Welcome to the Fleet Blog
This Blog is written for the Fleet, by the Fleet. The 2011 Fleet is made up of thirteen able-bodied seamen and this blog tracks their adventures, home and abroad. Feel free to leave comments, have a laugh and enjoy the debauchery.
Forthcoming Fleet Events
- 20/08/2011 - Summer Xtravaganza
- 07/10/2011 - Leichtenstein Trip (Via Zurich)
Sunday, 22 August 2010
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Friday, 13 August 2010
The Fleet Rock
Sunday, 25 July 2010
Jim and Gav's LEJOG BLOG: You can donate at the following website...
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Saturday, 24 July 2010
Friday, 23 July 2010
Coco, listen up
http://recombu.com/news/iphone-4-uk-tariff-deals-is-o2-three-orange-tesco-or-vodafone-right-for-you_M11886.html
You can turn off again now :)
You can turn off again now :)
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Friday, 9 July 2010
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Tuesday, 8 June 2010
iPhone fleet team
All fleet members that have an iphone. Can you check out the App, 'Blogpress' and then sign in to your Google Account, and then select fleet blog from the list. Then try to post a blog, like this one, you can even attach a wee photo :)
Give it a whirl :)
If it doesn't work, I need to associate your google account with the blog, so tell me what your google account is :)
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Give it a whirl :)
If it doesn't work, I need to associate your google account with the blog, so tell me what your google account is :)
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Sunday, 6 June 2010
Fleet Photos
I've just finished (after about a week's work, on and off) organising and tagging all my photographs in Picasa (no changes to the online web albums as yet).
Tagging everyone's faces was a chore and a half. Apparently I have photos that contain each of the following people x times:
Kevin Campbell - 947
Michael Hymers - 501
Gavin Stark - 397
Jonathan Bryce - 280
James Cockburn - 246
Robin Card - 224
Antonio Cervi - 158
Martin Urquhart - 115
Ollie Hughes - 81
Andrew Lumsden - 52
Stuart Milne - 47
Alisdair Wight - 43
Craig Paterson - 36
And you are all beautiful in ever single one of them :)
Tagging everyone's faces was a chore and a half. Apparently I have photos that contain each of the following people x times:
Kevin Campbell - 947
Michael Hymers - 501
Gavin Stark - 397
Jonathan Bryce - 280
James Cockburn - 246
Robin Card - 224
Antonio Cervi - 158
Martin Urquhart - 115
Ollie Hughes - 81
Andrew Lumsden - 52
Stuart Milne - 47
Alisdair Wight - 43
Craig Paterson - 36
And you are all beautiful in ever single one of them :)
Saturday, 29 May 2010
Friday, 28 May 2010
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Monday, 17 May 2010
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Captain P Card's 30th
Fleet,
For those that I haven't contacted on f**kbook or via text I'm commiserating my 30th on Saturday 8th May and you all must come - bring your better/worse halfs too. Except Tony...you can stay home if you want! ;-)
The venue is to be confirmed but celebrations will kick off from 7:30pm at a seady venue near you.
See you there.
CPC
For those that I haven't contacted on f**kbook or via text I'm commiserating my 30th on Saturday 8th May and you all must come - bring your better/worse halfs too. Except Tony...you can stay home if you want! ;-)
The venue is to be confirmed but celebrations will kick off from 7:30pm at a seady venue near you.
See you there.
CPC
Monday, 19 April 2010
Can I just say something here...?
...who votes for "no preference"?!
http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_poll.cfm?page=1595
8% apparently.
I propose immediate revoking of rights to apply for membership for these turkeys ... with immediate effect.
http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_poll.cfm?page=1595
8% apparently.
I propose immediate revoking of rights to apply for membership for these turkeys ... with immediate effect.
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Haddow Fest 2011 Earlybird Tickets
Gentlemen. Some of us were out and about at the Haddow Fest last month and it was pretty damn decent. The format is such...
Meet for lunch at 12.30ish. Have a few pints, but no too many as its a long day ;) Take in some lesser known bands in some of Edinburgh's hidden venue gems. Have a laugh.
The early bird tickets are on sale for £10 each right now. The early bird tickets for this year were £15 so we're already saving.
Let's get involved :)
Who's in?
Tickets are available from seetickets. At this link.
Campbell
Meet for lunch at 12.30ish. Have a few pints, but no too many as its a long day ;) Take in some lesser known bands in some of Edinburgh's hidden venue gems. Have a laugh.
The early bird tickets are on sale for £10 each right now. The early bird tickets for this year were £15 so we're already saving.
Let's get involved :)
Who's in?
Tickets are available from seetickets. At this link.
