Right bear with me cos I haven't been to bed since Thursday night and I have left all but 3 of my braincells in Ibiza (and the ones I have left are working overtime to keep me alive
) but a couple of glasses of wine seem to have sorted me out, so here goes..............
Flew out on the 13th, usual saga at the airport, drank way too much wine, almost had a fit cos they shut all the bars at Gatwick at 9.30pm and we weren't flying til 11.30pm, actually went into Duty Free to buy a bottle of champagne to keep me going, went to pay and remembered that weren't flying outside the EU so couldn't purchase alcohol
fortunately found a dodgy bar that was still open and got more wine yay so was very giddy by time we arrived in Ibiza. Got taxi straight to Bali Beach, lovely apartments, will definitely be staying there again, Tracy was staying there in room below us and I'd promised her I wouldn't wake her up at 5am in the morning when we got there but the temptation was too much for me so as you can imagine she appreciated my early wake-up call (sorry hon
) More wine, was most excited, wanted to wait outside Space til it opened but Tom talked me out of so did the boring thing and put my head down for a couple of hours
Got up bright and early Sunday morning, weather was absolutely cack
celebrated our first Sunday in Ibiza with a few glasses of wine, Tracy came round and then down to Bora Bora for 11. Couple of drinks there and then off to Space for midday
Met my fellow Subliminal bints Nalini and Young Jo so lots of excitement and nip rubbing followed
Someone told us that David Morales was in the house so me and Nalini went on a stalking mission and when we stalk, we stalk
so located him but can you believe it he was wearing top
You can tell what the weather was like if Mr Morales is wearing a top so we ran up to him and started taking his vest off 'David get your top off', bless him he looked most bemused by 'these crazy English girls' (his words
) but humoured us and posed for piccies. We left Space bout 3 for an early get out, it all got very silly, you know when you're using Crusher Jo's skills at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon the day is going to go downhill
Went to Bora Bora for a bit, did a bit of leapfrogging as you do and then back in Space for about 5. Jonathon Ulysses was playing and coming out with some classic terrace tunes as only he can, found a little podium to dance on and got our positions for the rest of the night. As I'm throwing a few shapes, this hunky young specimen comes up to me and says something, bear in mind my ears and brain have decided to stop working together so it took me a while to get there and it was only my long-lost son Rob
I was expecting some annoying little 14 year old look-alike but believe me girlies he's grown into a strapping young man so I got most excited and proceeded to crush him with hugs every 5 seconds as he tried to escape from my clutches
Back on podium, more bint shapes were thrown, I think at this point our other Moderator James came up to me, again I was struggling, I think the conversation went something like:
James - Hi it's James from Spotlight
Babs - Oh hi, so what do you post under?
James - No it's James
Babs - Yes but what name do you go under??
James - NO IT'S JAMES!!
Finally I get there and say hello to him and his lovely wife (apologies for my simpleness James, it must have been jetlag of something
)
My fellow bintboy Nath turns up and we're all throwing a few shapes to Lawler who was very good and waiting for the legend that is Derrick L Carter. We start talking to some bloke from ITV who was filming and then he hits us with the news Delboy isn't turning up
He was playing Circus on the Friday night and him, Yousef and Jon (fit as
) Carter were still out on a bender
In future if anyone asks you what does the L stand for in Derrick L Carter, it's LETDOWN
Damn you Delboy
Anyway Fat Phil Cooper stood in and was excellent and then Lawler came back on to close the terrace, usual terrace set from Lawler. By this time my back was achey breaky cos I hadn't even walked anywhere for last 3 week so dancing for 12 hours on first day of holiday was probably not what doctor had in mind when she told me to have relaxing holiday
so shock horror I left terrace a bit before it closed, went back with Tracy had more wine and then Tom and Nath came back, more wine, couldn't sleep, ended up putting my head down for couple of hours, woke up on Monday morning, felt clinically dead
so at times like these the only thing to do is get back on it
Altho in hindsight 3 bottles of wine and god knows what else before midday was probably not the most sensible thing to do
