Not THE Welsh Open…

August 27th, 2009
Wow, well it seems you’ve been enjoying the Chocolate Challenges! Lots of you have been uploading your own versions to YouTube, and to be honest we’re really quite upset that a few of you have beaten us!
Ant never wins in Ant Vs Dec, and these Chocolate Challenges were something that he could be proud of, but it obviously seems that he’s beaten very easily by almost everybody who’s watched them!

Thanks for getting involved and keep those attempts to beat us at our own game, coming in. We’ve filmed a few more that will be online in the coming weeks, but we’ve had to take a little break from our ‘calorific’ competition and head down the gym, it really takes its toll after a while! Don’t forget tomorrow, being Friday, means it’ll be time for a new challenge!

 

It’s been the first summer in ages that we haven’t gone over to America to shoot a series, or had to rehearse and prepare a UK show for the autumn so we’ve had quite a bit of free time to indulge in our absolute favourite past time - golf! We’ve been all around the country, played at our local clubs here in London, travelled to bonnie Scotland to play at St Andrews (well, the course next to it) and had a tour of the beautiful town itself including the historic course where the sport of golf was originally created.  We had an absolutely fantastic time there playing with a few friends and Dec won! It was a two day competition and stroke play, which if you know about golf you’ll know is a tough competition to win, but Dec emerged victorious.  There were a few beers on the journey back, and if you’re lucky maybe Dec will take a photo of the little trophy he was awarded. He’s very proud of it as he’s only won one of the Chocolate Challenges - ‘Show Us Your Jaffas’ - so let’s just say this was a thoroughly enjoyable win for him!

We also went to Wales for the Welsh Open. Well, not the Welsh Open but our own version of it. We stayed at the absolutely fantastic Celtic Manor Resort and played on the course that will be hosting the Ryder Cup next September. We’ve been at Celtic twice before when we hosted the All-Star Cup there and the guys remembered us and showed us a great time. They even offered us a chance to play on the 2010 course, and we have to say it was one of the best courses we’ve ever played! Really hard but if you like your golf then you’ll love it. Neither of us won that game, but rather than reveal who did, you can see all the antics in the video we made on the course HERE!

There’s less than a month to go before our book hits the shelves - the 17th September to be exact and currently it’s winging its way to the printers. The first copies haven’t rolled off the presses yet, but we’re hoping to get our hands on one very soon. There may even be a little competition in the works for you guys, so stay tuned and we’ll reveal more later on. We’re also putting the finishing touches to what’s looking like a hectic schedule for us around the time the book is released, so we’ll let you know the dates and locations of our various appearances as soon as we know they’re all 100% confirmed.  Be great to see you there if you can make it down.

I’m a Celebrity… is nearly upon us again - can you believe it’s been nearly a year since the last one? We’ve once again submitted our annual list of dream suggestions for the camp: Mr T, Gary Coleman and Peter Stringfellow.  Lord knows whether they’ve even been asked, let alone said yes or no but we’ve got a meeting about the show in a couple of weeks, so we’ll know more then.

It’s very exciting though; the producers have apparently been talking to some great people, so we’re really looking forward to hearing the names. To be honest, they never tell us who they’ve got until the last minute because they know we’ll tell everyone! But we’ve put our list forward and we can only hope that at least one of them will make it on the show eventually. Both of us can’t wait to head back to Australia, it’s a really nice time of year to go, just when the weather starts to turn bad in the UK. So we’ll finish off what will hopefully be a lovely last few weeks of summer here, before heading down to Oz - can’t wait!

 

 

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60 comments

Emma Segar says:

hi I love the chocolate challenges
they r great.The 27th of August is my birthday!
love you guys
Emma- Cheryl
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beth says:

your favorite sweets chocolate buttons !!


Cameron Cruickshank says:

I mean funniest people on TV


Cameron Cruickshank says:

You are awsome. you are the funnyest people on TV.


Carol & Ena says:

Please pass this on to ITV. We need more day time veiwing like they used to eg chest,evening meals just more of the celebs and dont bother with the itv2 show more of the jungle we have loved it from the start why keep changeing things Thanks jungle fans


els says:

hi lads i cant wait to show starts again. i thicnk u both r fab and lovelyxx


AbbylovesDecDonnelly xx & Ant Mcpartlin xx says:

I LOVE U DEC XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


AbbylovesDecDonnelly xx & Ant Mcpartlin xx says:

how about chocolate jenga! xx


AbbylovesDecDonnelly xx & Ant Mcpartlin xx says:

I can’t wait for another blog, maybe details of where the book signings are?
love you both xx


kristy hathaway says:

hi i have be a fan. dec you are so fit lvu you 2 xxx


Beckyy Dee says:

Heyy Peoples Of Earth,
Love that one haha lmaoo,,
What you should do is make a statue Of diffrent things and out of difrent chocolates and then see which ones better then make a tower like the rolos out of the winning chocolates:D

The Chocolate Challenges have been amazing..love them..and love you two of course

Dec i’d love to see you win more of the Choc Challenges! You can do it munchkin haha..go Dec!