Campbell
Friday, 2 April 2010
T in the Park 2010 - Campbell Compilation :)
Gents, to all those that are going to T, you'll be delighted that i've created my usual compilation album to fine tune those lugs to the delightful bands that we many end up seeing :)
CDs will be in the post shortly to those that are attending and to some of you who might also be interested in coming along for one day or whatever :)
The day-by-day split has been announced and here's the state of play as it stands:
CLICK ON THE PIC PLEASE FOR FULL VERSION :)
Clashes are always an issue and so far, I've noted: Hot Chip and Faithless (although there is no contest!), Mumford / Eminem / Prodigy (argh!). But this isn't the final bill nor is there any real problem :)
Anyway, here's the playlist of the compilation:
1) La Roux - In for the Kill
2) Hot Chip - Over and Over
3) The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
4) Faithless - Insomnia
5) Muse - Uprising
6) Muse - Starlight
7) Shed Seven - Going for Gold
8) We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
9) The Courteeners - Not Nineeteen Forever
10) Vampire Weekend - A Punk
11) Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
12) Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
13) Delphic - Doubt
14) Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
15) Two Door Cinema Club - What you Know
16) Kassidy - Stray Cat
17) Kassidy - Betrayal [working on a link for this]
18) Kasabian - L S F
19) Jay-Z - Big Pimpin' [for starj alone!]
That's the list. Roughly in the order you would exepct to see the bands, if indeed we were to see them all, which we won't.
Personal 'can't wait to see list' is as follows:
a) Kassidy
b) Two Door Cinema Club
c) Delphic
d) Hot Chip
e) Mumford and Sons
f) Shed Seven
g) Empire of the Sun
h) We are Scientists
i) Muse
j) Kasabian
Aarrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhh!!! Them all. First two especially :) In the Pet Sounds Arena or Futures Tent on Sunday please :) OH YES!
Enjoy.
Campbell.
Friday, 19 March 2010
Fleet Challenge 2010: Event 3 Results & Overall Table

Gents, the 3rd Event has taken place with Campbell taking a maximum 25 points and the prize as the biggest loser due to the equipment that he had with him.
Final points scoring positions as follows, with scores in the final match in brackets (PS, Coco, accumulative scores didn't count and never ever would have counted):
Campbell, 168, 25pts
Coco, 152, 20pts
Lumbo, 131, 15pts
Craig, 102, 10pts
c9ck, 95, 8pts
----
Hymers, 98, 6pts
Ali, 86, 5pts
Stu, 84, 4pts
Ollie, 83, 3pts
----
Starj, ill, 0pts
Tony, declined, 0pts
Cardo, train holocaust, 0pts
Percy, erm?, 0pts
The overal table after three events looks like this:
1st) Craig, 40pts.
2nd) Coco, 34pts.
3rd=) Stu, 29pts.
3rd=) c9ck, 29pts.
5th) Ollie, 28pts.
6th) Campbell, 26pts.
7th) Cardo, 23pts.
8th=) Starj, 20pts.
8th=) Ali, 20pts.
10th) Lumbo, 15pts.
11th) Cervi, 8pts.
12th) Hymers, 6pts.
13th) Percy, 3pts.
It's all to play for.
The next events are as follows for Q2 of 2010:
Event 4: Wednesday April 21st (tbc). Subbuteo Championship (venue to be discussed). Need an organiser for this one please.
Event 5,6,7: "Super Saturday" : Saturday 29th May (tbc), Meadowbank & New Yorker. 400 metres, Long Jump and Billiards. (and beers and food). Coco is organising this one.
There will be NO JUNE EVENT, since Super Saturday will encompas 3 events in one day :)
All the photos and videos have been added to Picasa. Check them out :)
Campbell.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Cheers boys
To the fleet. I'm not too happy about it (understatement) but I now appear to be approaching the vicinity of the age of 40. My steadfast state of rightful denial has been tested and I'm touched by this tremendous present. But surely you should have waited until I'm actually closer to being nearly 40 for this :o)
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Saturday, 20 February 2010
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Sunday, 31 January 2010
New Fleet Members are Now Famous
Just go to the blog home page to see the sublime temporary edit to the picture. It's a wonder of Photoshop, I'll tell ya.
Edinburgh Parkrun #15 Photos
Now on Picasa. 24 secs better than last week, and that was with 3.5hrs sleep and 7 beers. So there's room to improve.
Stu, I'm delighted to say that all 182 people that turned up, thanked me, for organising this event.
See you all next week for some park running? :)
Oh yes.
Photos are here.
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
ZooLdaFooL's 2010 Running Schedule
May as well fill up my life with some activity i guess!! Get involved!!
Notwithstanding the Saturday Silverknowes Parkrun which i will try to get as much out of as possible, there are other races i will hopefully make this year, and here they are.....
Lasswade 10 mile, 7th March
Edinburgh 1/2 Marathon, 18th April
Great Edinburgh Run, 10k, early May
Mens Health Forum , 10k, June
Inverleith 5k, race 2, June
Great Scottish Run, September
Loch Ness Marathon, 3rd October - w0000f. Better aim high.
Get involved.
2010 Challenge - Event 1 Results

Stu "Big Fella" Milne W4
Ollie "Skipping Billy" Hughes W3
Rob "The Argonaut" Card W2
Craig "El Torro" Paterson W1
Kev "King Kong" Campbell W0 (lol)
Group B all won 2, but order was decided on nearest the bull.
