{"id":237,"date":"2011-03-14T00:02:07","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T07:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/?p=237"},"modified":"2017-11-11T22:48:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T06:48:50","slug":"at5-forever-reverberating-the-saga-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/2011\/03\/14\/at5-forever-reverberating-the-saga-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"AT5 &#8211; Forever Reverberating&#8230;The Saga, Part 1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Click to visit and learn more about GABIT Events!\" href=\"http:\/\/gabitevents.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8\" title=\"Click to visit and learn more about GABIT Events!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/AT5-web-image.jpg\" alt=\"Click to visit and learn more about GABIT Events!\" width=\"333\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/AT5-web-image.jpg 333w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/AT5-web-image-228x192.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Welcome back <a title=\"Click to visit and learn more about GABIT Events!\" href=\"http:\/\/gabitevents.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">GABIT Events<\/a> fans,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">First of all, I&#8217;d like to shout out a HUGE bouquet of gratitude to <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Surrealvampi (Kate) on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Surrealvampi\" target=\"_blank\">Surrealvampi<\/a> (Kate) <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Amy Corden on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmyCorden\" target=\"_blank\">AmyCorden<\/a>, <a title=\"Click to visit and follow JenMarsden163 on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JenMarsden163\" target=\"_blank\">JenMarsden163<\/a> and <a title=\"Click to visit and follow PathQ on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/PathQ\" target=\"_blank\">PathQ<\/a> for contributing their fantastic dexterity of camera skills to this report. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I also apologise (insincerely) for ruining anyone&#8217;s reputation herein.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Writing about AT5 is one of the hardest tasks I\u2019ve had to undertake. In writing. It\u2019s hard. A hard task. Are you getting what I\u2019m trying to say?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">There is only one reason for it, I\u2019m not going to beat about the bush and I\u2019m going to perfectly blunt. It may be because I\u2019ve spent too much time in a soggy isle filled with British people, or it may just be the state of my brain matter after last weekend. Either way, the reason is simple, and I feel the need to share it with you. I find the Queen\u2019s English hard enough to muster at the best of times; I mean, if you\u2019ve met me at all, you\u2019d know that making up sounds is a forte 8D. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">It\u2019s just that when you have to convey the depths of an experience, the vibrant and extreme wavelengths of heart, sometimes even the Queen\u2019s English, (or the King\u2019s Speech heehee!) just loses all its lustre. Maybe an artist could paint a masterpiece of a thousand words, or Beethoven could compose another 9 symphonies, but right now, language is just not enough.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gabitevents.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-354 alignleft\" title=\"GABIT EVENTS!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/gabitlogo.gif\" alt=\"GABIT EVENTS!\" width=\"129\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">So much for not beating about the bush! More beating: After my experience at Gate to the Sanctuary (this is me being blunt), I thought to myself \u201cHow&#8230;HOW&#8230;how could it possibly get any better than this? I don\u2019t&#8230;I CAN\u2019T SEE IT!\u201d I really did not get it, I can be a bit of plank that way.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I had heard stories from AT4, I had heard something about love and money, but you know&#8230;it\u2019s like a fine wine. You can try and try to describe it in all the big words you can find from the dictionary, yet somehow it still doesn\u2019t do it justice. You just have to barge straight on ahead, pop the cork, and savour the contents. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sanctuaryforkids.org\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-361 alignright\" title=\"The incredible Sanctuary For Kids!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/S4k.png\" alt=\"The incredible Sanctuary For Kids!\" width=\"368\" height=\"81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/S4k.png 368w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/S4k-256x56.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Amanda\u2019s fandom is exactly like a bottle of vintage champagne. Singularly unique, unlike anything you\u2019ve experienced before, bubbly, bouncy and bright, fizzing and joggling around in its own little bottle. If her fandom is the champagne, then GABIT is the cork. Once every 18 months, they *POP* the cork in celebration, and all the bouncy bubbles come tumbling out, and infest the world with a deafening uproar. A sort of Global Love Pandemic.