and then a plane home. That was NOT fun. But, to be fair, I don’t usually drink so much that I’m sick, so that’s a rare event.

I made it seem like we were drinking 24/7, but that really wasn’t the case. I got to see a lot of the city and have fun with my friends in arcades and such, while also seeing how student life is, including how much the work as well, and all of it really inspired me to push as hard as I can to get to uni for next year. I really, really preferred the city, the people, the lifestyle, the method of work etc over there, in my tiny window of life there. Coming back to Guernsey has been a major come-down because it really makes you realise how terribly boring this island is, and how the quality of life is actually pretty mediocre.

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~ by kolddoom on November 19, 2010.