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Good afternoon magnificent LNYDP peeps! Have you missed Alf and I??? Not even a little.....Alf missed you guys!!

Firstly, let me apologise for my two week absence or as Kim Zolciak would say, tardiness! I wish I had an excuse but in truth I do not, other than it is truly rather a crazy and manic time right now at the LNYDP Mews headquarters! However today Alf and I are buzzing, what a week we have had! Trust us and check out the below!!! P.s. my song of the week is a real Christmas cracker!! 

LNYDP 2016 Launch

Wow! Just wow!! I was tasked with planning the LNYDP launch (hence my radio silence) and I can say that, thanks to the magnificent LNYDP team, participants, supporters and the Coritnhia Hotel, plus a little help from storm troopers, Bumblebee and Alice In Wonderland, it was a truly magnificent success and achieved a record level of Media and Press! I thought I would share this with you wonderful peeps along with a few behind the scenes snaps!! x

The Official LNYDP launch video. Please share via FB, Twitter and Instagram - @LNYDP / #30MagicalYears / #LNYDP2016

The Magnificent LNYDP Launch! 

Pictures As Promised.....(Behind the scenes shots: Official wonderful and professional pictures on the gallery section of www.LNYDP.com, not to mention our twitter page @LNYDP!

Our man, LNYDP Mike helping at the launch set up!! 

Me having a great time with the magnificent Caporales San Simon Londres

The Lord Mayor Of Westminster, Darcy Oake and Our Hero and Leader Bob Bone!

A little taste of LNYDP 2016! Transformers, Dancers, stilt walkers and the one and only DARCY OAKE! Just wow!! 

So, a magnificent LNYDP launch, magical and fun filled! Check out more from the LNYDP 2016 launch at the Evening Standard, London Live TV, BT, Yahoo, AOL, Mail On Sunday, MSN, Daily Star and Mirror, and the BBC, all of whom covered the launch and we hope had a brilliant time!

A massive LNYDP thank you to all who came and helped! Something truly magical is brewing this year peeps!!

Other News

Alfie decided to sit on a desk! lol! Seriously haha!! Frustrated with his dad working until 9.30pm, Alfie and Alfie's mum decided they would revolt and take matters into their own hands! Alfie commandeered my desk and Kate my chair!! Well played them I say!! Well played lol!!

Oh yes and last week I celebrated my 29th Birthday!! But shhhhh....I don't like getting older haha!! 

Well played you two!! Well played haha!! 

My 29th Birthday!! Getting old peeps!!  203 in dog years!! Wooow!!

Song Of The Week

I think I have officially driven everyone @LNYDP Mews headquarters with this magnificent beauty of a song! Just incredible and am proud to say that I am officially a Belieber!! lool!! Enjoy and have a great weekend magnificent peeps!

Good Morning wonderful and magnificent LNYDP fanlets! What a week at LNYDP Mews headquarters! Seriously busy but awesome fun too! Last Saturday we had the official LNYDP 2016 Tour Assistant training day. It went amazingly and I can safely say they are the best group of Tour assistants we have ever had! All groups are in for a real treat this year! A couple of cheeky snaps from the day below!

Malcolm standing to attention at the Training Day! Sit down Mal lol!

Our wonderful Tour Assistants being exceedingly diligent lol! 

The LNYDP Launch is go! 

Exciting news, the LNYDP launch is looking awesome and Invites have now gone out! It promises to be the best launch since STS-1 in 1981! That is a seriously geeky reference I know haha, but very apt I feel!! 

Allow me magnificent peeps to give you a little flavour of the LNYDP 2016 launch.....There will be giant Transformer Robots, stilt walking Alice in Wonderland and Mad Hatter characters, Traditional Bolivian Dancers in full costume and oh so much more including dry ice cocktails and the best bit of all....a special and limited edition Magical LNYDP goody Box for everyone attending! P.s. Darcy Oake, the World Renowned Illusionist is also going to take a star turn ..... no seriously!! lol!! In fact this is even better than the STS-1 launch! 

Now I am not just saying this to make you magnificent peeps jealous, as you too have the opportunity to be there! Check out our Twitter @LNYDP to win your very own LNYDP launch invitation for you and a guest!

The Magical Invitation! A little like the gold ticket in Charlie and the chocolate factory lol! 

World Selfie Day!