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">There is only one, huge difference; this particularly unique fandom is made up of human beings, not bubbles. Well&#8230;bubbly, but they don\u2019t make you drunk. Actually I lie, they really do. There is no other word for this particular species of beings. After AT5; Weekend of Many Hugs, we have dubbed them the Love Generation, and this new Love Generation that was born at AT5 is credited entirely to the incredible people who call themselves the GABIT family, led by Superwoman herself: Julia Hague, and the phenomenal woman that is Amanda Tapping.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nepalorphanshome.org\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-356 alignleft\" title=\"The phenomenal Nepal Orphan's Home\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/logo.gif\" alt=\"The phenomenal Nepal Orphan's Home\" width=\"400\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/logo.gif 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/logo-256x76.gif 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">That weekend, the cork popped, the Love Generation bubbled out and worked their magic, spreading love and warmth to every corner of soggy Heathrow, and sending up a glow of celebration and togetherness into the stratosphere. For three whole days, the Earth stopped in its rotation, and all the love, open hearts, generosity, peace, embraces, and all the special things that make us human&#8230;it all condensed itself into one warm bubble of possibility. AT5 Reverberation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hearingdogs.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-362 alignright\" title=\"Hearing Dogs for Deaf People!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/logo2.gif\" alt=\"Hearing Dogs for Deaf People!\" width=\"257\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/logo2.gif 257w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/logo2-256x99.gif 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This is where three quotes pop into my poor excuse for a head (8D it\u2019s that head injury&#8230;): Live Peace, Speak Kindness, Dwell in Possibility. Never were words so appropriate or fitting. When you have 260-odd people assembling from all walks of life, all backgrounds, from every far and near corner of the globe, from all cultural backgrounds, from 14 years old to 80 years old, all genders, species, languages, doctors, artists, actors, dancers, writers, geeks, tech whizzes, lawyers, retirees, office clerks, all religions, no religions, dorks, nerds, extroverts and introverts, yet all assembled for one reason, with one common and raw element; Their overwhelming love, their dedication, and their passion to make a difference in this world. All labels and masks were stripped away, every body was brought together in the beautiful simplicity of humanity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I have never witnessed so much passion, equality and solidarity in such a diverse group of beautiful people. It was an incredible demonstration of what being human is about, what it SHOULD be about, and what can be done if we celebrate our differences, admire them, appreciate them, stand in awe of them, and really allow ourselves to give everything we have to give.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-321\" title=\"Everyone, from every corner of the globe!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Everyone, from every corner of the globe!\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">On that weekend, the world was shown just how much each of us has to give, how much every single one of us&#8230;YES YOU, is capable of achieving if only we open our arms, and our hearts, and just give our love freely. Together, we are capable of so much more&#8230;so, so, SO much MORE! AT5 was a snippet of a world sans fronti\u00e8res: simple, pure, rich in heart, sincere and genuine, united in differences and driven with one purpose and one goal in mind. Can you imagine a world like that? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-322\" title=\"Family ties\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Family ties\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">And this was just one of the incredible windows on that epic weekend! We, as geeks, HAVE to admit, we can\u2019t live without the internets 8D. FACE IT. Especially in the world of Sci-fi fandom, where entire web-based shows are being created (like Sanctuary), where forums are spammed, Twitter, Facebook have all become ESSENTIAL to the humungous fandom network.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">At AT5, family bonds made over chatrooms and Skype, suddenly became a violently physical huggletastic lovefest, the likes of which no family reunion has EVER witnessed. Because that is one of the sublime qualities of THIS particular fandom, they are a family by choice, bonds created for a lifetime. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-323\" title=\"Family ties\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Family ties\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">SO. Last weekend, many people learned a thing or two 8D. We learned what it meant to give, to hug, to love, to be dorktastic to unbearable extremes, to wear 6 hats at once, to cross dress, to eat Tim Tams for the first time, to LAUGH.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-328\" title=\"It's a balancing act...\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/8.jpg\" alt=\"It's a balancing act...\" width=\"200\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/8.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/8-108x192.