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2001 was my first full year in London, with a large number of Orme Court parties and other events to keep me busy and amused. The year also saw me make it across to the USA - not once, but twice, and visit Cardiff to watch some rugby at the mighty Millenium Stadium.
 

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My 2001 New Years was celebrated with the Cambridge crew at Height Gate Farm, near Halifax, UK. We got there a day early to set everything up properly and then went completely nuts for the big night. A very good time.
Rosie organised a delightful wine and cheese Christmas party at her house on December the 16th. Dress was black tie, so I seized the opportunity to don a formal kilt. A really fun evening, with nice people. Nice cheese too.
Thanks to a friend's spare ticket, I got to watch the Wallabies play Wales in Cardiff in November 2001. We did a proper warmup at a bar, then moved on to the fantastic Millenium Stadium. A great day, even though the game wasn't the best.
Yet another Orme Court party - yet another great night, this time a dark celebration of All Hallow's Eve for 2001, with the mood set by cloaks and Venetian masques. Others garbed themselves in holy robes, animal skins or worse to gain entry.
While I was between contracts in London, I made a quick run to the States to make best use of my mighty pounds sterling. I visited Phoenix, the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas. Vegas is just like a fun park, except for grownups!
Notting Hill Carnival was turning out a little lame and soggy, until Hamish and his crew led me to the promised land - a massive street party run by the wonderful Sancho Panza crew. Despite the rain, four hours of mad dancing ensued.
The Court of Orme threw an Oscar Wilde party on the 4th of August 2001, continuing their tradition of fine and entertaining social events. The evening started out in a rather refined fashion, but later became rather more... oafish.
A surprising number of Bond University alumni gathered in London for a rather swanky formal dinner on the 21st of July, 2001. Strutting about in a tuxedo chatting to pretty ladies proved too much of a temptation for me to stay away.
I travelled to Cambridge for the 2001 Kings Event, starring the thunderously good Lab4. They were the best live act I'd ever seen, so it goes without saying that a really, really good night was had by everyone in our crew.
Since it's one of my favourite London pubs AND just around the corner from my house, I held my 27th birthday lunch at The Westbourne. A really nice afternoon - thanks to everyone who made it along.
Dressing as a pimpin' playboy for the Orme Courters' Playboys and Bunnies party in Feb 2001 was just too easy... so I wore a full-length fluffy white rabbit suit instead. I looked really cute, but not as cute as some of the girl bunnies.
I visited the USA for the first time in January 2001, staying for two weeks. I visited San Francisco, juuuust barely learned to snowboard (painfully!) at Lake Tahoe and cruised Newark and New York. Awesome time - the US is fun.