Shark's Teeth
Happy Birthday TOH. The boy is finally a man, turning 30 today.
We spent the weekend marking this milestone with eating, drinking and hunting for shark's teeth.
Saturday, a group of his oldest friends met down by the docks in a surprisingly comfortable hotel bar. A bit neon pink, it is, but perfect for lots of people to sit around and shout at each other.
We were drinking in there last week after watching the Khan fight at ExCel. It was full of coked up twats then though, who all thought they were a bit tasty. One came over to me and Katie and tried to chat us up, despite the fact our husband/boyfriend were standing about two metres away. That didn't deter him, and we had to be polite for about half hour until he got the message.
Anyway, to break up the birthday drinking we went to Super Star for yummy Chinese food. Despite being a bit unimpressed with my plans to embarass TOH the staff did us proud by covering their menus with photos of him looking very geeky as a child, and bringing out a cake which I baked in the afternoon (domestic goddess!).
Sunday, we nursed a massive hangover for quite some time. Eventually, when the danger had passed, we ventured out into the big, bright wide world and headed for Lesnes Wood in Erith.
We used the Woolwich Ferry to cross the Thames, which was quite exciting; I've not been on that since I was a kid, and drove up to the wood. There, in a sandy bed on the highest point, we hunted for fossils by poking the ground with sticks. And we managed to find two sharks' teeth, which fell out of their jaws about 54million years ago!
But the fun couldn't last. This morning, after some breakfast present opening, it was back to work. Today is TOH's actual birthday, which will be spent selling paperclips in bulk.
We spent the weekend marking this milestone with eating, drinking and hunting for shark's teeth.
Saturday, a group of his oldest friends met down by the docks in a surprisingly comfortable hotel bar. A bit neon pink, it is, but perfect for lots of people to sit around and shout at each other.
We were drinking in there last week after watching the Khan fight at ExCel. It was full of coked up twats then though, who all thought they were a bit tasty. One came over to me and Katie and tried to chat us up, despite the fact our husband/boyfriend were standing about two metres away. That didn't deter him, and we had to be polite for about half hour until he got the message.
Anyway, to break up the birthday drinking we went to Super Star for yummy Chinese food. Despite being a bit unimpressed with my plans to embarass TOH the staff did us proud by covering their menus with photos of him looking very geeky as a child, and bringing out a cake which I baked in the afternoon (domestic goddess!).
Sunday, we nursed a massive hangover for quite some time. Eventually, when the danger had passed, we ventured out into the big, bright wide world and headed for Lesnes Wood in Erith.
We used the Woolwich Ferry to cross the Thames, which was quite exciting; I've not been on that since I was a kid, and drove up to the wood. There, in a sandy bed on the highest point, we hunted for fossils by poking the ground with sticks. And we managed to find two sharks' teeth, which fell out of their jaws about 54million years ago!
But the fun couldn't last. This morning, after some breakfast present opening, it was back to work. Today is TOH's actual birthday, which will be spent selling paperclips in bulk.
posted by The WyeBird @ 8:45 am
1 Comments:
At 10:35 am,
Anonymous said…
Hi.
I just found your site while browsing the feedmap links.
I went looking for shark teeth a few years back, over at Abby Wood - I didn't have much luck. I'll try where you suggest next time the weather is decent and I fancy a wander.
That's a great photo by the way.
cheers,
Dave
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