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">So after that GIGANTIC soapbox up there ^^^ I feel like should give someone else a turn while I be frightfully un-British, and take a bite of this blue jello&#8230;*hovers with spoon in midair*&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">*WAITS*<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">*deafening silence*<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">*Plonks spoon down* Okay&#8230;so I&#8217;ll fill you in and then we can go from there, yah?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Oh wow, where to start. The sheer suspense leading up to the magical weekend of all magical weekends was like nothing I have ever experienced. I mean&#8230;you know us, we take everything to the absolute extreme. Even Japanese game shows would be jealous. So from a countdown of 320 days, to 200 and SQUEEEEE, and then down to the under-100&#8217;s AAAAAAAAAARGH! And then down to the double digits&#8230;and the singles. At this point, all memory of the English language was ejected out the nearest orifice and every single corner of Amanda-fandom was reduced to a shameful pile of squeaks and gibberish.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/?attachment_id=351\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-351\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-351 alignleft\" title=\"A380\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/A380.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/A380.jpg 520w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/A380-256x134.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">For us, AT5 began the very moment we left the door of our humble abode in New Zealand-the-land-of-the-long-dead-sheep, to board what was the beginning of a torturous but rewarding 37-hours in the maze of airports in Auckland, Sydney, Dubai. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We were eased in with a one hour flight, then four hour stopover, then a 3.5 hour flight, a 45 min stopover&#8230;then the ogre of flaps, 13.5 hours from Sydney to Dubai. It wasn&#8217;t too bad, we followed the night, so took turns sprawling out ungracefully over three seats and snoring heartily*SNORRRRRE*. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The last 2 hours was plagued with motion sickness,&#8230;which still feel like the ground under London is heaving beneath my feet, and it wouldn&#8217;t have been so bad but for the 8 hr flight directly following! THOR: WHAT DID WE EVER DO TO YOU?! BUT&#8230;OH MY GAWD. Have any of you been to Dubai airport? It\u2019s like Vegas on steroids, but with taste! It was here that we picked up a full box of 36 Kit Kats at $6 NZD to add to our 11 packets of Tim Tams, and met up with my friend from Melbourne.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-324\" title=\"Dubai Airport: Vegas on Steroids....\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4.jpg\" alt=\"Dubai Airport: Vegas on Steroids....\" width=\"641\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">*CHIPMUNK GIBBERISH AS FAST-FORWARD EIGHT HOURS*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">AHERM, so after a short delay of an hour taking off from the land of camels and beautifully heart-stopping morning prayer-calls, the final 45 minutes circling Heathrow airport, in a typical pea-soup haze of fogginess, was the most torturously suspenseful bundle of bouncy squee I have ever been. I need to apologise to my less-manic-half, and also to non-fans Marie and David for being an insufferable, veritable explosion of nonsensical gibberish mess and flails. I think the captain knew all along: he extended their awful torture for a full 45 minutes as we circled and circled and the jabbering reached a crescendo as the &#8216;Time To Arrival&#8217; gradually reached the two minute mark&#8230;..<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-325\" title=\"...but with taste!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5.jpg\" alt=\"...but with taste!\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">TOUCHDOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN!\u00a0In true geek fashion, my phone powered up (all by itself of course &gt;.&gt;) and it was straight to the Twitter-spam. I mean c&#8217;mon, we have a reputation to live up to! Luggage-CHECK&#8230;and then we reached Border Security. I have to admit I was dreading this part, last time I headed to the soggy isle, the lady interrogated us like it was some sort of virtual torture chamber, she was rather like a dragon with PMS. BUT DUDES. So, we meander up to the counter, right, and the guy TOTALLY looks like Simon Pegg, right, and the conversation goes something like this:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Me: YEAH SOMEWHAT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">SimonPegg: Born in Newcastle eh? You should visit it here, so much better than your version&#8230;IT&#8217;S SOGGY!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Me: Well I was wanting to work on that tan&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">SimonPegg: Don&#8217;t forget your sunscreen&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">&#8230;and so on yadda yadda.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">OH MY GOODNESS. As the moment of Judgement approached, my heart was beating 300 beats a minute as we swayed our way, with ground rocking beneath us, to the fateful exit to Terminal 3, Heathrow Airport, London. After alternate sprinting and pogo-stick impersonations&#8230;I meandered coolly through the doorway.