My Credit Crunch holiday

Sorry for the ‘postal strike’ last week but I indulged myself in a little credit crunch holiday. I didn’t get a cheap last minute trip abroad but I did down tools for long enough to appreciate some of the low budget activites that I love. First up I welcomed in the new Premier League season in traditional fashion with a champagne breakfast. We’ve been doing this at my pad for about 5 years now, watching the early 12:45pm with a fry up and a bottle of Cava, but this year we actually managed to score a bottle of Moet.

That led to a very long messy weekend watching countless hours of live footy and pretty much boring a hole in my sky plus remote rewinding the goals and offsides. My better half had been away climbing a mountain (no joke of a lie) so by the time I’d caught up with her it was almost midweek. This turned out to be the best bit of the holiday as it coincided with the hottest day of the year.

I took the time to go visit an old mate from college out in the sticks a few miles outside of the M25. It was nice seeing cows, level crossings and rivers on the train out there. It was even better basking in the 30 degree heat catching up with a good mate who greets you with a pint and reefer in his 40 yard garden. By the time the sun had set I was back in London though and ready to fulfil the last part of my ’staycation’ a pre planned bender with another mate who’s off abroad for a bit.

As booze and fun fuelled benders go it was a pretty good effort all round, lasting well over 24 hours. My opinion for what its worth is that anything that involves that much boozing and more but leaves you with no hangover has got to be good. We managed to listen to a lot of classic hip hop too which is one of my favourite ways to relax but that intoxicated I had vivid memories of the 90’s heyday (of hip hop and my partying). It was now friday and all that was left to do was sleep it off and count the pennies, thankfully though I hadn’t even spent £50.

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Edited: August 24th, 2009