Now I thought I was still young..... but on occasion I do feel rather old, especially when I get told that there is now an official World selfie day! I mean, did you wonderful peeps know that the word selfie was actually in the Oxford English Dictionary!??

Anyhoooo that did not stop me and the LNYDP team getting into the selfie spirit haha!! (Check out the below) Why not send us (@LNYDP) your best selfies, bet you can't better mine with my bushy beard haha!! P.s. the Brian Blessed beard has since been shaved much to the relief of everyone in the LNYDP Mews headquarters lol!! 

An assortment of the LNYDP team including our hero and leader! Plus the awesome Alf! 

Was there a bird living in my beard lol!! Just wow!! Strong look lol!

Alfie's Birthday! 

The biggest news of the week!! LNYDP Mascot Alfie turned two in human years and seven in dog years this Wednesday! Happy Birthday handsome pup!! He had literally the best doggy day ever! He had three hugeee meals with chicken, ham and all things yummy, not to mention his favourite treats from Auntie Lizzie! Not only that he got two very trendy dog jumpers and his very own doggy birthday cake....Pretty good day for a dog right lol!! Thank you Alfie for giving Kate, myself and everyone else you have met the best two years!! xx

P.s. Check out the pictures below, I am pretty sure you can make out Alfie actually grinning whilst trying to swallow his cake in one go lol!! 

The happiest dog in the World lol!! 

Alfie getting thoroughly spoilt by his wonderful auntie Lizzie!! 

Song Of The Week

Right then peeps, on my way home from work last night and listening to Mellow Magic on the radio this beauty came on!! Kick back, relax and have a awesome weekend LNYDP peeps x

Good Morning wonderful LNYDP fanlets! What a week here in LNYDP Mews Headquarters! Alf and I officially have our very own Parade catchphrase......'The balloons are back'! To see more on this, checkout the LNYDP Video at



Now, moving onto LNYDP unofficial news / gossip lol!!

The return of the Legend of Darren

As the title states, the LNYDP legend Darren Cheek has returned to the LNYDP Mews Headquarters as Production Manager! The LNYDP Mews is a happier place with cheeky chappy Cheek here, so a huge LNYDP welcome back to Dazza! P.s. check out his boy band picture below, (Only taken last year) love it!! P.s. I know Darren can get me back for this with a very handsome picture of me modelling our very own Ponchos lol! 

Very 'Blue Steel' I feel lol! Zoolander eat your heart out!! 

AC Owners Club

A huge welcome into LNYDP 2016 to the wonderful AC Owners Club. Now I am a little biased as my favourite car of all time has to be the incredible AC Cobra! I mean seriously....what a car! So it is with great delight and excitement that I can officially reveal AC will be driving the magical LNYDP parade route on January 1st! Check out two of the incredible AC vehicles that will be majestically gracing the streets of London below! Seriously peeps, this is big news!

A stunning AC Cobra in salsa red! What a car! Look at its curves! 

Not only did AC make the Cobra but sensational vehicles like the above! 

LNYDP Mini Playing Cards

Ok peeps, contain your excitement as the LNYDP playing cards have officially arrived and will be available for sale on the website any minute now! These are awesome, I literally love them! They are so cute and well amazing for lack of a better word from my rather poor vocabulary lol! These diddly playing cards are perfect for both adults and kids and they proudly show your support for the Greatest Event Of Its Kind In The World, LNYDP! P.s. Kate is getting a pack for Christmas lol ...shhhhh!!! 

#simplyawesome! 

I mean can words do the awesomeness of these LNYDP cards justice haha! 

Alfie Update

Now I did not want to alarm all you magnificent peeps last week but the handsome and amazing LNYDP Alfie was a little poorly last week. It was actually pretty scary! Poor Alf was not eating, was really tired and just not himself! However I can happily report that a week on and a course of Antibiotics later, Alf is better than ever and back to his old happy and lively self, eating crazy amounts and chasing every squirrel in West London lol!! Love him so much!! Check out the pic below, taken literally one minute ago next to my desk! A very happy Alf!  x

The super handsome and amazing LNYDP Alfie! 

Song Of The Week

What a song and what an actor! This is for the wonderful LNYDP Lizzie as it is her all time favourite movie scene! RIP the amazing Heath Ledger x

Hello hello wonderful LNYDP peeps! I will keep this blog short and sweet today for a couple of reasons....Firstly not to bore you amazing LNYDP peeps senseless, but secondly because our internet is running at the speed of snail today! Now whilst I love snails they do not tend to be the fastest moving of animals!! The below made me chuckle lol!!