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">&#8220;AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH CHAMPAAAAAAAAAA!!!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">A Mummynubbin (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow JenMarsden163 on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JenMarsden163\" target=\"_blank\">JenMarsden163<\/a>) comes galloping in our direction from the far end of the concourse, with an assorted background of gigantic splitting cheeks and flailing elbows. I honestly didn&#8217;t know whether to scream, bolt away, or run straight at her face. So I tried to do all three at once and somehow I ended up wrapped around her head like some kind of cacophonic Kebab. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">After a full 15 minutes of flailing and nubbin-subs with piles and piles of squees and arms, Marie and David joined us, and we somehow straggled our way toward the buses. Wait, I lie. We loaded the gentlemen with all the luggage (this is the Crowning Seat of the British Empire, squeeps, and traditional gallantry is always appropriate), whilst Wibble (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Surrealvampi (Kate) on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Surrealvampi\" target=\"_blank\">Surrealvampi<\/a>), Amysnookums (AmyCorden) and I had epic sprint races down all the corridors of this enormous airport. Security were THIS CLOSE *shows how close* to dragging us away. Or so we like to think 8D.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">In between explosions, Amy is prodding me in the spleen squealing &#8220;I CAN&#8217;T BELIEVE YOU&#8217;RE ACTUALLY HERE&#8221; and I&#8217;m bawling, &#8220;I CAN&#8217;T BELIEVE THIS AIN&#8217;T SKYPE!!!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-353\" title=\"BUS\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/BUS-256x149.jpg\" alt=\"BUS\" width=\"422\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/BUS-256x149.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/BUS.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">So we finally stumble our ways onto one of those orsum double-decker red buses, FREE BUS *SCORE* and three minutes &#8211; and a busful of loud babbling and squee later- we disembark into soggy, rainy, Heathrow proper. Marie and David go their separate ways, and we stare at the front of the Renaissance, cracking brutal jokes about the sheer pointlessness of cleaning its rain-drenched walls, but the sheer AMOUNT OF LOVE AND MAGIC that is positively demolishing those walls from the inside&#8230; Never, ever judge a fest by its cover. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Our entrance was surprisingly sedate. Mummynubbin said to me later &#8220;well you can be a bit shy&#8221;, so I think I felt the need to compensate for this abysmal track record. Please see the INCREDIBLE John Goode&#8217;s photos for proof. ANYWHO, after check-in (WE ALL HAD ROOMS ON THE SAME FLOOR \\o\/ COURTESY OF @Surrealvampi, but only because she&#8217;s standing over me at this very minute), and dumping our luggage, all heckity broke loose.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"Pouring salt onto a saucepan on her head is ALWAYS a good idea!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/111.jpg\" alt=\"Pouring salt onto a saucepan on her head is ALWAYS a good idea!\" width=\"658\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/111.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/111-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/111-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> Oh dear crimany. I think Heathrow is still suffering the echoing tremors of our sheer explosion of mental instability. We, as a family, thank you humbly for your tolerant patience.After the insufferable but heart-melting union of hundreds of nubbins from the world over, said family went to the pub for dinner. Such a quaint, tiny, low-ceilinged, typical English pub. I fel like I was living Coronation Street, high on &#8230;.something. We\u2019re still surprised we weren\u2019t bodily thrown out after all the uproarious laughter, squees, and inappropriate comments like:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-372\" title=\"Partners in crime...\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/61.jpg\" alt=\"Partners in crime...\" width=\"641\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/61.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/61-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/61-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Mumnum: &#8220;I DON&#8217;T HAVE A ROOMMATE TONIGHT&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">*cue sideways glances from adjacent businessmen*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Me: &#8220;I WILL! *echoes of &#8216;Me too!&#8217;* MUMNUM KNOWS HOW TO PUT OUT 8D&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">As I said, we\u2019re surprised, but I think the other diners felt it was more entertaining than the Cadbury Crunchie Comedy Gala. IMMUNITY! We could see them snorting into their drool-worthy bowls of lasagne&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-373\" title=\"No comment\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/71.jpg\" alt=\"No comment\" width=\"658\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/71.