"IT'S BEEN FUN"

  

                            "IT'S BEEN FUN"

I'VE TOLD YOU IN PREVIOUS RHYMES BEFORE LOTS OF STORIES I CAN TELL.

YES IV'E EVEN SAID I COULD WRITE A BOOK ON ALL OF THEM AS WELL.

SO HERE'S ANOTHER ADVENTURE I HAD ONE SUMMERS DAY.

I'M HOPING I DON'T BORE YOU WHEN YOU CALL MY JOURNAL WAY.

ONE DAY I AWOKE AND DECIDED TO TAKE THE KIDS OUT ON A TRIP.

THE STORY IS A LONG ONE SO SOME OF IT I'LL SKIP.

I ASKED MY PARTNER TO TAKE THE KIDS OFF AND MY SISTERS  2.

THIS MEANT 6 ALL TOGETHER BUT I LOVE KIDS I THINK IV'E TOLD YOU.

MY THREE BOYS AND 1 DAUGHTER HER TWO BOYS WERE PLUS.

BUT WE 'D JUST BOUGHT AN OLD CORTINA SO IT WAS EASIER THAN THE BUS.

I PACKED UP LOTS OF SARNIES AND A CHANGE OF CLOTHES I PACKED TOO.

MY PARTNERS FACE DROPPED TO A FROWN AT ALL THE BAGS IT'S TRUE.

TOWELS FACECLOTH YOU NAME IT WHEN I'D HAD A LONG THINK.

I'D PACKED ALMOST EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE KITCHEN SINK

HOW LONG ARE WE GOING FOR HE ASKED AS HE FILLED THE BOOT.

A DAY  OH!  SHUT UP  MOANING MAN IT'S GOING TO BE A HOOT!!!!

WE HAD'NT HAD THE CAR THAT  LONG A BIG BLUE CORTINA ESTATE.

SO TO GO ON A TRIP WITH ALL THE SIX KIDS I SIMPLY COULDN'T WAIT. (HA)

ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY WE WOULD ALL BE AT THE COAST.

ALL EIGHT OF US WELL LETS SAY IT WOULD BE TWO HOURS AT THE MOST

THEYWERE VERY HARD TIMES IN THEM DAYS TO HAVE A CAR WAS A JOY.

MY PARTNER HE WAS DELIGHTED  LIKE A KID WITH A BRAND NEW TOY.

WELL WAY BACK THEN AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW NO RULES OF ANY SEAT BELTS.

AND A LOT LESS REGULATIONS SO IT REALY WAS A HELP.

WE BUNDLED IN ALL TOGETHER LIKE SARDINES IN A CAN.

I WAS IN MY GLORY WITH ALL THE SIX KIDS AND  MY YOUNG MAN. (HA).

HALF WAY THERE WE STOPPED AT A PARK FOR A REST AND A BIT OF FUN.

TO STRETCH OUR LEGS AND A BITE TO EAT AND GET A BIT OF SUN.

I'D PACKED POP SWEETS AND ALSORTS AND A THOUSAND CRISPS AND BUNS.

LETS FACE IT KIDS EAT FOREVER AND OFTEN THEY'VE NEVER DONE.

MY SISTERS BOYS ALONE COULD EAT A POTATO MORE THAN A PIG.

AND MY MIDDLE SON COULD EASILY WORRY TEN PACKETS OF BISCUITS WITH FIG. (HA)

WE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE SEASIDE AND DECIDED TO GO FOR SOME LUNCH.

THE KIDS WERE REALY EXCITED AND THEY LOOKED ONE BIG HAPPY BUNCH.

THE FIRST LAUGH CAME IN THE CAFE WHEN A LADY CAME OVER TO ME.

SHE SMILED  SAID oH! ARN'T THEY ALL LIKE THERE DAD HE JUST LAUGHED AND I AGREED

YOU SEE ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS HIS THE OTHER THREE WERE MINE.

FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE AND MY SISTERS TWO SO TO EXPLAIN I DIDN'T HAVE TIME.

THERE  CHOISE WAS CHIPS EGG BACON AND BEANS WHICH YOU KNOW THAT ALL KIDS LOVE.