Therefore DC10 is very very hazy
I have been told that I was trying to get people to piggy back me round club
and I remember Inner City been played and that's about it. DC10 was absolutely rammed, to the point of unbearable and when Tania Vulcano came on, she was coming out with some dirge so we all left went down to Bora Bora, more silliness followed, for some reason I wanted to get into a bin so insisted on Nalini trying to pick me up and put me in it (and oh dear there are pictures to prove it
) more dancing, wine and other minxiness. Again couldn't sleep, managed to put head down for about an hour and woke up Tuesday feeling particularly wrong, realised this in hindsight was probably to do with fact that I hadn't eaten since Saturday
so tried to embrace this eating malarky. Went to Passion. omg that place is a godsend, good food (even lots of veggie stuff), all the smoothies and milkshakes that Tom can drink and they do a nice white wine for me so we we're all happy
Tuesday night was Underwater, got on the wine before we went, then me, Tom and Tracy headed to Pacha for 1.30am, met up with Nalini, Young Jo and Rob. Couldn't believe it that Jon (fit as
) Carter was playing at 1.30 so had to get straight on it. Me and Nalini tried to get Jon's attention by leapfrogging directly in front of DJ box cos I thought there's no way he can resist me leapfrogging and flashing my bum in a 6" skirt lol
Tried to climb into DJ booth to molest Jon but couldn't get up there (lucky escape for Jon methinks
) Jon was good, but I've seen him play better and he didn't seem to be particularly into it like he normally is. Altho the rumour has it that him and Sara Cox are having marital problems (they were both meant to be over there for a week til We Love Sundays Closing but he got a plane back to Manchester on Weds). Jon if you're reading this and you need a shoulder to cry on you know where I am
At one point in the DJ booth, there is Jon (fit as
) Carter, Dazza (I'm so easy on the eye) Emerson and my baby Erick all in the DJ booth, well you can imagine my excitement, I thought if Stan Collymore and Thiery Henry could both just pop us all well, my life would be complete
Unfortunately they didn't, can't think why
Josh Wink played who I was most impressed with, while Erick fiddled about with the sound levels so I did a good bit of Erick stalking and pounced on him to get picture of me and him, then he came on and played a few tunes, then Dazza Emerson finished the night off in style, Pacha closed at 7.30am so reluctantly left, wanted to go to In Bed With Space Closing but my meanie Keeper kept me in line for once, got back, still couldn't embrace this sleep malarky so thought it was time to get a few rays on the beach and chilled down Bora Bora all day.
Wednesday night was very civilised, me, Tom and Tracy went to watch sunset at Khumaras and then food at Kasbah, but cos had not really eaten a proper meal since Saturday, found that eating was most hard work and completely finished me off so went back and slept
Woke up Thursday, feeling like a new woman, chilled down Bora Bora all day and then we all headed to Ministry. Met the lovely Nancy (Belle) who is a complete babe and has the bestest blonde hair in the world, talked Erick with her
Jazzy M played and the Junior Jack and Kid Creme. OMG they were unbelievable, it was like they were playing their set just for me, every single one of my favourite tunes of the last year, and when they finished with God Made Me Phunky, I just wanted to snog them both
As we left at 7.30, Tom has the bright idea of going to Tonic Carry On and you know what I'm like, I don't need any encouragement for an after party so we all head to Space, we get in and it's not that busy and there is no Tonic branding anywhere
but the music was good so we throw some more shapes, me and Tracy try to do a bit of pole dancing and after a few hours, we wonder where Alex P and Brandon Block are, Tracy goes and asks someone if it's actually Tonic and they had their closing party the week before
Basically it was just a random carry-on for the repribates of society, so I felt most at home
Went down to Bora Bora, then Ancient People, at this point we had all lost the ability to speak and even breathing was an effort
We crawl back to apartments, at this point we have one brain cell between the 3 of us and needed help big-time
If even my Keeper isn't a state to look after me, we know we've hit problems
At some point, crawled into bed, at one point was contemplating doing Pure Pacha but had lost the ability to live
I heard that Danny Krivit didn't play, was anyone there, is this true??