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/71-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/71-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">And also AT5 salt-sniffing&#8230;.but that\u2019s a story for another audience. Ehem. And after the waiter offered us all rhubarb crumble, (WHICH WE TURNED DOWN, I STILL DON\u2019T KNOW WHY) several of us assembled in Mumnum&#8217;s room for an inappropriately epic, hysterically giggling, dork-fest. That night, the walls\u2019 ears were burning. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-374\" title=\"Speak no, see no, hear no...\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/91.jpg\" alt=\"Speak no, see no, hear no...\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/91.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/91-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/91-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-375\" title=\"I TOLD her they were moufgasmic!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/101.jpg\" alt=\"I TOLD her they were moufgasmic!\" width=\"641\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/101.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/101-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/101-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I WARNED her about the Tim Tams!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Then it was snoozle time.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I ended up sleeping in Mumnum&#8217;s spare bed&#8230;like I\u2019d made so publicly clear, she&#8217;s an experienced hostess. Just not in that way. Here\u2019s a funny thing about jetlag: If you ignore it, it doesn\u2019t exist! TRUST ME ON THIS. Sleep is completely insignificant when you stick it right next to an epic like AT5. Because of this insignificance, I woke up at 2am, bright and chirpy, something which I never am *titters*. I didn\u2019t want to bother my heartily snoring roommate (yet), so instead out came the crux of all geekdom: THE LAPTOP.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Tapping away happily to my heartbeat, there was nothing quite so comforting as knowing I was in the safety and loving embrace of GABITeers. Every daydream, every tremble, every squeak of excitement from the past year had come down to this day.I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019d ACTUALLY squeaked out loud or not (sometimes it\u2019s hard to distinguish between the me head and the real world), but with a particularly loud *SNORT*, the bed lamp opposite flipped a warm glow through the hotel room, and my face is a O.O as I stare into the bleary but sparkling eyes of the Mother of Nubbins, @JenMarsden163. As I cringe like a mouse in the face of a steaming dragon, a surprise \u201cshall I put the kettle on? 8D\u201d completely restores my faith in the undefeatable Britishness of even Amanda\u2019s nubbins! So, on goes the kettle, out come the Tim Tams, and it\u2019s a regular ol\u2019 tea party at 3am, and a light hour of chatter before we snuggle down under the pillows and the room once again descends into blissful dreamy darkness&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">FRIDAY:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">*BRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING* AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! *a hand slams down on the infernal clock*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-378\" title=\"No comment O.O\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/121.jpg\" alt=\"No comment O.O\" width=\"641\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/121.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/121-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/121-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We knew it was to be the weekend of unearthly breakfast calls, but all the pain and luggage eyes was worth every bit as we bounded excitedly into the hotel\u2019s illustrious restaurant, and welcomed with a decadence that even the Empress of Narnia would die for. I mean seriously. \u00a0Three enormous counters covered in pastries of every description, toast, hot breakfasts WITH VEGETARIAN SAUSAGES *SQUEEE!*, and even an array of porridge, fruitful and cereal options for us healthy-freaks. I think I actually stopped dead with mouth agape and just didn\u2019t know which end to hit first! The service was impeccable, I have never, before nor since, been the victim of such astounding chivalry. Chairs were held out, and tea and coffee poured. After three helpings of everything I could fit on my plate at once, and a satisfied barple, we watched more and more attendees wander their way into the Den of Decadence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-379\" title=\"It's a beautiful thing\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/161.jpg\" alt=\"It's a beautiful thing\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/161.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/161-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/161-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I\u2019d just like to point out that by Sunday, even the most haughtily British of the English nubbins were desperately panting for coffee first thing in the morning\u2026standards? HAH! It\u2019s a matter of life or death!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-380\" title=\"NO COMMENT\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/131.jpg\" alt=\"NO COMMENT\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/131.