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| 6:00am ~ This picture is actually quite deceiving - I wasn't really that awake!! Myself and best friend Suzie arrived at Ravenhill early to get a seat on the bus - still not sure how pleased my Mum was about leaving us off at this ridiculous hour!!! 6:25am ~ Our bus (#4) was the last to leave Ravenhill, bound for Larne. Ok, here's where I should apologise to Suzie - I was still a bit hyper and she wanted to sleep!! 6:45am ~ Started to wonder why the heck there were any other vehicles on the road at this time in the morning!! 7:00am ~ Arrived in Larne. Our 3 buses met up with the one coming from Ballymena. This is also where we met up with Heather & Stewart - apologises to the rest of the bus now - Heather and myself may have made a bit too much noise at such an early hour!! |
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| 7:25 ~ Finally got onto the boat - sitting staring at the darn ferry and not getting on it was becoming annoying!! Glad to see I wasn't the only one excited and in the spirit though!! |
| 7:37am ~ Boat left Larne for Cairnryan - woo hoo!! Here are the 'troops' ready for action!! Oh, and thanks for all the funny looks - you know who you are!! (L-R Me, Suzie, HeatherG) |
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| 8:40am ~ After meeting up with other peeps from the Official Ulster Message Board, Heather, Sonz and myself began distributing Heather's wonderful song sheets on the ferry. Cheers to all those who gratefully recieved them and didn't take the piss! 9:20am ~ Singing rehearsals began as we made our way back to the coaches - a beautiful rendition of "You can take your flower of Scotland..." rang through the staircases. 9:24am ~ A very nice surprise awaited us when we boarded our coaches. The Ulster Branch (thank you!!) were handing out drinks, caps and flags - much appreciated guys!! 9:26am ~ Hit Scotland (not literally!). Shortly after 10am ~ A short pitstop for those who needed it. It was sometime after this that I realised there's very little to be classed as civilization betweeen Cairnryan and Glasgow!!! |