Woke up Saturday and we're alive so that in itself is an achievement so we congratulated ourself on the fact that we're all still alive and semi-functioning
Another chilled day down Bora Bora and then we went to KM5 in the evening to get some good food and much needed energy for Space.
Started off Sunday morning in Passion so Tom could stock up on smoothies and I could get some decent wine, then headed to Space at midday where Jonathan Ulysses was rocking the terrace. We left about 3, went down Bora Bora for a bit and got back into Space for 4.30, there was already big queue outside so we got back onto our steps and I literally didn't move for the next 6 or so hours, the place was absolutely rammed, never seen Space so busy. Tania Vulcano was on when we got back who played a good set, then Rooty who were excellent. Briefly met Neil (Swiss Taff) and saw the lovely Nancy again. We met some Americans that come on here, don't post but read and they recognised me which Tom found most amusing so if you're reading this nice Americans hello and make yourself known to us
Fatboy played after Rooty and absolutely blew me away, was the set of the holiday so far and he was absolutely loving it as only Fatboy can. He finished his set with Love in the Air and it was one of those perfect terrace moments, almost brought a tear to this old bint's eye, I started coming out with my usual drivel to Tom 'I'm so happy I could cry', 'I'm never going to be this happy again' and which point he got me in a headlock and reminded me that I'd said the same thing about 3 days early and say it at least 3 times every Ibiza holiday lol
Steve Lawler closed the terrace and produced the goods as per normal but I must say it was virtually identical set to what he played the week before and what he played in June and what he played at Creamfields and what he played at Space the previous year. I'm like Steve you're getting a bit predictable, we all love Blue Monday but when you're expecting to hear it it's not the same
Erick was in the DJ booth with a shirt open to his waist, omg that body
and Dave Beer was being his usual random self and wearing something that appeared to be a table-tennis costume
Lawler finished with Sweet Dreams as per normal and then we reluctantly left when the terrace closed and said our farewells to Space for another year (little did we know at that time but we were going to be back for 2 more Carry Ons
)We went to die at Ancient People and then crawled back to apartment. Woke up Monday morning feeling suprisingly well
so back on the wine and then we headed to DC10, again all a bit hazy, I remember Jo Mills and Tania Vulcano playing and it was rammed again, we left to go down to Bora Bora which was really going off and some couple decided to put on a sex show on one of the tables
Believe me the old Manumission sex-show had nothing on these 2
and then we had to say bye to Tracy
Got a bit of kip and then Tuesday was Trancemaster Tom's birthday and we had decided it would be rude not to go to Manumission Carry On
so I got on the wine at 8am, did lots of other things that probably aren't advisable on a Tuesday morning
At one point my phone rings and it was a London number and I was expecting a call about my car been mended so I answered, unfortunately it was a recruitment agency, they wanted to tell me about a job they thought was suitable for me so considering my state you can imagine how the conversation went
so I'm not holding out much hope for that one
The Manumission Carry On was fab, Smoking Jo was brilliant and Alfredo proved why he is still the Daddy of the Terrace
Left there when it closed and spent rest of night down at Bora Bora, never ever seen Bora Bora so busy, people were literally dancing on the beach behind the barriers so we definitely celebrated TMT's birthday in style-eee
Woke up Wednesday, felt very wrong, again realised had forgotten to eat for a few days
so went to Passion again and then spent chilled day down Bora Bora. Went into Ibiza Town for drinks before Pacha, properly met Neil (who is an absolute darling) and all his gang and then headed to Pacha. Met up with my fellow Subliminal Ambassadors Nalini and Young Jo so had to get on the Subliminal podium and throw some Subliminal shapes in honour of Who da Funk who were excellent. Met Steve (Spunkymonkey) again and all his gang, then went into Funky Room for a bit, was having such a good time in there that forgot about Harry Choo Choo (sorry Harry
