2008-11-05UTC09:26:07RE: Who is Deanne Berry?I also spotted Deanne Berry... on mtv! She was coaching a girl to be a bond girl, on the tv show, Made!2008-09-29UTC12:26:23Splendid weekend of comedy, food, double dinners, and everythingGreat weekend. As an intro though, specifically for the people from work who mentioned they had found this page recently - at no point did I drink too much and become annoying, I am a fine upstanding member of staff. Probably you can go back to work ... 2008-06-28UTC07:21:45RE: This BBC page has someHi, I am coming down on a coach trip on 4th July and would love to have a night amongst gay people, or person.Can you advise me of where to go please xxx2008-06-15UTC11:36:12An opportunity to learn @ the University Centre Folkestone for free!Step up to Business is a Short course (18hours) which will provide an enjoyable and lively look at business and enterprise.Learners will learn the basic of business. Ideal for those considering a start-up or just to improve job, and promotion prospec... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11330/An+opportunity+to+learn+%40+the+University+Centre+Folkestone+for+free%21"><img alt="An opportunity to learn @ the University Centre Folkestone for free!" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/2581233622_801fd83ca2_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11330/An+opportunity+to+learn+%40+the+University+Centre+Folkestone+for+free%21">Rated 3.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-04-11UTC08:25:19Glastonbury tickets back on sale?How does this work then? Got this from seetickets.com, buying from ticketmaster would help me out, I didn't think Glastonbury tickets would be publicly available like this:GLASTONBURY 2008The biggest and best festival in the world is upon us and tick... 2007-12-12UTC08:27:05burstin folkestone darts eventThat sounds good, someone's landed here searching for burstin folkestone darts event. No idea what it is yet, it'd be great if it was some top players. The Burstin is the monstrous hotel down by the harbour, it's a strange little community all of its... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10760/burstin+folkestone+darts+event"><img alt="burstin folkestone darts event" src="http://static.flickr.com/52/161125290_57e8bf744a_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10760/burstin+folkestone+darts+event">Rated 2.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-11-12UTC02:27:28Fullsome weekenderWell I say full, full of pubs really. Friday night we stayed in, so as to have more energy for going out on Saturday. We had a trip to Canterbury in the day (and you'll never guess where we had lunch), no actual christmas shopping, but we went in a c... 2007-08-21UTC06:14:20Ooh lightning strike!No trains from Folkestone for the forseeable, because of a lighting strike over night, we do get all the action here don't we. They can't put on any replacement busses until after the school run as they're all in use. I'm getting a lift in today so I... 2007-03-23UTC08:59:13What a Hampton WickOh dear, be careful with your sat nav (particularly if you are visiting me from Fareham this weekend) and don't make the same mistake as this Fareham coach driver. Instead of taking a party of school children to Hampton Court, he ended up round the b... 2007-03-12UTC12:36:20Beer: not badMy homebrew was not bad at all, not 100% clear, but brown and smelled and tasted of beer, so can't complain. Was a little bit malty for my taste, but I can fis that when I start on a proper recipe and really mess things up.All in all had a very nice ... 2007-01-24UTC11:00:25Jesus and Mary Chain playing festivals this yearWell, they're playing Coachella, that's in California, think it was the first one the reformed Pixies played at and also the festival that offered the Rage Against the Machine,Smiths five million dollars. Does that lineup bode well for UK festivals? ... 2006-11-01UTC10:30:00Fun night outI can only just face up to writing down my fun night out on Monday, where I went for popbitch drinks, at The Coach and Horses, Soho. Well, one of them. All was going swimmingly, drinks kept turning up at the table for me, and I kept drinking them. I ... 2006-08-07UTC11:58:49Top 100 best popex playersSaving this here, the 100 richest popex players on the day the site closes... 1. Andrew Marshall 2. MuddyFunkster 3. DanMingo 4. paulfaw 5. jorma kaukonen 6. patrick777 7. wong again 8. Andy 9. boff 10. callas 11... 2006-05-10UTC10:13:11Trains and IPODsOur train ground to a halt this morning at Orpington, and had to be rebooted. That's the most interesting non-TV thing to have happened so far this week. I am still aching a bit from Sunday's gardening. Looking forward to a restful weekend... OH NO!J... 2006-03-27UTC09:59:46Sunday Times takes the Orient ExpressDid you know it still travels through Folkestone? Read all about it, they didn't enjoy the change in our town though...Then we reached Folkestone, got off the train and onto a coach, yes, a coach, for the Eurotunnel transfer: going round Folkestone r... 2006-03-22UTC10:38:36Careful with that message board EugeneThe BBC reports that an Oldham woman libelled an MP from Portchester (where I am from) on Yahoo message boards:Ms Williams, of Oldham, Lancs, used a pseudonym to post claims that he was a sexual offender and a racist bigot.Ms Williams had also claime... 