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It
was a bright sunny morning at 8:30 on the morning of April 7th,
2007 as the Stenny Walk Troops met at Links Park.
What is the Stenny Walk? ,
I hear you ask. It’s a walk, naturally, from Ochilview to Firs Park
and there are several drinking establishments to be visited on the
way, partaking of an alcoholic beverage in each one. The troops
above were ideally suited to the task in hand, we could all walk and
drink copious amounts of booze. We also decided, that as we were
going to do the walk anyway, we should see if anyone would sponsor
us. Forms were designed and we were on the way.The scene was set as
we made our way south, in a minibus generously donated by Kenny
Black and driven by Mike Gunn-generously donated by Mike Gunn !
We arrived in Falkirk at
10:45, just in time for opening time. In fact the first pub’s doors
were already open and we eagerly waited to cross the road to slake
our not inconsiderable thirst, until……….the barmaid had a look out
the door and saw us, then promptly closed the door. Undaunted we
busied ourselves in the bookies and by buying necessary provisions.
11:00 struck and we entered the Carronade, to be greeted by four
punters already in the place ! It was a wee bit run down but the
first pint went down a treat, on to the next pub then. The Bluebell
Inn, which was a strength sapping 20 yards from the Carronade. The
smokers amongst us had barely time to get a “dra” before we hit the
second pub. The third establishment was a sports bar-yes we had gone
upmarket ! Seriously it was some place, 11 snooker tables, 9
American pool tables and more TV’s than you could shake a stick
at.As we wound our way to Firs Park, our spirits rose after each
pub, we drank by the canal side at Fratellis, drinking in the
sunshine as we went. Suddenly we came to The Colonial Bar, which
proudly proclaimed itself “A Big Muff Bar”, oh how we laughed-at
this time the drink had began to work it’s magic. They must have
been expecting us, as we went in to be confronted with a welcome
banner-as you can see from the picture below.
Things continued apace and we eventually arrived at our
destination----
full of hope, drink and, very shortly, pies and
coffees. To round things off nicely, Montrose delivered a reasonably
comfortable 2-0 win, and our only casualty had a wee nap in the
glorious second half sunshine.
Once all the sponsorship money has been
collected, we will have raised just over £1000.00 to go towards the
youth development programme at Links Park.
To everybody who sponsored
us, to the brave souls who did the walk I would like to say a huge
thank you. Special thanks also go to Kenny Black, for the bus, and
to driver Mike Gunn who had to drink various soft drinks while the
rest of us got a bit “foo”.
SCOTT CARGILL.
P.S. An Arbroath top was
involved as well. I will not dwell on its place in the proceedings.
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