) but then went into main room for Erick. Well you know that Erick's been out of favour recently with me, but all is forgiven and he redeemed himself big-time. All the Subliminal family were out in force and Erick played awesome set. Then he announces that he's doing a Subliminal Carry On at Space so it really would have been very rude and disrespectful not to go
We met up with the lovely Keith (Keifer) and his gorgeous g/friend Esme (who I could just talk to about Miss Sixy and Morgan for hours on end
)and dragged them back to our apartments. It all got very silly (or rather I did
) and I talked so much random bollox to them (honestly I'm not normally as bad as that
) and then we went to Space. Fantastic Carry On, Erick was bang on form, did some Subliminal stalking of Erick but I doubt whether he saw cos I've never seen Erick so funked, he had appeared to lose the ability to open his eyes (know the feeling lol
)
We left Space when it closed, did Passion for smoothies for Tom and wine for me, then went to die at Bora Bora. Was meant to be doing Ministry that night but again had lost ability to move so did the sensible thing for once
and must have crawled into bed at some point altho have no recollection of getting there
Friday caught a few rays on the beach and then Pure Pacha at night for the one and only Danny Tenaglia. Thankyou to everyone who texted me earlier in the holiday to let me know he was playing
We got to Pacha really early cos it had been announced he was playing at 1am, was a bit nervous that he wasn't going to turn up but just before 1, I spot that trusted baseball cap and realise Danny T is in the house
OMG the set of the holiday, absolutely awesome, I thought he might just turn up, go thru the motions and go but he was absolutely loving it, managed to get a picture of me with the man himself so he wasn't even doing his no-camera, no-mobiles etc bollox
Everytime I have seen him I am in complete awe I really don't know how he can mix up so much random stuff but yet it fits together so well. Deep Dish played after Danny T, again blow me away stuff, never ever have seen Pacha so rammed, at 5am there was literally coach loads of people still coming in. And then Tongy finished the night off in style, sooooo didn't want the night to finish but remembered we had to check out before 11am that morning
Got back, tried to pack which wasn't the easiest thing in the world
checked out and thought we would just get a sunbed down at Bora Bora and try and sleep, oh no it is literally the coldest day I have ever experienced in Ibiza
an absolute biting wind, we obviously didn't have a proper bed to go to cos we'd had to check out so we were laying on the sunbeds with towels wrapped round us like a pair of homeless tramps
Spent the day trying to focus on staying alive til we had to go to airport which in current state and in sub-zero temperatures in a bikini wasn't the easiest thing to do
We were meeting Andy (Drew) and his gang at Es Vive cos the lucky gits were flying in that evening for Space/DC10 Closing
Met Andy, his absolutely lovely gorgeous g/friend Angie and their fab mad friend Paul
, had drinks with them and then we headed into Ibiza Town for a final drink. It was absolute torture to have to leave them, knowing that they were going to be doing DefMix, Space and DC10 and we had to get on smelly plane home
but Tom got me in headlock and bundled me into taxi and we had to say our farewells
Every time we go to Ibiza, that journey home never gets any easier
it is absolute hell, you think after all this time we would be able to handle it but managed to knock myself out into a wine coma and slept on the plane home. Got back to London about 6am this morning
feel very very wrong, we went to M&S earlier to get food cos at the moment I don't know what I'm surviving on
and I couldn't even sign my credit card I have got the shakes so bad
So all in all an absolute fab fab fab holiday
In summary:
Best night - We Love Sundays Closing
Best sets - Danny T, followed by Fatboy and JJ and KC
Amount of wine drunk - put it like this, at this moment in time I resemble a wine bottle
No of smoothies Tom drunk - I think he did the full Passion smoothie menu at least 3 times over
Amount of beer Tom drunk - about 4 bottles lol bless him
Amount of DJ stalking I did - lots and lots and lots
I fear some restraining orders are going to be coming my way
Sorry for my ramblings, as I said lack of sleep, lack of brain cells and too much wine
And finally hello to every one I met off here, you are all absolutely lovely, I apologise for my random states (I'm not normally like that
) and hope to see lots of yous again (if I haven't scared you off for life
)
And a big hello from TMT
Thankyou and goodnight and see you next yearxxx