{"id":1906,"date":"2026-01-18T13:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2026-01-18T13:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:48:29","slug":"chris-cowburns-60th-party-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/home\/chris-cowburns-60th-party-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Cowburn&#8217;s 60th party weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isn&#8217;t it amazing how four decade after uni, you can still feel the pull to go all the way to Manchester for a party of someone you played hockey with in 1987?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AF87937B-59AC-4C16-8FEF-91FE65DBF16C_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AF87937B-59AC-4C16-8FEF-91FE65DBF16C_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AF87937B-59AC-4C16-8FEF-91FE65DBF16C_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AF87937B-59AC-4C16-8FEF-91FE65DBF16C_1_105_c-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Albeit with the added bonus of being able to see (and stay with) Rachel, who I also played hockey with at uni and have been friends with ever since as well. 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Apart from knowing Charlotte at Cambridge, through playing hockey too, we somehow all met up in Bangkok once, as you do, when she was heading home after a trip there and Jules &amp; I, plus Robbo and Helen Vickery had just arrived. One dark night on the 60p-a-bottle Mekong whisky and memories are definitely made&#8230;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7F11183C-8381-49CA-8CC9-293F55663847_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7F11183C-8381-49CA-8CC9-293F55663847_4_5005_c.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7F11183C-8381-49CA-8CC9-293F55663847_4_5005_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Great to see Chris, plus to meet her other half Karl and daughter Alex. Manage to fit in a brunch the next morning as well, before we drove back down as the trains were buggered. 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