Day 4

After the first day of real drinking we all woke up at an agreed 8 30 ish feeling pretty good... no really we all felt quite good, apparently it's good beer and doesn't give you hangovers like the regular stuff. We arrived at the grounds at little later say around 10 or so thinking that because they didn't serve beer until 12 on the first day we should be able to get some food in us before the drinking began again. Well after walking into the lowenbrau tent looking around a bit seeing that half the tables had reserved signs on them and more were being reserved as we stood there we claimed one of the tables as our own just in time. 2 minutes later a beer wench walked over to us and we slowly ordered the 1st steins of the day with all ideas of starting a little slower gone out the window... beer 2 hours earlier than on the first day!! 'ah well' everybody said 'drink up!'

Some of the reserved tables around us were for some random bands performing around the grounds throughout the day. They came in one group at a time had their food a beer then played us a couple of songs for good measure. Being inside a tent is a completely different experience than drinking outside. When your inside things are designed for entertainment with our tent band marching in to the crowds delight later in the day and taking up their place in the middle of the tent up on stage to keep everyone singing for the night especially.

Once the reserved seats had been left behind the Australian 'fanatics' took up position close by us and soon we were standing up on the tables where we spent most of the day...by the time night had fallen very few people in the tent were actually sitting.

The reason behind the trip to Germany was the fact that it was Campbells' 30th birthday and on this day he shone like a true aussie. By about 2pm I think it was he was completely smashed (probably still drunk from the day before not helping him any) and had fallen off the table once already, well the second time he fell off the table it really was quite funny....whilst falling from the table top he managed to slide onto his head on the way down to the bench and on the way down he held up his beer to prevent a spill but all he managed to do was turn it upside down and empty his stein all over himself - very funny - you can see the result of this in a picture a little further down. Oh yeah, we did check to see if he was ok!

During the day me and tristan decided to go and check out some of the rides so we plodded off and went on the one that takes you straight up then drops you down, not very scary but a really good view of the showgrounds from the top of the ride. The good stuff was performed by me and big stu later in the evening when we went on 'cyber space' and a roller coaster that was in the shape of the Olympic rings so you go around a couple of loops then straight then around some more loops then straight then around some more loops...much fun was to be had. Cyber space took the cake though, the fastest one with lots of upside down action with a lot of 'around around' action to. I did take a film of my ride and it looks pretty good and the sound effects are also very good and once again i didn't see anyone throw up, actually i didn't see anyone throw up on a ride or in a tent the whole time we were there.

Going on the rides and a bit of a wonder around made me decide i was going to try to find the way back to the hotel, too bad the rides were in a slightly different area to where we usually entered the grounds so when i walked out of an unfamiliar entrance i tried to find a familiar road but couldn't so i had to head back to the tent we had been in all day, go to the exact table we stood at then retrace my steps home....yes this was going to work!! I got back to the tent found the original table, none of our crew were there so i joined some of the other random drunks and sang along to 'hey jude' (sung by our great band) which went for a good 10 minutes or so with lots of naaaa naaaa naaaa na na na naaaa na na na naaaa heeeeeyyyy juuuuuudddddee. All good fun. Now I could find the way back to the hotel to join some of the others who had got back already and wait for those who hadn't. A great cheese and ham toastie finished off the day giving me the power to make it upstairs to bed, ah goodnight.

Cam in goal where he belongs!

When he fell of the table and decided to pour beer on himself...good idea.

Some music from the balcony, random things like this would be happening all the time

The general look of the inside of the tent, the band lives on the raised round bit in the middle

Yes it was daytime outside, perfect skies and the Hindenburg there to keep us safe!

I think i found the first ride of the day...over there <--- that way.

The way back after deciding that I needed to return to our table so I could find the way back to the hotel.