Been a tough day here in the LNYDP Mews Headquarters and well this made me laugh out loud!! 

 LNYDP Swirly Pops

A day of great excitement occurred yesterday in the LNYDP Mews headquarters at 15.00 hours! The LNYDP Swirly Pops arrived! There was a rush to take delivery of the 1,000 awesome and delicious LNYDP Swirly Pops in varying flavours, ranging from Lemon Sherbet to Apple Fizz! Check them out below! Just a heads up....These awesome Swirly Pops will be given away on the day of the parade come January 1st! Come get your very own LNYDP Swirly Pop! P.s. pop into the Launch on the 10th December and you may well sneak a cheeky Swirly Pop out with you! 

LNYDP Swirly Pops ! Seriously Awesome!! 

Welcome Ben and Welcome LNYDP 2016 Poster! 

Wow, this is the sub heading that just keeps on giving! A huge welcome to Benita (Ben) who has re-joined the LNYDP team! It is amazing to have Benita back and already the LNYDP Mews has been lifted by her awesomeness! We love you Ben! 

The second part of this heading is regarding the LNYDP 30 Magical Years Poster which arrived at the LNYDP Mews headquarters literally half an hour before i wrote the blog...... and it is absolutely quality! Check it out below! How cool is the picture btw, it captures both Ben and the Poster Image! A serious two for one deal and well this picture is one of those pictures that just makes me happy lol! Awesome Ben and awesome poster! 

The wonderful LNYDP Ben with our 30 Magical Years Poster!! Yayyy! 

LNYDP Halloween

Now, I appreciate this is not strictly LNYDP work related but frankly it was too good a picture to not share with you magnificent LNYDP fanlets! This is our very own LNYDP hero and leader in full halloween regalia terrifying the poor trick or treaters lol! The voice our wonderful leader and hero accompanied his look with was equally terrifying haha! P.s. No one tell him about this picture being on here please! Otherwise It would most likely be the last picture I get to share with you awesome peeps lol! 

Our terrifying LNYDP leader and hero!! 

My gorgeous girlfriend looking a little less...well gorgeous haha!! 

Song Of The Week 

Not my favourite song ever, however seriously fun and catchy and perfect for this week considering the above haha!! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rYoRaxgOE0

Good Morning wonderful LNYDP peeps! What a week it has been and excitingly it is Halloween tomorrow!! Mwahahahahaha!! I am seriously excited in fact so excited that I took a picture of my gorgeous girlfriend and Alfie's doggy mum proudly holding our freshly carved pumpkin, ready to be displayed in our window for all the trick or treaters! #exciting!!

A happy Kate with our super scary pumpkin!

A hard at work Kate carving the pumpkin like a pro!

LNYDP Lanyards Peeps!

Ok, this is insanely geeky and utterly not cool, however the Lanyards for LNYDP, Paris, Rome and Madrid arrived this week and they are seriously tasty! Yeaaaa boiii!!! Check out the below, super sly (in a good way) right lol!! Please bear in mind that I designed these and it was proper labour of love! For example, did you know that the pantone of the lanyard matches the exact pantone of each event's logo.... Seriously haha!! Positive feedback welcome lol!! Wristbands to follow next week LNYDP peeps and this year they are a little different and frankly more awesome!!

Terrible photography by moi!! But what beautiful lanyards!! 

LNYDP Invitation Trip...Congratulations!

Well as I am sure you magnificent LNYDP peeps are aware, our leader and hero has been touring South America and the US inviting the creme de la creme (The best of the best) Marching Bands to participate in LNYDP! I have some amazing videos and pictures, however I thought I would share some of the more amusing ones with my favourite LNYDP peeps!! 

Check out amazing LNYDP Lizzie in full South Browsed High School Marching Band gear! Congratulation to the Bulldogs for being invited into LNYDP! A huge achievement and seriously well deserved! 

The awesome Bulldogs Marching Band performing on their basketball court!

LNYDP Lizzie... Clearly a Bulldogs fan!! 

Also a huge congratulations to La Banda Internacional El Hogar from Panama who have also been invited to participate in LNYDP! An amazing trip and performance from a magnificent band and I can not wait for this incredible band to grace the streets of London in 2017! 

