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Merry Christmas to all you travel pig junkies out there! The festive season is upon us and there are plenty of things to tell you about. Leon has made some fun and interesting friends over the last two weeks, and together have potentially drunk their weight in booze, every Friday and Saturday they party hard staying up to the early hours of the morning. I tell him to slow down but it seems as if he's just getting started. Leon is happy and says the farm work is going well, he has been picking rustleberries (blackberries) for Kay and Phil who run a small 40 acre farm on the outskirts of town. They also own a gravel company and this Wednesday Leon will be shovelling and something about a steam roller I wonder what phil has got instore for him, it seems as if Leon has one them over, but eventually the work will dry up and it'll be on to the next one. The weather here (I've been told) is similar to the French riviera, where we have an average of 150 rain days a year that means its a great place to grow grapes, so this could be the next job but who knows as he is takin it day by day. It's also pretty hot Leon is coping well and doesn't seem to be complaining that much, however summer is starting to warm up fiercely and I'm sure he'll be wanting an easy job with air conditioning. But he is not gonna have it, time to man up! Anyway a little bit of hard labour is good for you.. The locals are an interesting bunch, a few Fridays ago team manji decided to take a swift walk to the local public house for a beer or two, when at the end of the evening the lights turned on an almost instantly a semi circle formed around us, turns out a local farmers son had a problem with one of our members (probably something to do with being beaten in the dance off) a few lads decided to throw their weight around, before we knew it bottles were being launched at are heads and the police rocked up to calm the situation, hmm needless to say i wont be letting leon visit that pub in a hurry.. Other than this little incident most of the locals seem alright with stokey's gym up the road Leon gets to work out with a few sound guys, the manager is alright too, ever had a protein shake pancake? Shopping is strange, I'm aware that the town is small but if someone has never seen a travel pig before they seem to stare.. once a lady told Leon how he "doesn't shop like that" after going back to get some other items and leaving half his shopping on the conveyor belt, personally I would have told her straight but Leon just said in a polite mannor "this is shopping". This Christmas leon was given a pirate costume to dress up in because he had spent the last few weeks talking like a pirate.. Made his day. Dinner was pretty interesting this year, fish and sausages... ..nuff said really, I suppose I'm lucky, as no pigs were hurt in the making of this years Christmas dinner but Leon was intrigued as to where the pigs in blankets were.. I made myself scarce that evening and let him get on with it.. Anyways it's been a interesting Christmas, who would have thought a pigs in blankets free Christmas whilst dressed as a pirate would entertain Leon so much.. Weird kid..I wonder what new years will have instore for him..
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