You are both probably the best 2 people on earth you are seriously amazing!!:D

Ooh new Choccy Challenge Friday! Really can’t wait

Yay..Dec won! Well Done! (now just the Choc Challenges to win)

The All-Star Cup was great..glad you had a good time there and can’t wait for the new videos!

You know how to keep us fans excited haha..and enjoy the rest of your summer!

Love You Loads Dec <3
xXxXx
Love To Both
xXx


tinauk says:

heres a few suggestions on who to have on im a celebrity. jeff hardy the wwe wrestler,he’s taking a break from wrestling at the moment.dog the bounty hunter or family.jeremy piven,heidi and spencer,hope that helps you out.


Alessandra Rose says:

Another C.C idea! Listen Up!

The objective of the challenge is to smear melted chocolate over your face and then see how many mini chocolate flakes you can stick to your face in a minute! Happy licking!


Melissa'loves'ant'and'dec'x says:

Heyy guyss, yep its mee againn :DD. Havnt send a comennt in AGESSS!!! Its becausee just started high school been kindaa busy with homework nd all that crapp :(. Just want to sayy whens the signingss? Pleaaseee come to bonniee old scotlannd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loving the chocolate chalanges! :DD. Love you guyss x x x x x x x x x x x


kayleigh says:

hi boys my camp has ended i didn’t do well in the compition on the last daybut it was fun i got a 10th rosseite and a other one for the most falls! durring my camp i fall 10 times off my pony but i fine i hope u both are ok


cheese says:

coooooooooooooooool


Gemma says:

BOYS!! You should’ve said you were coming down my way(Wales) I could’ve joined you for a few cheeky vimtos and put my clubs to good use. ;-) Anyway, you both coming to the Cardiff v Newcastle game check out our new stadium and all that. Blooobirds lol gonna want both teams to win that day haha!!


Isobel Short says:

I think you two are the funniest guys in all that you do. Thank you to BGT and U-Tube or else I would never have seen you. Wish you would come to America and do a show.

Love you both

Isobel, Virginia Beach, VA. USA


julie says:

i love thism progam never miss it love ant and dec there the best i think it would be nice to see a camp full of jo public and the other one of celebrites i know lots of people that would love to see that well cart wait till next show bring it on i say


AbbylovesDecDonnelly xx & Ant Mcpartlin xx says:

hiya Ant and Dec. I had a lovely meal with my friends yesterday!!!.
We went for a pizza at lunchtime and it was lovely. Do you both like pizza? and a of great afternoon, was had by all of us!

Love you both lots!!!!! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

SPEAK SOON!


Tom says:

They play golf at a course right next to my house they flew over our place in a helicopter to land at the golf course


Laura says:

Haha glad you had a gr8 time golfin congrats dec! I tried some of those choclate chalenges with my friend but you’ll be glad to kno we neva bet ye lol

Ur biggest fan,
Laura xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Samantha Booth says:

You are both more than welcome to come play a round of golf on our stunning shoreline 18 hole golf course on the beautiful Island of Bute x


Sandra McK says:

Hi Ant Hi Dec - wow you have been busy playing a round ..or two !1 My hubby would be jealous of you cos he loves golf and would love to play the courses you have been lucky to play. Well done Dec and by the way what are your handicaps? My hubby’s is 10 Take care love n hugs Sandra xx


Bethan says:

Hi Ant and Dec :-) i`m glad that you have enjoyed golf,well done Dec! :-) wow i think it`s really cool that you came to wales :-) i live there! wish you could come to Llandudno :-)
Lots of love from bethan xxx


Shaz says:

Hiya, glad you’ve enjoyed your golfing summer - if I’d have known you were in Newport I would have dropped by & said ‘hello’! Often in that neck of the woods.
Quick comment to Chelsea Mitchell: pack your umbrella & raincoat - it’s rained here ALL summer long (sorry :( )In fact, I’m off ‘down south’ tomorrow to get away from it(hopefully)
Can’t wait to see Dec’s little trophy - lol
If anyone wants to rate my comment on the daily mail article please rate it positively! Ta!
Looking forward to the book - not long now!
see ya! Xx


eric says:

You should combine your love of golf with the chocolate challenge and play miniture golf with Malteasers!


