June 6th, 1st Test of Englands summer tour to Argentina and the Badgers went baggy for the weekend.....

For once they hosted a proper sport at the Theatre of Dreams as the boys in white ran out at Old Trafford....

 

Monkey opens his account early doors on the train up from London

 

Lord Smudge prepares the chariot for Saturday mornings drive up to Manchester

 

 

The hotel bar staff soon got to work keeping the Badgers well refreshed after their long journeys

 

As the first wave of Badgers got stuck in up in Manc on the Friday evening, Lord Smith administered a golf lesson to the estate staff back in Kent

 

Malmaison were fully prepared for the full Badger experience.  Eats. Drinks. Sleeps.  They just missed off the bit about shitting the bed

 

Helens birthday and she decides to celebrate by sticking her fingers up Monkeys jacksie.  Must be a Northern thing.  Hope she cleaned out her fingernails, that smell of bananas lingers for days.....

 

Tour virgins the Millsies cosy up with Monkey.....

 

.....whilst Monkey helps himself to their fondue

 

In the bar after dinner Helen finds herself strangely attracted to the fat, sweaty DJ.... 

 

....but in return attracts the oldest swinger in town as she admires her new friends ear wax

 

Monkey and his harem, the Badgerettes

 

Monkey getting stuck in......

 

.....and breakdancing for good measure whilst the rest of us admire Jodys cleavage

 

Bless you my son.  The Reverend Big Al baptises Millsy into the Church of Badgering

 

Two old geezers who really should know better

 

JD commences Christmas carols 6 months early.  Debs reckons he's always been premature

 

Monkey and new best friend

 

Nigels shirt and new best friend.....

 

......before Nigels new friend reveals exactly what she'd be prepared to do with him for the camera.....

 

Mind, he's not always been so well groomed.....

 

The next day and Lord & Lady Smith wait to receive everybody in the hotel bar for pre match tinctures

 

Onto the ground and JD is feeling the strain already.  Debs resumes normal service and tries to pretend she doesn't know him

 

As a special treat, Eric Morecombe is brought back to life and gets put on our table.  For a minute there we thought we were in Madamme Tussauds.....

 ....mind you, he did look suspiciously like Mike Stone......

....there again, he did remind us of somebody else, we just can't think who....

 

Back to the drinks and a glass of white wine for the lady

 

Liz can't contain herself as the excitement builds pre-match

 

The boys in action at Old Trafford

 

Unfortunately as it was a rugby game, Millsy wasn't treated to his usual welcome from the locals at Old Trafford

 

Now then young man

 

Millsy helpfully points out where we'd been for the afternoon in case we were too pissed to have realised.  He was close

 

Stoners and his brother in law depart the ground straight after the match leaving the remainder of us to head onwards to Gauchos for the evening meal....

 

....whilst Mark & Liz decide to take a slow stroll to the restaurant

 

3,2,1, back in the room

 

Millsy 'avin it

 

The next day and Stoners receives a warm welcome home from Eireen