Driving in the afternoon to pick up my brother Dero and his mate Ryan (CampBELL) from the new train station in Newport, we were getting excited for our journey to Hammerfest 2011, held in Prestatyn, North Wales. After leaving way after schedule we drove round in circles from Cwmbran to Newport. With a broken satnav and without a map we had to rely on Dero's navigation skills (which are usually really good). Unfortnutaly hunger kicked in and we got agitated, resulting in a brotherly argument for the most part of the journey. Finally we found a petrol station in the middle of nowhere and bought a map leading us in the right direction (by this point we had got all the way round the road we were supposed to be on). This whole fiasco added another hour onto the estimated four hour journey. Once we made it to Pontins in Prestatyn, at around 11pm, Stu and Orius came to greet us. They were pretty wasted to say the least but it was great to see them. We made our way to chalet where there were many fellow metal heads partying. As soon as I saw Baggy he offered me to drink from "The Bucket". The Bucket is a cocktail comprising any alcoholic beverage at the party. This time it was a concoction of Jagermeister, cider, beer, apple sours and some other stuff - it wasn't actually too bad to be quite honest!
Apparently Lucy had already passed out by this time, which is pretty hard to believe because she's a party animal! So I decided to go and pay her a visit, whilst Orius and me tested out the bed (Don't worry it wasn't as bad as it sounds :P). Surprisingly she was "awake", however very dozy (she doesn't remember seeing me at this point).
Moving on out, we went to see some bands. Unfortunately we weren't as drunk as the other 'Nam Crewians so we decided to head to the car and get a few cans in. I think we were pretty knackered at the point too so got some sleep in before we went to see MetallicaUK - A Metallica tribute band. They turned out to be really good!
The next day I was the last one to get out of bed (I managed to get the entire single bed to myself somehow, as Orius wanted to stay up). The first drink of the day was a nice cold beer followed by sitting outside in the sun, overlooking Prestatyn's mountains, which reminds me; driving through the mountains on the way to Hammerfest felt like we were driving into Mordor! (What's a Legolas!? Sorry, inside joke). The day was very chilled out, with cups of tea going round and bacon sarnies made by no other than Baggy. As the day progressed we consumed more beer and went to see a bunch of bands. Writing this now, it's hard to distinguish what we did on which day because it all seems to blend into one!
Later this day people were walking around in warpaint chanting: BATTLE! METAL! This was in honour of Turisas who played in the evening. I have to say they were pretty entertaining and definitely fulfilled the words, BATTLE METAL! After Turisas there was a woman who had a shaved head and this really confused Orius. So he walked up to her and says, "Excuse me, are you a man or a woman?" *SLAP!* That moment was priceless (She slapped him in the face by the way). On the way back to the chalet, I heard some guy yelling at me. I was thinking, "Who is this guy??" Turns out he thought I was the singer from Holy Grail and wanted to know where his chalet was. Turns out he's the drummer from Revoker! So I invited him to party at our chalet - and we did just that. What an epic time! Also met the rest of the band and went to see Accept. It wasn't long before saying's such as "Tuna Baguette!" and "Alright BUTT!" were going around. Also buckarooing took place. Buckarooing is where someone passes out and you gather anything you can to put on top of them. Orius got buckarooed hardcore! The next day we did pretty much the same thing and the big finale was seeing Evile who closed Hammerfest. Also on the Saturday, everyone was watching the rugby (after almost being kicked out of Pontins for littering...) so Orius and me decided to look for some fun bikes. We started singing "Buggy, Buggy, Buggy, Baggy Baggy Baggy!" Completely random, but funnny as hell! You say 'Nam, I saw Crew!