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/131-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/131-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Much of the morning, on our part, was spent in the lobby, hanging out with a massive group of nubbins. I know, I know I keep saying \u2018nubbins\u2019 but seriously, human beings are a lot more sedate than we were on Friday, February 11th. I will not go into details here, such description is not fit for public ears and eyes, but I will let the photos speak for themselves<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">At Amy\u2019s (@AmyCorden) glorious suggestion, a very small committee (for lack of a better word \u2013 we were on a mission!) of us broke away from the general lounging at the Renaissance, and daringly boarded the tube to London-town. To this day, Amy still can\u2019t believe I went to Harrods wearing a hippie beanie, a cap over the top that said \u201cAT5: Abnormal and Proud\u201d, moose antlers and a pair of giant black geek glasses. I still feign that I have no idea what she\u2019s talking about\u2026Then again, this \u2018demure\u2019, tasteful, wholesome English girl surprised us no end on this particular weekend. Maybe it\u2019s time to visit her parents\u2026 *titters*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-382 alignleft\" title=\"ON A MISSION!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/171-256x192.jpg\" alt=\"ON A MISSION!\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/171-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/171-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/171.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-381 alignright\" title=\"The most seriousness I saw from Amy that entire weekend...\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/181-256x192.jpg\" alt=\"The most seriousness I saw from Amy that entire weekend...\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/181-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/181-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/181.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I think London learned a dork or five on Friday. Such a colourful, more exuberant group of sensible people has never trodden through Harrods since. We had a bit of wee fun trying to find the most overpriced item in the furniture section (a small bronze statue for \u00a397,000. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I said I\u2019d much rather take the cannon from across the way, it appealed to my taste more o.O), and after drooling over musical instruments, the Egyptian escalator (who new they had escalators in 3000BC?!), and the always cool spy shop, it was lunch and Subway in Covent Garden, and back to the tube!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">But wait, we made a proxy stop over at Boot\u2019s for the lovely @Surrealvampi, my partner in crime, and whilst Amy was struggling to wind her way through the maze of Covent Garden streets\u2026we straggled along behind, cracking inappropriate jokes, phoning certain work colleagues at the office, and generally making Amy\u2019s mission that much more difficult. On this day in question, we phoned @JenMarsden163 workmate, just to generally dangle our fabulous holiday in front of \u00a0her nose\u2026she asked to speak to me, and the first thing I bawled was \u201cWE\u2019RE GOING TO BUY SOME DRUGS!\u201d I hope she understood my enthusiasm.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com.jandyracjm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-385\" title=\"Mumnum nearly had a fit....NEARLY\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/191.jpg\" alt=\"Mumnum nearly had a fit....NEARLY\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/191.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/191-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/191-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"AT5 2010 - In the hall with group\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JandyraCJM\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7318\" title=\"AT5 2010 - In the hall with group\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/AT5-2010-In-the-hall-with-group-320x240.jpg\" alt=\"AT5 2010 - In the hall with group\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/AT5-2010-In-the-hall-with-group-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/AT5-2010-In-the-hall-with-group-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/AT5-2010-In-the-hall-with-group.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>Back at the Renaissance, we found a pile of squealing nubbins on the sofas in the corner, as @Surrealvampi came galloping straight at my face squawking (she was coming down with a dedicated case of Laryngitis) \u201cJOHN\u2019S BEEN TAKING PHOTOS!!!\u201d, so after jumping backward out of the reach of her dangerously flailing ape-arms, we quickly worked to catalyse the situation. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">What resulted was, once again, something that is not fit for public eyes or ears, and I heartily apologise to the G4\u2019s John Goode, beautiful man that he is, for having to breathe the same air as the galloping, flailing piles of wrestling nubbins on the floor. Truth is, he was snap-happily trying to take decent photos of the whole saga, but ultimately collapsing into uncontrollable giggles. GUILTY AS CHARGED! Own it John!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"AT5 Reverberation WHR Team - Hall Panel\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JandyraCJM\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-438\" title=\"AT5 Reverberation WHR Team - Hall Panel\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/AT5-Team-Hall-Panel.jpg\" alt=\"AT5 Reverberation WHR Team - Hall Panel\" width=\"640\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/AT5-Team-Hall-Panel.