2006-03-13UTC03:20:59So, super weekendAfter my little Down Street excursion, we had a great weekend. Technically it was extended by half a day, but it felt very quick indeed... Started off giving the twins their birthday presents round ours, they turned five already, and seemed mostly pl... 2005-09-23UTC09:14:49Los AngelesSo, we sadly had to leave Santa Barbara, and we drove on down to LA... Was a bit intimidated at the thought of driving in LA, I've only driven London once or twice before and that was a long time ago, mostly I've only done gentle village roads. The j... 2005-08-01UTC09:32:49The Bufftings take LondonFolkestone's own Bufftings are trekking up to London, doing a gig only a few yards from my desk! If you fancy coming to London on a Saturday, and seeing them play with Rieser (from Edinburgh) and The Yam Yams at The Betsey Trotwood, get in touch with... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/3703/The+Bufftings+take+London"><img alt="The Bufftings take London" src="http://home.btconnect.com/PlumPromotions/jpegs/betsey.jpg" /></a>2005-07-11UTC09:48:19Sorry to leave such a gapBeen away for the weekend, not running and hiding in fear, we went to a fabulous wedding up in Oxford. Got The Oxford Tube there late on Friday as we were already booked onto it, and it was alright. Comfortable enough and only 15 quid for an open ret... 2005-07-06UTC11:42:46What I have done been readingJust finished Underground London, and enjoyed it very much... Haven't reported in what I've been reading since I griped about The Moonstone I don't think, I really dragged through that one but enjoyed it by the end. Hmm, I'm a great reviewer of books... 2005-01-18UTC06:17:29Folkestone Coach HireTrying to find some, so far found:Bob Bailey's Coaches, Stone Leigh House, Tram Road, Kent Folkestone, CT20 1TF Telephone: 01303252628Can anyone chip in with more?... 2005-01-12UTC10:36:40A bit of 'ush pleaseNice evening out at the Cross Keys and then to the Punjab. The combo of Spitfire and curry have given me a touch of wind today, but at least I have finally asked my ushers to Ush for me on the big day. Still got plenty more to do for the wedding, acc... 2004-07-14UTC02:34:19Whopper of a weekendWell that was a mighty BEAST of a weekend, took a couple of extra days to go round Kent checking out wedding venues, so I have a nice short working week now. We have finalised a venue and it is the previously mentioned Lympne Castle. It's not cheap, ... 2004-02-06UTC10:51:07No Pixies tickets on sale yet then?I heard a crazy rumour Pixies tickets would be on sale this morning, suddenly remembered and was terrified I'd have missed them...4ad.com says:In April, The Pixies will kick off an 11-city "warm up" tour of North America, marking the first time they'... 2004-01-25UTC07:10:23Bar 98Last night saw us drinking in the Rochester Castle (very busy, and not just with tramps and mentals) and the Coach and Horses, and then on to The Defoe (where I was roundly thrashed by Clare, and then to Il Bacio for the much anticipated meal...Seems... 2003-11-19UTC10:30:48War On 106Exciting, seems being pissed off with bus route 106 is quite a popular hobby, saw a poster up at the bus stop today saying "war on 106 - are you fed up with their being not enough buses" or something... stage one is to write to the mayor and the loca... 2003-10-27UTC11:18:16RE: Oyster Card Fearsthere ain't such a thing as a British Rail Oystercard, only tube stations are issuing them... a mate who's got one had problems on Stagecoach buses for a while, but his card was fine with everyone else's.2003-05-18UTC02:20:37Royal BengalAfter a very short pub crawl yesterday (couple of smashing pints in The Defoe, then no drinks in Bar Lorca, as their "all cocktails £9 a jug" offer turned out to be a lie, then the Coach and Horses]]) we did end up going to The Royal Bengal in the en... 2003-01-02UTC12:41:15Paul BurrellDiana's "ROCK", the acquitted butler was in the Coach and Horses in Soho on the 23rd of December. And so was I!Naturally I was hanging out with millions of other celebs over christmas, but I was so wasted man, that I can't remember them all.... 2008-06-15UTC10:13:11Castle DoningtonAC/DC, Metallica, Motley Crue, Queensryche, and the Black Crowes. A pretty special line up at the top of the bill, shame it was the shortest Donington bill ever. Got a coach up from Portsmouth. \m/... 2008-04-20UTC06:26:15Hammersmith Odeonplus <a class="wiki" rel="tag" href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/living+colour">Living Colour</a>. My first proper gig, went up on a coach trip. See the patches on my denim jacket \m/ <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/v/161/Hammersmith+Odeon">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>