Team ybw B&Q kitchen challenge: final plans

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All the forumites are gearing up final chapter in the historic B&Q kitchen-building project, and it has been decided that the celebrations will be held in Falmouth, about 300 miles away from where the kitchen was finished, cos otherwise it might make the frenchies winning their monhull-kitchen races look a bit rubbish.

"It's quite an achievement - I'm not sure that anyone has ever actually completed a whole B+Q kitchen" said a delighted Jimi McToerag, CEO of Kitchen Challenges "Usually, there's a bit of plastering which never ever gets quite finished, or a few handles missing".

To help celebrate of the kitchen completion, visitors are invited to get in their car, drive hundreds of miles and compete for one of five parking spaces before being allowed pay £16 per family to get jostled and stand about for several hours with no food in a winter gale whilst their car gets clamped and towed away. Dozens of camera crews will occupy the roped-off vantage points, and have already booked all the hotel rooms for miles around, all waiting for a blubbering tcm to arrive in a right old mood and say the words "stress" and "no sleep" dozens of times whilst fighting back the tears.

Wooden Trophy
To commemorate the kitchen assembly in a record 70days - now almost a certainty- the mayor will be presenting a specially manufactured straight bit of wood from B+Q. "Nobody has ever had a straight bit of wood from B+Q since 1969, so this is a great honour."

Forumite days
With the main celebration complete, the town of Falmouth will be offering visitors the opportunity the chance to sample the same experience as ybw forumites. For example, "Jimi days" will include being locked in cesspit, whilst those wanting to experinece a "BigNick day" will have their car moved to a secret location leaving them to trudge around trying to find it. "Claymore days" will cost 1p, and essentially involves cursing several million midges as they try and bite you to death on the wrong way home from the pub.
 

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Last minute challenge

Tome has just left Chichester with two of MirabellaV's bathtubs strapped together as hulls, a washbasin as a liferaft, a bidet for hygiene, Shank's best as a great white telephone + her ensign as a screecher and hopes to beat her back cos you can always get a bog in faster than the galley .. poor man, hope he makes it before some takes the piss...
 

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Re: Last minute challenge

I'm feeling really good about this attempt, even though I've hardly slept for a week. As always, I wish I'd had more time to prepare. I've just got to be realistic and take each day as it comes. Weather looks bad ahead, and I've a lot of chipped enamel on one hull so we'll just have to see how we get on. There's nothing more I can do. Part of me just wants to give up, but I know I can get in ahead of the kitchen if I don't go to pieces. I'm very low on supplies but I've a large red spinnaker with a nice union flag in one corner.

Here's a picture of my nav station. Thanks for all the mails, you've no idea how much it lifts me as you can see.

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Re: Last minute challenge - stop press

Sponsorhip has been secured ..

Go-ezy for the starboard tub, and
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for the port one

Tome was heard to mutter between grunts .. "IF I keep going like this I'll be back through the Needles myself tomorrow!"

What a man !!
 

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Re: Last minute challenge - stop press

Jimi man, we're not all as scripturally knowledgeable as you. Any chance of a live link to your sig.
 

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Re: Last minute challenge - stop press

[Peter said] "These men are not drunk , as you suppose.It's only nine in the morning!"(NIV)
...And his point was?
 

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Update

Things are going much better, though my sleep pattern hasn't improved. My shore team have advised me to move all my equipment to the other hull in preparation for tonight. Had to climb the mast again. It's almost 7 feet tall, but it's the last 2 feet which are the killer. It's been a real energy sapper for me but I'm focussed on getting in ahead of the kitchen. Wait to see what happens...

My brain has had to disconnect from what's happening around me. Tough times ahead, here's my remaining hull

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Re: Update

Brilliant.

I have to know, when you were lugging all this gear into your bathroom did Mrs Tome say anything, or just look on with a bemused smile 'Oh God he's flipped again, cabin fever has come earlier this year!'.

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Re: Update

Mrs TomE returned from teaching as I was dismantling the boat and I can report I was removed from the forum PDQ...
 

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But there is not a B& Q in Falmouth.........only Trago Mills


Is there a B&Q in Falmouth F A L M O U T H No

Is there a B&Q in Oxford O X F O R D No

Simple, check your local town!
 
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