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Sunday 23 February 2014

Bad trip men


We attended Jock Waddington's surprise 50th birthday party at the Ascot Hotel on Saturday night. Jock is the four time winner of the Manx Telecom Parish Walk with straight wins on the 85 mile course between 2008 and 201.

Jock thought that he was attending a fancy dress party for one of his wife's, Teri, work colleagues and so he was suitably dressed for the 60s theme.

I'm given to understand that the sixties was a period of much drug abuse and the fancy dress of some of the attendees was representative of the people who may well have carried out such illegal activities.

I wonder if they these two evil looking guys had any bad trips?

In drug users' jargon, an adverse effect of drug use, consisting of any mixture of the following: feelings of losing control, distortions of body image, bizarre and frightening hallucinations, fears of insanity or death, despair, suicidal thoughts, and strong negative affect. 

I've spent the day researching their past to ensure that I have not been in any bad company and my conclusions are a little surprising.

They are actually responsible for the best trips on the Isle of Man. Michael George and Dave Mackey, whose families run the Welbeck Hotel and the Ascot Hotel are ranked as number 1 & 2 on Trip Advisor.

Read about all the highs they been having.

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