The tale of the holiday, the house and the spotted celebrity

For your convenience and reading pleasure, this post will be split in to 3 distinct sections:

Section 1- The house
Section 2- The holiday
Section 3- The results of the 2006 Spot a Stupendous Celebrity Challenge

Section 1- The house

Following the Matthews' lead, I too seem to have acquired a house. I think it's a lovely place. I moved in on Friday the 21st April, and it was a mammouth move if ever there was one. I moved from number 49 to number 43. I didn't even change postcodes!

I don't have a cat (they're rubbish anyway), or a washing machine, but do have a really nice kitchen and garden. And a shower cubicle, and a lovely lounge. Anyway. I really like it, and would love to have any of you come to visit, if you were ever coming to see the sights of Essex and the famous 'Oakwood Hill Estate'. I've got a futon, a sofa bed, and a spare single. Alternatively, one of you could rent a room. I'll give you a good price...

Anyway, here are some pictures from the estate agents thingy to give you a taste. The only key differences are that in the Kitchen, instead of a table (practical), I have a huge table football table (highly impractical). In the lounge, I've got a better sofa, but a more rubbisher rug. Hope you like.






Section 2- The holiday

On Monday the 24th April, a full 2 days after moving in to my new house, I went off on a little vacation with my lovely fiance. We flew to Jackson, Mississippi, and then drove on to the town of Vicksburg. I had a lovely time in Vicksburg, swimming in pools, dining out a casinos on the river, and engaging in a bit of twitching (which, for the less environmentally embracing is ornithology (which for the less etymologically endowed is bird watching)).

After a week in Mississippi we went on a road trip through Georgia and South Carolina to North Carolina where Vikki's dad had a conference. While he was busy talking engineery things, Vikki, her mum and myself made do with sunbathing on the beach, body boarding and twitching (see previous paragraph for definition). Anyhoo, after much too short a time, I had to say goodbye to my fiance and future in-laws and fly fly fly all the way home to Essex land.

I've put some of my photo's on flickr, which is a picture viewing program that's in the sidebar, but I'll put some of my favourites here.









Section 3- The results of the 2006 Spot a Stupendous Celebrity Challenge

Well, the competition has been fierce and there have again been hints of devious goings on, with banned competitors taking part, entrants questioning the validity of other entrants claims and downright silly stories. The panel has convened and made their decisions. For a full list of entries, see the previous post. There is also some explanation to those of you who didn't quite make the grade.

However, I feel that I must point out that the competition was titled spot a celebrity. Not 'know them really well' or 'met my friends dads uncles lama'. So to have brushed past a celebrity counts as much as being born to a celebrity.

There were however many people who did make the grade. So many in fact that I have had to create separate categories for our winners. And fear not, the winner of each section will recieve a prize (if they send me their addresses by email, which can be done in my profile).

So, without further ado, here are the winners of the 2006 Spot a Stupendous Celebrity Challenge

The winner of the Hollywood heavies category is:
CAT- For spotting Al 'say hello to my little friends' Pacino. A cooler hollywood star would be hard to find. Well done.

The prize for the Most famous Christian apart from the Pope award goes to:
JUSTYN and LUKE- Both have stories of meeting Sir Cliff 'devil woman' Richard. There aren't many celebrities who can claim to have had their calendar up in the girls house, but Sir Cliff- little Harry Webb- is one of them

The winner of the Schmoozing with celebrity royalty category is:
LIZ- For your claim of tea with the Queen. However, I did ask for some more information regarding the entry and have not, as yet received any verification as to the stories veracity. More proof as to the truth of this entry is required before a prize can be sent out.

And finally, the Lifetime achievement award goes to:
LUCIE- Special merit for oustanding effort goes to Lucie for a lifetime devoted to the spotting of celebrities. Time doesn't allow me to list the countless celebrities that have crossed Lucies path, so instead I shall merely whet your appetites with a selection of them: Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen, Ruby Wax, Bonny Langford, Bob Holness, Matthew Kelly and been sung to sleep by Captain Birdseye.

Bravo to all the winners. You have done your families proud. Where would the world be without celebrities. And where would the celebrities be without us, their adoring public. God bless celebrities, and God bless you.