WHEN I ORDERED THEM SIX TIMES AND OUR  MEALS THE MAN SAID HEAVENS ABOVE

HOW DO YOU COPE WITH THAT LOT HIS WORDS WERE TO ME IN FRIGHT.

THEY LOOK A BIT OF A HANDFULL AND A PRETTY EXUBERANT SIGHT.

I SAID IT'S EASY MR YOU FORGET AT ODD TIMES THEY ARE HERE.

AND IF THEY GET TOO MUCH OUT OF HAND THEY GET A CLIP ROUND THE EAR.(HA).

WELL ALL EATEN UP AND NOT A SCRAP LEFT I WENT TO PAY THE bill.

WITH THE KIDS ALL AT THE SIDE OF ME WAITING NEAR THE TILL.

THE OWNER SAID I'M SUPRIZED THE'VE ALL SAT STILL AND EATEN  THERE LUNCH.

WHY! I  REPLIED WHATS WRONG WITH US WE'RE NOT A HILLBILLY BUNCH.

WE MIGHT NOT BE RICH BUT MY KIDS ARE WELL MANNERED I CAN TAKE THEM NEAR OR FAR.

OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE AND I  LOOKED AND SAID TA-RA.

THEY ALWAYS DO!!!  BEHAVE THEMSELVES WHATEVER DID YOU THINK.

AS I WALKED AWAY HE FROZE ON THE SPOT AND NEVER EVEN BLINKED (HA).

SLOT MACHINES  RIDES AND DONKEYS  ALL OF THEM THEY WENT ON.

THE TIME ROLLED BY SO QUICKLY SOON THE DAY WAS GONE.

ONE LAST PADDLE BEFORE IT CAME DARK AND ALL TO THE TOILET I SENT.

THEN I SAiD TO MY PARTNER OH! LETS STAY COME ON WE'LL GO HIRE A TENT. (HA).

ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SIX LET LOOSE OH! YES ! HIP HIP HOORAY.

"OH! CAN WE MUM MINE SHOUTED" IT'S BETTER THAN JUST A DAY.

BY THIS TIME IT WAS TURNED SIX' O 'CLOCK AND SO WE STARTED WALKING.

BACK TO THE CAR TO FIND A CAMP SITE ALL OF US CHATTING AND TALKING.

I STOPPED AT A PHONE BOX AND RANG MY SIS SHE SAID OH! I HOPE THEY ARE GOOD.

BECAUSE WHEN I TRY MAKING THE BOYS BEHAVE IT'S LIKE TALKING TO LUMPS OF WOOD..

I REPIED OH! I WILL MANAGE WE ARE JUST GOING FOR A TENT.

I'LL HAVE TO GO NOW SISTER AS THATS THE LAST COIN I HAVE SPENT.

SHE SAID GOODBYE AND WISHED ME LUCK SAID KATH YOU ARE A GEM.

IF YOU CAN MANAGE A NIGHT IN A TENT WITH YOUR PARTNER AND SIX OF THEM.

I CALLED IN THE OFFICE AND ASKED FOR A TENT TO HIRE WHICH WOULD SLEEP EIGHT.

THE GUY SAID JUST ONE MINUTE MADAM I'LL BE BACK IN A TICK CAN YOU WAIT.

ON RETURNING HE SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS SAID SORRY FOR EIGHT NO MORE.

IT'S A VERY BUSY WEEK/END THIS WEEK WE ONLY HAVE ONE FOR FOUR.

"DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT I'LL TAKE IT" IT'S ME WHO WILL  HAVE TO MAKE DO.

WITH THIS HE TOOK MY MONEY AND SAID OVER THE  FAR END PLOT 2 .

MY PARNER TURNED TO ME AND  SAID HOW CAN WE MANAGE IN THAT.

WHEN THATS RIGGED UP YOU'LL BE LUCKY IF IT FITS OUR NEXT DOORS CAT. (HA).

THE KIDS ALL STARTED LAUGHING DANCING AND DOING A JIG.

"IT'S BIG ENOUGH MUM ISN'T IT" COME ON LETS GET IT RIGGED.

