Today I'm happy about......

[Always hopeful]

The last few weeks have been somewhat nervous times in the Hopeful household.

I was on here last week reporting that my eldest lad hadn't got the A-level results needed to get him to university, which was a shame.

Well today, my youngest lad got his GCSE results and I'm happy to report he did very, very well. 12 passes in total.

To quote the bulldog from Tom and Jerry "That's my boy!".

... & tell us the grades. Don't be shy.

If you insist.

9A*s and 3As.

Not too shabby.

[bobo the clown]

^^^ Now, doesn't THAT feel better ?!

[Prufrock]

Awesome! Well done, AH Jnr!

[bwfcdan94]

The last few weeks have been somewhat nervous times in the Hopeful household.

I was on here last week reporting that my eldest lad hadn't got the A-level results needed to get him to university, which was a shame.

Well today, my youngest lad got his GCSE results and I'm happy to report he did very, very well. 12 passes in total.

To quote the bulldog from Tom and Jerry "That's my boy!".

... & tell us the grades. Don't be shy.

If you insist.

9A*s and 3As.

Not too shabby.

Boy genius and to think they said there was the biggest drop in GSCE scores since the qualification began, it certainly didn't effect your lad .

[William the White]

The last few weeks have been somewhat nervous times in the Hopeful household.

I was on here last week reporting that my eldest lad hadn't got the A-level results needed to get him to university, which was a shame.

Well today, my youngest lad got his GCSE results and I'm happy to report he did very, very well. 12 passes in total.

To quote the bulldog from Tom and Jerry "That's my boy!".

... & tell us the grades. Don't be shy.

If you insist.

9A*s and 3As.

Not too shabby.

Boy genius and to think they said there was the biggest drop in GSCE scores since the qualification began, it certainly didn't effect your lad .

Only in English as I understand it.

[bwfcdan94]

i'm going by the Metro

[Always hopeful]

The last few weeks have been somewhat nervous times in the Hopeful household.

I was on here last week reporting that my eldest lad hadn't got the A-level results needed to get him to university, which was a shame.

Well today, my youngest lad got his GCSE results and I'm happy to report he did very, very well. 12 passes in total.

To quote the bulldog from Tom and Jerry "That's my boy!".

... & tell us the grades. Don't be shy.

If you insist.

9A*s and 3As.

Not too shabby.

Boy genius and to think they said there was the biggest drop in GSCE scores since the qualification began, it certainly didn't effect your lad .

Only in English as I understand it.

There might be some truth in that. English was one of the ones he only got an A in.

[bobo the clown]

Not up there with 12 A & A star O Levels, but son #2 leaves Cardiff for London next week. Today was his last day there & the Company bought him & 3 others VIP tickets to the Extreme Sailing Series in Cardiff Bay. Part of a series around the globe state of the art 40-foot catamarans race each other.

The access put him on a boat in the Bay this morning and access onto one of the racing Cats. He was mighty impressed.

Not as impressed as then being aske to be crew on one of them ... in the actual race !!

... they came second. They cut off Sir Ben Ainslie's cat in the final leg. He is mighty, mighty happy with himself tonight.

[Always hopeful]

Not up there with 12 A & A star O Levels, but son #2 leaves Cardiff for London next week. Today was his last day there & the Company bought him & 3 others VIP tickets to the Extreme Sailing Series in Cardiff Bay. Part of a series around the globe state of the art 40-foot catamarans race each other.

The access put him on a boat in the Bay this morning and access onto one of the racing Cats. He was mighty impressed.

Not as impressed as then being aske to be crew on one of them ... in the actual race !!

... they came second. They cut off Sir Ben Ainslie's cat in the final leg. He is mighty, mighty happy with himself tonight.

A very unusual parting gift. An incredible experience.

Wasn't Ben a bit upset about your lad's boat cutting off his cat's leg?

I'll get my coat

[wigan white]

Kids in Copenhagen with their mum, girlfriend in Manchester at Mardi Gras...... woohoo the weekend is all mine. Lads day sesh it is then

[Hoboh]

Off on a tour of Derbyshire/Yorkshire on the bikes today Bought the other half one like mine to stop her moaning about the 'bitch seat' (btw before anyone starts, its known as the bitch seat because everyone that sits on it bitches about it)
Tomorrow is going to be Devil's Bridge via Hawes, excellent!

[Hoboh]

Kids in Copenhagen with their mum, girlfriend in Manchester at Mardi Gras...... woohoo the weekend is all mine. Lads day sesh it is then

Worried or hopeful about who the gf may turn up with

[thebish]

Off on a tour of Derbyshire/Yorkshire on the bikes today Bought the other half one like mine to stop her moaning about the 'bitch seat' (btw before anyone starts, its known as the bitch seat because everyone that sits on it bitches about it)
Tomorrow is going to be Devil's Bridge via Hawes, excellent!

sounds fab! how long is the grand tour?

[Hoboh]

Off on a tour of Derbyshire/Yorkshire on the bikes today Bought the other half one like mine to stop her moaning about the 'bitch seat' (btw before anyone starts, its known as the bitch seat because everyone that sits on it bitches about it)
Tomorrow is going to be Devil's Bridge via Hawes, excellent!

sounds fab! how long is the grand tour?

Today about 150-175 miles tomorrow similar. leaving North Yorks for another day probs with an overnight somewhere.
First stop is derwent water where the 617 dambusters squadron spent six weeks prior to the raid training on the Dam there because it resembled the German ones, then Holmfrith via a road where at the top you can see the whole of Yorkshire (West and North) into Huddersfield then back over the pennines

[wigan white]

Kids in Copenhagen with their mum, girlfriend in Manchester at Mardi Gras...... woohoo the weekend is all mine. Lads day sesh it is then

Worried or hopeful about who the gf may turn up with

I shall reserve judgement until I see the goods

[TANGODANCER]

Today about 150-175 miles tomorrow similar. leaving North Yorks for another day probs with an overnight somewhere.
First stop is derwent water where the 617 dambusters squadron spent six weeks prior to the raid training on the Dam there because it resembled the German ones, then Holmfrith via a road where at the top you can see the whole of Yorkshire (West and North) into Huddersfield then back over the pennines

Dear, dear mate. You do shoot yourself in the foot. You have a glorious opportunity to be cultural and mention, Beatrix Potter, Jemima Puddleduck and the Lakeland poets. What do you post about, the fxxxing "Dambusters"....

[Worthy4England]

Pigs. Or to be a little more precise, the parts of one pig that are now resident between two slices of toast.

[thebish]

Pigs. Or to be a little more precise, the parts of one pig that are now resident between two slices of toast.

a pair of these?

[Worthy4England]

I'm just nipping out to buy a bigger loaf.

[thebish]

I'm just nipping out to buy a bigger loaf.