The wonderful LBIEH  from Panama! Huge Congratulations!

LBIEH being presented their Invitation by the wonderful LNYDP Ambassador Roger Bramble!

Cornbread and Handsome Alf

As the title suggests, I always insist that our leader and hero returns to LNYDP Mews Headquarters with a suitcase full of corn bread for me and I was not disappointed this time lol!! I can safely say that my two favourite brands are Martha White and Jiffy!! In fact my lunch is calling me as I type lol!! Alfie is a huge fan too!! P.s. Alongside the cornbread is the standard LNYDP Mascot Alfie pic of the week! He has been such an awesome boy this week, dog dad could not be prouder!! lol P.s. think he likes living with grandma and grandpa and running in their garden lol!! 

A super happy LNYDP mascot Alf in HIS garden!! lol!!

The Winners of my taste test!! Soooo good!! 

Song Of The Week

Happy Halloween magnificent LNYDP peeps! Send your best halloween snaps (costume pictures) into us @LNYDP and we might well send you out a goody or two! Enjoy the festivities and have a great weekend wonderful peeps xxx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkplPbd2f60

Good Morning wonderful LNYDP peeps! What a song of the week I have for you all! I am driving everyone in the LNYDP Mews nuts as I can't stop singing it (badly) lol! Not to mention busting a few desk dance moves! Oooohh yeah!! lol!!

This is just like me today! Do you guys want to see me dancing like this? Theresa has a picture apparently...?? lol!!

But on a more serious note another great week in the LNYDP Mews Headquarters! Thus another great read for you this fine Friday wonderful peeps!

Welcome Warr's Harley Davidson

I am delighted to announce that Warr's Harley Davidson's (The oldest and largest Harley Davidson Dealership in Europe) will be participating in LNYDP 2016. They will be driving their 10 most exotic and gorgeous Harley's down the historic Parade Route come January 1st! This is definitely a sight you do not want to miss! I am more of a car man, however.... how magical is a proper Harley with a custom Matt Paint Job! That could even convert me to two wheel fun! The sound, the sight, the smell....just wow!! Come check it out wonderful LNYDP peeps! A little teaser/taster below.....

A classic custom matt black Harley! Yes please lol!!!

Check out the Chrome! Seriously beautiful! Poetry in motion peeps lol!!

Mike and me work up a sweat! 

Ok, so our LNYDP warehouse is currently in the process of being revolutionised and guess who is revolutionising it lol! Yep thats right Mike and I!! haha!! The current warehouse is being stripped bare and it will be fully shelved and look rather like a miniature version of the Amazon Warehouse lol! Seriously though lol! I have to say yesterday was tough and last night I slept like a baby haha!! Check out our efforts below! Impressive stuff right!! lol Apologies for the awful, in fact truly terribly picture quality lol! I am definitely no David Bailey haha!! 

All those shelves were constructed with love, sweat and tears!!

Mike looking delighted at our days work lol!! First stage...DONE lol!! 

LNYDP Alfie has a Halloween Jumper!!

Alfie's grandma has very kindly been looking after the LNYDP mascot Alf a lot this week as I have been a terrible absent dog dad! However Alfie has had the best week ever! He has even got a new favourite food....haddock fish!! I mean seriously!!! lol!!

Now as we all know, Grandma's like to spoil their granddogs right??? And well this week, Alfie was treated to his very own special Halloween jumper and to be honest it looks way too cute on him haha!! We took him out wearing it the other night and well words escape me, take a look at the pictures lol!!!! He is actually too cute, no wonder he gets away with being so naughty haha!! 

Such a handsome pup!! Even sitting remarkably well in this picture too lol!

He decided that he wanted a hug from grandma! Still super cute haha!! 

100,000 Views!! Yayyy!!! 

We did it amazing and wonderful LNYDP peeps!! We made the 100,000 mark!! Massive thank you to all for reading, love you guys!! 

P.s. Make sure you read next week's as have some amazing pictures from Panama and Georgia!! Watch this space lol!! 

A magical looking picture in keeping with the LNYDP theme lol!!

Song Of The Week

What a song! Sit back, enjoy and have a great weekend!! Thank you all so much for your continued reading and support! Ald and I are eternally grateful you magnificent LNYDP peeps xxx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc_SDlPMGDA