It’s time again to look back on 2007 and give mention to the people, pets, organisations & institutions that have helped shape the year.
So thanks to……..
CGP for wielding the ’suite’ broadsword, Kirky for always having a tale to tell, Dawn for the sci-fi mags, Robin K. for listening, understanding and helping, The Big Red Storage people for boxes in T&D’s hour of need, the curse of Cheltenham for a move never to be forgotten, MCR for providing the perfect initiation to live metal for Owen, Mastodon, Machine Head and Metallica for the first proper metal gig at Wembley and one the best days in my life, climbing ropes and stairwells, York for a closer couz, Bob&Jan for a place to crash, Mnemic & The Deftones for a stonking Brummie gig and a chance to suprise Tom, Corporal Bob (RM) & his beer monkey, Malifice, God Forbid & Devildriver for my heaviest gig of the year, the dude who nearly bust my knee in the Devildriver pit whose face left an imprint in my glasses case, Cthulhu for the tentacles, Chaos for the theory, Bradford Park Avenue for redefining boredom, the Bulls for a major let down, Pizza Pachino (cheers Ron!), Jinx for amusing t-shirts, Margaret Wilson for ‘adopting’ us and being a complete one off, Rev. Nick Blundell, the Methodists of St. Andrews for the cream cakes and coffees (Janet, Allen, Saleem & the Tuesday morning crew), ‘Auntie’ Mavis for the legendary ginger cake, Les for giving his time to Owen’s Scouts & Craig for taking over, Sam & Chris for giving their time to Morgan’s Beavers, Lyndsey & Oliver & Andy for keeping Su sane, Rick for being a best mate, Helen & Andy, Andrew, Kath, Bill (R.I.P.), Brian for sky sports & my ‘not pink’ coat,the 300 for Spaarrtaaaa, the I.T. Crowd, Yoda for being a best mate – contributer to my blog and fixer of my family’s bikes, Mum & Dad, Jan, Bob, Robin, Carol, Mark, Jonathan (for proving pharmacists rock), Nicholla, Tom & Dez for ROKing like no others, Boz-cat, Cleo (RIP), Dixy (the ginger coward), Smirnoff (the psycho) & Tigz (the young ‘un) for bring the best cats in the world – and also the daftest, Nikki for being a good dawg and proving that it is possible to be dafter than the cats(!).
Owen and Morgan for exceding our hopes and making me the proudest dad in the world.
and, most of all,
Su – the legend, the super-wife, the love of my life,Yodas biggest fan
and my Soulmate
(love you smegloads)
And the last word this year is this:
Olive Dawson
You were the best, I’ll miss you for ever and I’ll never forget you.
You defined the Dawson spirit and we’ll carry it on.
See you on the other side.
R.I.P.