Halloween weekend

Both 1sts and 2nds beat their respective Dundee HSFP opposition on Saturday to really get the party started at Mayfield.

As the successful 2nd XV trudged off the pitch towards the clubhouse, we saw the 1st XV raise their arms aloft in victory and the call of 'paaaaaaaaaarty drinks' was bellowed in their general direction.

It was into our Halloween outfits in the changing rooms and then it was off to the clubhouse for some scran and some bevvy.

It was nice to meet my old pal Jimmy Drainpipe aka Eddie the Smoking Cat at the Dundee HSFP clubhouse. He was an integral part of the original Dundee HSFP 'Crazy Gang' before captaining the Edinburgh Accies in the Colin Mackay era.

Then it was onto the Vengabus where some tube decided that we should stop at Aldi to get our booze - I don't think so ya chump! Arnie sorted this out and before long we were marauding round the 24 hour Tesco on the Dundee Kingsway. We were armed with hard cash and we wanted a plethora of paaaaaaaaaaaaaaarty drinks.

With the bus fully stocked we headed back to Edinburgh in fine fettle. Beers, ciders, party drinks and port were all sunk on the bus and then we hit the clubhouse for a frenzy of Morgans Spice, lasagne and party games involving the Gauntlet and bottles of Taboo.

After that it was up to our main sponsor - The Standard. More Morgans and cider and shots followed before charging up to Fingers and Grand Cru. I had a bit of an altercation outside Bar Napoli so I ran off to Madogs and scoffed my two pizzas on my own. I then went back down to Bar Napoli and lingered about for a bit before finally managing to get a cab home at 5am.

A great night!