Gav "Zulu Warrior" Stark
Ali "The Chairman" Wight
Coco "The Avenger" Bryce
Percy "Silk Finisher" Urquhart
Jim ""Howlin' Moose" C9ckburn
Knock Out Phase - Semis
Stu beat Ali
Ollie beat Gav
Cardo beat Percy
Coco beat Craig
Kev beat c9ck - c9ck was 'out' at this point, as Tony arrived to take his place in the wooden spoon match.
The Final Matches
Ollie beat Stu
Ali beat Gav
Cardo beat Coco
Craig beat Percy via walkover
Tony beat Kev
The Points
25 = Ollie
20 = Stu
15 = Ali
10 = Starj
8 = Cardo
6 = Coco
5 = Craig
4 = Percy
3 = Tony
2 = Campbell
1 = c9ck
0 = Hymers
0 = Andy
Next Event is Ping Pong in late Feb. c9ck is organising it ;)
Photos have been uplaoded to Picasa - click here.
Videos have been uploaded to YouTube - click here.
Big up Tony's shirt, Percy's claw, Stark's sytle(!) and Ali's day's growth.
Catch you all at the next event :)
Haddow Festival
Friday, 22 January 2010
Graze tower
My graze box tower before it was dismantled. :(. Boooooooooo to that.
It was an institution. Damn those Facilities ppl. Kinda.
It was an institution. Damn those Facilities ppl. Kinda.
Portland Bill
The adventures of Portland bill
Oh come with me to the rolling sea where the weather's calm and still.
And we'll have some fun as we often will, with the adventures of
portland bill.
Friday, 15 January 2010
Coco 'the power' taylor
Coco Bryce in potential cheating scandal? Who would have thought?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fAn8UOWsUo&feature=youtube_gdata
Sent from my iPhone, baby, yea!!
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
One of the Fleet is a Movie Star!
Can you spot him in this short clip?
Now we know why he's been so quiet of late :)
Here's the link : http://en.tackfilm.se/?id=1263375833304RA37
Go go go go :)
Now we know why he's been so quiet of late :)
Here's the link : http://en.tackfilm.se/?id=1263375833304RA37
Go go go go :)
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Saturday, 2 January 2010
Friday, 1 January 2010
Fleet 2010 Challenge - *IMPORTANT NEWS*

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Fleet. Happy New Year to you all.
At the 2010 planning session, attended by Stu, Craig, Ali, Campbell, c9ck, Coco and Starjarama, the following (mega) idea was floated by Coco, Craig and Stu....
The Fleet 2010 Challenge will take the form of 12 events spread across the whole year with points awarded depending on where you rank at each event. As not all of us will be able to make all events, only the top 9 scores you receive will count in the final league table.
The Q1 events are as follows:
Event 1: Darts. This will take place on 21st January 2010 at either Campbell's Garage where Pool will also be available as a side entertainment, or at The New Yorker, where there are multiple Dart Boards.
Event 2: Table Tennis. This will take place on a PRELIMINARY DATE of 18th February 2010 at Meadowbank Sports Centre.
Event 3: Ten Pin Bowling. This will take place on a PRELINIARY DATE of 18th March 2010 at Fountain Park, Fountainbridge.
The following events are yet to be organised and may vary in their order depending on available dates and venues:
- Long Jump (@ Meadowbank)
- Archery (Cardo to organise for us all)
- Collie Buckie (@ c9ckburn street)
- 400 Metres (@ Meadowbank - you'll be missing this one Cervi, yeah?)
- Billiards (@ New Yorker or alternative full size snooker table venue)
- Sumo Wrestling (suits to be hired (Campbell has one already ;)), ring to be created in Coco's back garden)
- Go Karting (East or West Lothian to be decided - defo Q3 event)
- Subbuteo Championship (venue to be discussed)
- Assault Course Challange (@ Riccarton, Q2 event)
- Golf
- FIFA Evening
- Squash
- Chess
- Tennis
- Dominoes
- Cluedo
- Basketball
- Tiddly Winks
- Survivor
- World's Strongest Man
- Karaoke
- Diving
- Parachuting
- Bungie Jumping
- Chicken Fighting
- Greyhound Owning / Training / Racing
- Base Jumping
- It's a Knockout / Takeshi's Castle
- 10 lengths of a Swimming Pool
- Anal Penetration (non-barebacking event)
The following participants have been automatically entered into the fold:
- Antonio Cervi
- Gavin Stark
- Robin Card
- Craig Paterson
- Jonathan Bryce
- Kevin Campbell
- Michael Hymers
- Martin Urquhart
- Stuart Milne
- Alisdair Wight
- Olliver Hughes
- James C9ckburn
- Andrew Lumsden
There are other proposed STAND-ALONE events for 2010 as well:
1) Cannonball Run - Provisional Date is Saturday 1st May 2010. Cardo's to Oban. 12 Tasks on route. This WILL happen in 2010.
2) 40-30 Celebrations - Q1 or Q2 event, I believe. Watch out for more on that as Cardo and c9ck turn 30 and 40.
3) Fleet Summer Xtravagnza 2010 / Coco's Ma's Birthday - Sat 21st August 2010 (no doubt).
4) Fleet School Sports Day - Q3 Event. More to follow.
5) Fleet Caption Competition - Q2 Event.
EXCO Campbell.
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