Burst Balloons Tartan Army

Gary is presented with the Yellow Jersey prior to the match. He won the jersey for his performance at the Estonia match (or rather his performance in Sweden, on the way to Estonia!).

"Lulu" meets Andy Pandy at Stansted!

After the bar closed at Stansted...some folk will drink anything!

Burst Balloons at the Beach

Poolside with Sir William.

Paul and Dale cool down.

Celtic Tavern

More "pool-side" action

They take their sandcastle building seriously here!

Wimps! Who needs food! Plenty calories in beer!

A guaranteed way to get a ride in Benidorm!

Dale founds out that the cow was actually a bull!

Type your Greeting the natives.

Rab meets 3 scarecrows

Sampling the nightlife.

Fran and Anna!

More bull-riding...with Rab and Lisa.

Paul and Gary feel a bit fuzzy at the end of the night!

On the way to the match.

At the pit (or was it 'piss') stop.

It's a long story...but this was the drunk driver that nearly caused us to crash into a tunnel!

Paul laughs so hard his teeth fall out!

Sir William perfoms for us on the bus.

This was before he tried to kick the ceiling in!

Dale makes a splash as we arrive in Valencia!

Finnegans Bar in Velencia

Tartan Army tree-climbing contest.

Ludo and Dale, with Rab

The TA gather

Flags and banners appear

The city square

Gordon has a wee snooze, pre match

Could this be the next Burst Balloon?!

TA on the Valencia metro

I've never seen one THAT big, says Rab

Levante "Stadium" (ha ha!)

Crowd scenes

FI-FO-FI-FUM...Euan smells the blood of an engerlish-man. This twat was "gently" persuaded to take off his soiled jersey...

Up goes the Burst Balloon's flag.

More crowd scenes

Is Paul having a wee snooze....?

Could this be an omen? A TA Angel?

How long do we have to wait for the national anthem to start?!

Oops...should have fed the meter!

The orange glow looks a bit ominous.

And then it rained...

A River Runs Through it...

TA do the River Dance

Looks like a bit of rain on the lens here!

No...it's not Kick the Can!

Dale, on the way back to Benidorm (no wonder he knew nothing about our unplanned detour North towards Barcelona!).

This image has been deleted on Health & Safety grounds. (I'd probably get a kicking from the perpetrator if I put it online!)

Who is out of picture here? And why is she waving her hand...?!

Rab and Gary at the airport!

Paul really is 'burst' on the plane home. A serious contender for the Yellow Jersey?!

New headwear for the Air Scotland flight attendants?

The Burst Balloons!