{"id":243,"date":"2005-04-02T22:57:56","date_gmt":"2005-04-02T22:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccgi.geraldyuen.plus.com\/?p=243"},"modified":"2007-03-01T00:39:09","modified_gmt":"2007-03-01T00:39:09","slug":"pain-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"Pain ball"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturdays should never start early, but should be a day of lying in and having bacon and eggs for beakfast. However, a worthy reason for sacrificing my lazy Saturday morning had arisen, Sarah’s birthday is looming and it had been decided we’d all go to Hot Shots, Thatcham<\/a> for a day of paint balling to celebrate. This Saturday, being the first in April, was surprisingly pleasant, with beautiful sunshine, clear blue skies and a clement temperature. All the better for running around with a paint ball gun, shooting balls of paint at friend and stranger alike.
\nThe day was broken up into eight games, each of ten to twenty minutes in duration, with lunch somewhere in between. The games were a lot of fun, although I was rather alarmed at the number of shots I had fired in the first few games, racking up a \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd10 surcharge for extra paint balls. The barbeque lunch was a little disappointing, as although everyone else got a bun to go with their burger\/chicken, I had to make do with just a burger and salad sans bun. To cap it off, they had run out of forks, so I ate with two knives. Lunch aside, everyone appeared to enjoy themselves, especially the birthday girl, even though the amenities weren’t particularly endearing to feminine sensibilities!
\nAfter the paint balling, we all headed off for a well earned shower, which allowed me to discover quite a number of paint ball induced bruises!
\nIn the evening we met up in Windsor to stroll along the riverside and sit and chat over a beverage and light meal in a cafe. A nice relaxing way to wind down after a long, but fun, day.
\nAll in all, a great day for which I am grateful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturdays should never start early, but should be a day of lying in and having bacon and eggs for beakfast. However, a worthy reason for sacrificing my lazy Saturday morning had arisen, Sarah’s birthday is looming and it had been decided we’d all go to Hot Shots, Thatcham for a day of paint balling to… <\/p>\n

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