4-20 Gathering 2012 in pictures

[cattales1960]

great report LEM! keep them coming..

[Lemming]

Day 7: Saturday 21st April 2012

Our last day and the date of the proposed "Cannalympics" in Haarlem.
During the previous evening in the Nes there had been much discussion of the Cannalympics.
At least one person who'd been over to Haarlem recently said that the shops there had never heard of the idea but most of our crew were confident that the event would happen and many planned an early start.

Those of us not expecting to be on an early train were discussing how and where to catch up with the rest of Team ACD.
I was keen to meet in Birdy because I've never been there and have heard good things about it.
This wasn't practical, though, because the main group intended to go there at the beginning of their tour.
Trad suggested we meet at Utopia in Amsterdam, celebrate their third place in the Hestia and make our way to Haarlem from there.

So, we strolled into Utopia and found that we were expected but nobody else turned up.
Never mind, we had a little session on our own and, eventually, went off shopping.


I can't remember what this was but my camera seemed to do something useful with it.
I can remember where it finished up though (see below)



Later that evening we were in the Nes as usual.
I think we were in there for all seven nights of our trip
I had proposed a last night smoke up there on this particular night some time before and lots of people turned up.

It turns out that the Cannalympics not only took place but was very successful.
Many of our crew had taken part and the survivors were in the Nes clutching their medals.
There has also been a train crash earlier that evening between Haarlem and Amsterdam.
None of our people were on the trains that collided but they had been caught up in the resulting disruption.

There have been many competitions where pundits give awards to coffeeshops, not least our Hestia Cup of course, but this is the first event I've heard of where the shops give medals to the punters.
Nice idea.


I was soon hassling the guys behind the bar to get the Volcano going.
I fancied the mega-bag that we'd experienced earlier in the week but the staff weren’t keen.
After a bit of nagging they agreed but only if I stuffed sufficient quantities into the filling chamber.
Suits me, I thought, I was leaving the next day so this was a chance to use up all of the buds in my pocket.

I broke up a selection of Amsterdam's finest and packed it into the pot.
This was enough to convince the bar people to snap on the mega-bag.
As it filled, the bag towered up to the ceiling and the vapour was so thick it looked like milk!
It took two of us, one on each end, to walk it through the crowd to the gang waiting outside.




As we drained the delicious vapour, the bag was rolled up, forcing it into our lungs.

And so 420-2012 reached its finale, at least for us.
The following day we flew home.
It was a fantastic week.
I met loads of people and consumed tons of first class marijuana with them.
We visited many coffeeshops and walked miles.

Thank you very much to everyone who came along.
A special mention must go to Trad for his cups, medals and plaques and Gapie for leading the crawls and keeping everyone together (cat herding).

The Cast

ACDlurker and friend
Arsonist
BigGuy & Son
Bleak
Blueberry
Cisco
Colina
DC
Drugsbunny
EdAmsterdam
FlyByNite
Gapie
Gromit
Hestia
Highlyblessed
Islandgurl and Philly-Rich
Kokopelli
Lafe
Lefthook718
Lemming & J
Matty223
MK101
n4tur3
nel z bub
Nimrod
Occasional Bowl
Omnibuzz
Seniorhippies
Smirks
Soulrider
Spireax
Stuart1976
Trad & KeyChains
Tranquilised
Tuttiflutes and Ohm Sweet Ohm
Uncle Ron
Winnie
Worsall
YogiBear

Please let me know if I've missed anyone out.
See you next year

[Trad]

Nice report Lemmng and a fucking great week...So good infact, that I think I just might make it next year....
Thank you for making it possible for us all to become ACDers...
See you and J in April.
P.S. Please say Hi to J for me.

[woodz60]

Fantastic report, Lemming!! Here's wishing you many more trips to A'dam for more quality accounts.

[Smirks]

Great report, nice to have met you.

[winnie]

Phenomenal

[Quazer]

Very enjoyable read, thanks Lemming! A legendary zeppelin like vapo bag they got at t'Nes... good to know.

[Roccy Tittzenbeer]

Nice reporting sir and a pleasure to meet yourself and your good lady in t'Nes
RTnB

[cattales1960]

good report Lem! thanks for sharing. I still havent found the banner. dang I wonder where it is????

[Lloydy]

Great photos

[Lemming]

RTnB - mucho apologies but I don't remember meeting you. I must've been stoned!

Everyone - thanks for the kind words. See you all next year.

[AzLaker]

Great final report Lemming, thanks. One good looking Vapo bag you have there also. WILL NOT miss next year's 4/20 ....see you in 2013.

AzLaker

[Lemming]

@AzLaker - glad to hear it!

[Uncle Ron]

Thanks for sharing...
I remember that vapo bag... I was standing just to the left of the pixel faced man.
At first I thought I was stoned, but then I saw others with pixel faces as well, then I knew I was stoned.
Maybe those three space cakes actually worked this time, dunno...
See ya 4-20-2013...
Happy trails...

[gapie]

Thanks for sharing...
I remember that vapo bag... I was standing just to the left of the pixel faced man.
At first I thought I was stoned, but then I saw others with pixel faces as well, then I knew I was stoned.
Maybe those three space cakes actually worked this time, dunno...
See ya 4-20-2013...
Happy trails...

lolz