And they're 'off and running' for the ...

... 'Birthday Downdown Stakes' - to be drunk over a full pint and in the fastest possible time ...

Big Issue closes her eyes and thinks of ...

... probably anything but England ...

Halfway ... and note Pottsie watching (top left)

Sheer concentration and Pottsie's ...

... timing the Bugle Accompaniment accordingly ...

Emergency revs ...

Doris (far right) is getting worried ...

Wetfart (third left) shouts encouragement ...

Well, oh yehhhh !

Elation!

Birthday downdown and it's a full pint ... video

Miss Whiplash downdown ... video

... with an angled ending ...

Slight point of etiquette, Deep Semen 'ol son ...

... the little finger should be just a little more pronounced ... Lee Marvin Paint Your Wagon (1969) style ... don't fret - I'll get a pic for you ...

No, no, no, Steve, you have much to learn ...

(grasshopper) ... Downdowns are serious business ... (was it you Piddler, nudging Deep Semen as he was imbibing?)

In Molloys 2 ... video

In Molloys ... video

I've never seen anything like it ...

... over 3000 miles off course AND a NON-migratory bird ... it's a northern cardinal - a N. American songbird ... the mind boggles ... as you read this, scores of bird experts are converging on Maidencombe ...... sigh

Stile story ... video

On Top of Old Smoky (above Teignmouth ) ... video

TVH3 never protests on a ...

... small scale ...

South Pacific: Hi Di Hi's only going for it ...

South Pacific: Look, I know what you're thinking ...

She'll have to have a bit of a think ...

... to recall whence this pic came from ...

South Pacific: let's singalong to 'Way Down' by the King himself ...

... Way down where the music plays
Way down like a tidal wave
Way down where the fires blaze
Way down, down, way, way on down

South Pacific: Now own up, who was using the cam here?

... you get the 'thumbs' down for this one ... d'ya getit ... well please yourselves then ...

South Pacific: Piltdown Man and Georgie P Orgie BUT ...

... THERE YOU ARE DAD! I've finally found you! After scouring a 1000 pics without success, here you are, skulking on the right ... a Smuggler barely alive ...

South Pacific: Coldtits puckers up ...

South Pacific: The Bluebell Inn just before ...

... exiting stage left to change into The Red Bell Pub ... good decision ... and hey - nice chest ...

Xmas Party: Green Leprechaun and a very calm ...

... and dapper Pork Torpedo ...

Xmas Party: The Lion before the 'brew-up' ...