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/AT5-Team-Hall-Panel-256x64.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">1. The glittering intimacy of the Cocktail Party. Or:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-387 alignright\" title=\"THE GORGEOUS MUMNUM! All ready to cocktail...\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/281.jpg\" alt=\"THE GORGEOUS MUMNUM! All ready to cocktail...\" width=\"321\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/281.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/281-144x192.jpg 144w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/281-288x384.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">As it turned out, number two was nothing like what we expected. We saw Amanda leap out of her ride outside, and then the enormous huggle-fest with GABIT peeps began, the grin on her face was painfully delightful, and we were able to see the true family spirit that riddles this wonderful event. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">After marching excitedly through the lobby to the resounding cheers and applause, many scooted down to the local pub for the duration of the cocktail party.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Not us. We spent the entire evening lounging in the lobby, before migrating out into the cool but mild night air, armed with guitars and our vocal chords. What followed was the most sublimely cathartic and uniting love fest of the day so far. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">For some three full hours, inspirational and uplifting songs floated up through the night air above Heathrow, and cast a warm glow in our hearts which caused a reverberating echo throughout the weekend, and beyond. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">It united us all, new people, old-timers, young and \u201cmature\u201d *COUGH*, from every part of the globe, into a global family, the bonds of which will never be dissolved by time or distance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jandyracjm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-393\" title=\"Family bonds\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/271.jpg\" alt=\"Family bonds\" width=\"641\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/271.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/271-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/271-512x384.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Well\u2026.not quite over yet. Once retired to Jen\u2019s room (I did not sleep in my own room ONCE that weekend O.O), the usual pyjama-infested loophole began, until at midnight, BLESS HER LITTLE COTTON SOCKS, our very own Gairwyn (Zoe) pottered up to the door with a friend on her heels, and in her hands, the glorious flutterings of her COCKTAIL REPORT. DEDICATION OR WHAT?! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">They couldn\u2019t help but gorge on Tim Tams with us, until we eventually settled down for choc-filled z\u2019s at about 2am. So much for an early night PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT *flaps hand*. Sleep is SOOOOO overrated when there are reputations to be shredded.\u00a0*AHEM*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I sincerely hope that you enjoyed this first part of my report as much as I did sharing with you. Being one of the lucky admirers who were able to attend, I think we can say that this weekend will always be in my heart. Please watch this space for the fun, loopiness, and overwhelming inspiration of Saturday and Sunday!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wormholeriders\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-422\" title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WormholeRiders-New-Logo-150-Blue.jpg\" alt=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Thank you for stopping by <a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wormholeriders\" target=\"_blank\">WormholeRiders News Agency<\/a> and reading. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Please feel free to contribute to the discussion below, or <a title=\"Click to visit and follow JandyraCJM on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JandyraCJM\" target=\"_blank\">visit me on Twitter<\/a>, or even share this news article with other fantabulous members of geekdom by clicking one of the social media icons below. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">SPREAD THE LOVE, THE GRACE, THE COMPASSION. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JandyraCJM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-423\" title=\"Click to visit and follow JandyraCJM on Twitter!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/JandyraCJM-Nov2010-150.png\" alt=\"Click to visit and follow JandyraCJM on Twitter!\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to visit and follow JandyraCJM on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JandyraCJM\" target=\"_blank\">JandyraCJM<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back GABIT Events fans, First of all, I&#8217;d like to shout out a HUGE bouquet of gratitude to Surrealvampi (Kate) AmyCorden, JenMarsden163 and PathQ for contributing their fantastic dexterity of camera skills to this report. I also apologise (insincerely) for ruining anyone&#8217;s reputation herein. 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