It was an awesome day! Toxic!! (In the words of John!)
As I hadn't bought any food, and managed to raid my fridge for only a few drinks to bring with me (It was a busy week last week!) I thought I should man the BBQ to do my bit
I was explaining to George how making a charcoal fire, with firelighters, was much like making a scape in that you have to have things piled and positioned correctly. Yes, I'm that sad
I was amazed at all the hardscape and gravels various sponsors of the day had provided! So much Unipac gravel! Some cracking stuff, and I came home with some small bags of graded gravel! (Donation will be forthcoming!)
I really enjoyed the scaping contest! Myself, Tony and Leigh (CeeBee's other half and soon to be plant enthusiast - we were brainwashing him hard!!) struggled with various bits of wood, and decided on the monstrous pieces. They were huge for a 60cm but I think it worked well! Can't wait to see the photos!
John, Dan (TDI-Line) Paulo and Caroline came up with a great scape too, using some fantastic bits of fossilised wood, along with some really branchy sumatra wood. It was a close run thing!
As we won the contest, and as the 60cm tank we were using was donated by me, we made Leigh take it home as his first ever planted tank! We loaded him up with some of the plants from Fluid Sensor and I think he was chuffed to bits! One of the conditions was that he made a journal when he planted it up. Hopefully that'll be soon, when they get a light unit and filter for it!
Dan was a great host! Keeping everyone entertained
His house was a real state when we finished the night, but it was well worth it I reckon! Hopefully he's recovered from the vodka!
Oh, and the UKAPS 5 (drink untill 5am) unfortunately got as far as UKAPS 1
We made it to 1am and those of us left turned in for the night.
Thanks again to Graeme for giving me a lift home. Hope you didn't get too lost on the way out of Coventry!