BEDTIME CAME ROUND SO QUICKLY WE SHOWERED AND PILED INTO THIS TENT.

IT WAS LIKE A STAMPEDE OF CATTLE I THOUGHT MY DAY WAS SPENT.

THE KIDS WERE ROLLING ABOUT ON THE FLOOR GIGGLING AND LAUGHING OUT LOUD.

WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TENT COLLAPSED AND COVERED US ALL LIKE A  SHROUD . (HA).

GOOD GRIEF I SHOUTED HELP ME!!! SOMETHINGS JUST STRUCK MY HEAD.

THEN A TINY VOICE IT ECHOED OUT WAKE UP MUM I HOPE YOUR  YOUR NOT DEAD.(HA)

MY PARTNER BY THIS TIME WAS LIVIDON HIS FACE WAS A GREAT BIG FROWN.

HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH POLES AND ME NOW AND SIX KIDS SPRAWLED OUT ON THE GROUND.

WELL HE MANAGED TO GET IT BACK UP SAFE SAID I'M GOING TO SLEEP IN THE CAR.

I'LL PUT JOANNA MY DAUGHTER (THAT IS) ON THE BACK SEAT WE ARN'T VERY FAR.

OK! THEN WELL MAYBE THE SIX OF US NOW WILL BE ABLE TO GET SOME SLEEP.

STILL LAUGHING THERE HEADS OFF I HAD A FEELING I WOULDN'T EVEN GET A PEEP.

THEN TO TOP IT ALL I HEARD THIS LOUD NOISE AND I SAID OH! WHAT WAS THAT.

MY ELDEST NEPHEW SAID SORRY AUNTIE KATH WE HAVE ALL BROKE  WIND IN  B FLAT. (HA).

THE BEANS THEY HAD FOR DINNER SIX LOTS THEY HAD ALL CONSUMED.

HAD STARTED TO DO THERE WORK ON THEM SO THE AIR HAD A TERIBLE PERFUME.

I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT THE KIDS THOUGHT IT FUNNY AND I WAS GASPING FOR BREATH.

WAFFING MY HANDS IN THE AIR ALL AROUND

 

THEN SOME SHOUTING SCARED ME TO DEATH.

I KNELT UP UNZIPPED THE TENT A LITTLE AND THERE OUTSIDE I DID SPY.

A CROWD OF PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND RAISING THERE VOICES HIGH.

A GUY WAS TELLING THEM ALL OUTSIDE THAT HE HAD JUST RANG THE POLICE.

I THOUGHT OH MY GOD!! I HOPE NOT FOR US LOT I WAS PRAYING ON MY KNEES.

THEN OUT OF KNOWHERE THIS WOMAN APPEARS NOT A STITCH ON FROM HEAD TO TOE.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE'D COME FROM BUT IT WAS A REAL SHOCK YOU KNOW.

IV'E SEEN MANY THINGS IN MY LIFETIME BUT THIS IT DID BEAT THEM ALL.

THIS WOMAN STOOD THERE IN THE NUDDY HOLDING A BIG RUGBY BALL.

THE NOISE IT WOKE MY PARTNER UP AND HE PUT HIS FULL BEAM ON.

THE CROWD THEY ALL GASPED HEAVILY AS ON THIS WOMAN IT  SHONE.

THERE WERE MEN AND WOMEN EVERYWHERE STOOD THERE IN NIGHT CLOTHES AND BRIEFS.

WHEN I SAW THE POLICE CAR PULL UP ALONGSIDE I FELT A GREAT RELIEF.

NO IT WASN'T FOR US LOT THE GIGGLES AND ALL OF THEM  LAUGHS.

THE OLDEST NEPHEW INQUISITIVE SAID  WHATS THE MATTER AUNTIE KATH.

OH! IT'S NOTHING JUST MAKE A LESS NOISE  NOW AND YOU LOT PLEASE SETTLE DOWN.

THE POLICE ARE HERE AND IF YOUR NOT QUIET THEY'LL TAKE YOU INTO TOWN.

LOCK YOU UP IN THERE JAIL AS WELL DON'T YOU SEE  THATS JUST  WHAT THEY'LL DO.

