Glantaf reunion, niteclub

Sat 25th July.

Had major hangover of course. Txted Ken and said I had so much fun but can't remember everything so have to do it again! Ha.
No time for suffering, busy night ahead. Rang Sharon Griffiths (who's number I did manage to get last night). She was in total shock! Couldn't believe it was me. We went right the way through school together and I haven't seen her since the day I left school in May 25 years ago.
Asked her to come to the reunion tonight that Tracy Jones had arranged in my honour, but she couldn't cos she was on holiday. Had a chat and arranged to catch up when she gets back.

Tracy and her husband Rob picked me up (in their "pick-up" lol) and we went to the Waterguard down the Bay. First time I'd seen Tracy for 25 years as well, and we used to be good mates. Sat together in Geography.
We were the first to arrive, but then Sian Thomas appeared. She hasn't grown at all! Very chatty and the 3 of us had a chance to gossip about the teachers before the others arrived. Then they all arrived within a few minutes of each other and I was up and down greeting and hugging and we were all "Oh My God"-ing and screeching with laughter. And that's how it stayed all night. Must have been sooo annoying for the other people there! haha.

There was Vicky, who's hair's grown and who's voice I'd forgotten was so deep, Amanda Bullock who's lost tons of weight and cut her hair, Sam Lewis who's now amazingly got great hair, Catherine Ball who hasn't got any shorter, Julie Lovering, Richard Grigg, Rhys Boore who now looks like a young Peter Cook, and a big surprise was Mr Ceri Evans! COR!!
It was so amazingly weird to be allowed to talk to him in English! We had a right old chat, and he is SUCH a sweetie! I told him how much I was in love with his cousin Phil Davies, and that me and Catrin only took metalwork cos of him.
Nobody had changed a bit! Not one little bit except for three hairstyles.

We all ended up outside and, yes, ended up singing. It's a Glantaf thing! We sang "Ymlith Plant Dynion", "Cydganed Pawb", "Gafr Wen" (four verses!) and then did a rousing rendition of "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" (Welsh national anthem). Rousing the dead, that is!
If anyone had told me a few weeks ago that I'd be at a pub in Cardiff singing these songs with these people, I would have thought they were taking the piss. What a brilliant night!

We moved over to the Salt pub, and I bumped in to Nicky Williams who's grown and was with Shaun Gaughan.
Then half of us got taxis to some night club on Caroline St. Can't remember the name of it but I got me and Richard in for free. I snuck him in, but I'm not really sure if we were supposed to pay in the first place, so my sneaking may have been for no good reason at all.
The bouncers saw me later and confiscated my half full bottle of wine from Salt. Did (attempted?) a lot of Dirty Dancing with Julie while Richard was filming, then tried to teach Richard how to dance, but failed miserably.
Me and Richard caught a taxi home with some stranger at 3.30am and he got out at the Merrie Harriers.
Fell in to bed!