OMG! The planets could be aligning........

[Tweed26]

During my last trip to Scotland, one of the highlights of the trip was a visit to Doune Castle, where a lot of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" was filmed. Speaking of "the Holy Grail"......... to be continued....

 

[Stuart]

 

[vomer]

 

[PeterOeh]

 

[BGood]

 

[Stuart]

... & so it came to pass

QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL

A decade past my Quest began
Four Riders duly I sent forth
T’was @Supersonic to the South
@Tweed26 was to the North

In Europe our @Paruwi searched
(though only black ones he would say)
Cross waters of Rod Stewart songs
in England, there did @vomer lay

Seasons changed and years rolled on
and nowhere was that I desired
Though scouring lands both near and far
the Riders Four they never tired

Then Saturn's Day before sunrise
a message 'cross the Bay did come
I hardly could believe my eyes
Before me was The Chosen One

In Castle near to @vomer's land
reluctant they cried to despatch
With steel at side and steed at hand
he pledged to set forth there to snatch

But sensing loss of life or limb
the Castle Lord then took my gold
His life so spared and deal done
to me my Holy Grail was sold

With thanks for all this tale does tell
today with trek code soon made known
On iron bird with tail of 'roo
so soon my precious will be flown

And now to tell of Mighty Axe
who's twenty one and born of Thunder
It's timber Blonde, forged iron large
The Peerless King of all Downunder

The Devil queued just one before
in Epi runes the numbers tell
To lay his hands upon the beast
via Georgia on his way to hell

A Rivoli will thus be mine
Planets aligned, the wait was hard
But pictures here will be displayed
Proud 'E' emblazed upon it's guard

 

[Digger]

Gollum the evil one crept up and slipped away with here...yeah, yeah~

 

[Stuart]

I do hope @Tweed26 WAS referring to my Holy Grail acquisition... otherwise I owe that man a thread

 

[Tweed26]

Yes I was, but hopefully in a somewhat cryptic way, so as to not spoil the surprise or cast bad JuJu on the deal. It's been a long journey, getting to this point, and I'm glad it's worked out for you. All I can say is that there better be a butt-load of pictures when it arrives. HPNUG (Happy Pending New/Used Guitar), to you, my friend.

 

[Supersonic]

YES! So happy for you bro. I knew you would get it someday! After looking for so long it's almost like a NGD for some of us too.

...meanwhile the rest of the gallery was becoming anxious

'Thou posts photographs at the rate of a feeble-fingered peasant woman!' they screamed.

 

[Raiyn]

During my last trip to Scotland, one of the highlights of the trip was a visit to Doune Castle, where a lot of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" was filmed. Speaking of "the Holy Grail"......... to be continued....

Did you bring coconuts, or just have an African swallow deliver some?

 

[vomer]

it's almost like a NGD for some of us too.

I was hoping to have to collect it. Just to have a little play, y'know . But hopefully it will be flying straight home soon.

 

[Stuart]

Thanks guys... Really, thanks heaps for the very generous efforts you’ve made around my search across the last ten years... The seller has now supplied the tracking details, so I have duly advised him that the risk of him losing a limb is now minimal...



@vomer, Ye with plans to ‘fondle my precious’, you may stand down good knight... I can’t wait to get my hands on my 90s Blondie Rivoli with a Big Fat Mudbucker

 

[Stuart]

...meanwhile the rest of the gallery was becoming anxious

'Thou posts photographs at the rate of a feeble-fingered peasant woman!' they screamed.

 

[Raiyn]

 

[Stuart]

My Royal Mail Rivoli has journeyed from Bristol to the International Hub under armed guard.

 

[Tweed26]

The excitement is building......

 

[Stuart]

My Extraordinary Epi has been Exported on an ‘ iron bird with tail of ‘roo ’

 

[Raiyn]

My Extraordinary Epi has been Exported on an ‘ iron bird with tail of ‘roo ’

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The tracking number looks like an Epi serial number.

You can tell it's not a fake by the fact that the "EE" matches the numbers.

 

[Stuart]

I saw that... but after such a long wait it better bloody well be Korean!