WITH THAT NOT ANOTHER GIGGLE OR LAUGH NOT A SOUND WAS HEARD ALL NIGHT THROUGH.

I BOBBED OUTSIDE AND THE CROWN TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS AN ALCOHOLIC.

SHE'D DONE IT BEFORE ALWAYS WANDERING ROUND TO PLAY BALL OR MAYBE A FROLICK.

FROM THE NUDIST BEACH RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO US ANOTHER CAMPING GROUND.

WITH THAT WE ALL RETURNED TO OUR TENTS AND NOT ANOTHER SOUND.

ONCE AGAIN I HAD TO LAUGH THOUGH  I WAS HOPING  THEY HAD LOCKED HER UP.

I'D SAID TO THE CROWD THEN I WENT BACK IN AND ZIPPED THE TENT TIGHT SHUT.

SHE WAS DRIVEN AWAY BY THE POLICE SO I SETTLED DOWN TO SLEEP.

COUNTING MY BLESSINGS IT WERN'T FOR US AND ALSO COUNTING SHEEP.

A LEG FROM ONE CAME AROUND MY NECK AND A KNEE STUCK IN MY TUM.

FROM UNDERNEATH THE GROUND SHEET BIG LUMPS OF EARTH UP MY BUM.

WHAT A FLIPPING FIASCO THIS CAMPING NIGHT HAD BEEN.

I STILL COULDN'T QUITE BELIEVE IT AT ALL WHAT MY EYES HAD JUST SEEN.

ROLL ON BLUMMING MORNING PLEASE I THOUGHT LET US ALL  GET HOME.

I WAS ACHEING FROM HEAD TO TOE ALL OVER ANDTO MYSELF  DIDMOAN.

THEN ON SECOND THOUGHTS I PONDERED AND THOUGHT NO ITS ALL BEEN FUN.

THE KIDS HAD ALL ENJOYED THEMSELVES ANOTHER JOB WELL DONE.

ON WAKING UP I TOOK THEM ALL TO GET SHOWERED AND WE ALL GOT CHANGED.

THE HEAVENS THEY HAD OPENED AND IT WAS BELTING DOWN WITH RAIN.

I RETURNED THE TENT TO THE OFFICE THE GUY SAID "HAD A GOOD NIGHT? "

I SAID OH! YES IT WAS LOVELY BUT  YOU NEED A PATROL ON THIS SITE.

IT'S FULL OF LAUGHING AND GIGGLING KIDS AND NUDE WOMEN WITH RUGBY BALLS

NOT REALY WHAT ONE WANTS ON A NIGHT I DON'T THINK AT ALL (HA)

HE LOOKED AT ME BEWILDERED SAID MADAM WE'VE NOT HEARD A SOUND.

I SAID WELL WHERE OUR TENT WAS PITCHED IT WAS LIKE A RUGBY GROUND.

WHEN YOU COME WITH WELL BEHAVED KIDS FOR A TREAT AND YOUV'E HAD A VERY LONG DAY.(hA)

THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS ALL THAT NOISE AND TO GET SOME SLEEP FOR NEXT DAY.

WITH THIS WE ALL SET OFF RUNNING OVER TOWARDS THE CAR.

WHEN SISTERS KIDS SHOUTED OUT AUNTIE KATH CAN WE COME AGAIN IT'S NOT FAR.(HA)

WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH IN THEM DAYS BUT WE ALWAYS HAD LOTS OF FUN.

THERE ALL GROWN UP NOW AND MARRIED BOTH NEPHEWS AND MY ELDEST SON.

THEY NOW TELL THERE OWN KIDS ABOUT CAMPING AND ALL ABOUT HAVING A LAUGH

I'M HAPPY THEY HAVE GOOD MEMORIES OF CAMPING AND ALL OUR GOOD TIMES

AND  I CAN  WRITE ABOUT  THEM HERE IN 

"MY SIMPLE RHYMES "HA!

"CHERISH YOUR HAPPY MOMENTS"

"HAVE  A GREAT DAY LIKE WE DID. LOL!!!"