Kayleigh says:

Hi :)

A new blog this soon after the last one..wow! :D

The Chocolate Challenges have been amazing..love them..and love you two of course ;)

Aww..i’ve tried some myself and beaten both of you at some point..but i’ve never done better than both of you in any challenge..so you’re both very good at them ;)

Dec i’d love to see you win more of the Choc Challenges! You can do it munchkin :) haha..go Dec!

Wow..a few more to look forward to :D
I remember when you first started recording them..i was hoping for lots of installments :D and really didn’t expect this many..so thanks..you’re both amazing! Although everyone knows that already ;)

Ooh new Choccy Challenge tomorrow! Really can’t wait :D

Aww..glad you’ve had alot of free time..you both really deserve it..sounds like you’ve had a great summer..and so have we thanks to you :D

Yay..Dec won! Well Done! :D (now just the Choc Challenges to win)
Aww..i’d loved to see Dec’s…little trophy! :P Any win of Dec’s is ‘thoroughly enjoyable’ for me too :D

The All-Star Cup was great..glad you had a good time there :) and can’t wait for the new videos! :D

You know how to keep us fans excited :D haha..and enjoy the rest of your summer!

Love You Loads Dec <3
xXxXx
Love To Both
xXx


Ellie - Adelaide, South Australia says:

@Katharina - I know! Everyone is all ‘Dec Crazy’, me, I love Ant! He’s so cute and adorable, especially in Chums episodes. :D

But I like both the boys you know, I wouldn’t want to meet just one. :D


Jo says:

Yay for Mr Dec ^_^
Always best wishes to both!


connor riley says:

yous are very funny and like a lot of laughs hahahahaha*_*


jeannette says:

Hi guys.

That’s just so slack of you not working all summer lol. I hope you’re not getting too used to it, as we want to see more Ant and Dec on tv not less lol.

Woohooo for Dec winning the golf, and I can’t wait to see the videos.

Hopefully the next blog you do will tell us a little more about the book signing like where and when they will be as some of us will need to book days off work, if you can remember what that is.

Love
Jeannette
xx


abbey says:

hi abbey i have had coffee with ruby we are going crazy my mum is trying to make us less crazy but hehehe i meen it its hard to stop us hope you having a good time ant & dec :)


abbey says:

hey now going to try lick n stick thing with a cup of coffee yum fav drink is coffee and ruby like it to izzy and lola my m8 thinck it is mad to like coffee at r age (12)


Katy-Ann says:

very busy summer


Chelsie Mitchell says:

Aww I remember the All Star Cup, that was good.
I’m off to Wales next Saturday, hopefully it will be sunny :)
I hope your havin a good summer xxxxxx


Kirsty says:

Well done winning Dec. Sounds like you had a good summer. Hope the weather isn’t too bad for you in Scotland this weekend.
Kirsty
xxx


AbbylovesDecDonnelly xx & Ant Mcpartlin xx says:

Looking forward to seeing Dec with his Trophy!!!! XXXXXXXXXXXX

LOVE YOU BOTH LOTS!! XXXXXXXXXXXXX


kayleigh says:

well done dec for winning a trophy and well done to ant for trying! i havn’t won one yet but i won a medal for ‘most improved rider’ at a show and won over 20 rossetes over the years. its great to find a sport we all enjoy yours is golf and mine is horse riding,my camp started today and enjoying it so is my pony im off to clean my tack as its cross country tomarrow.


clare says:

brilliant blog guys :D oh and i agree with the comment above about GEORGIE AND DEC ON THE DAILT MAIL i mean how CUTE do they both look together, and dec i think shes a keeper for sure mate, i mean you’ve scored there (: hope your both happy xx


Chloe says:

It seems you’ve both been very busy! Good to hear that you’ve been having a nice and relaxing summer! :) Great blog and is good to hear about Dec’s golfing success! WELL DONE! :) Looking forward to seeing the trophy Dec won! Thank you for keeping us updated. Cant wait til you come back on the telly…im so looking forward to Im A Celeb! Love the piccy too so funny :)
Cant wait for the rest of the chocolate challenges! YAY! :)
Loads of Love
xxxxxxxxxx


Katharina says:

You shouldn’t be upset… we can’t be good at everything :)
it does show a new side to you though :D
by the way I just finished watching all the chums eps on youtube, and I must say that was amazing!!! You should do more sitcoms!
and to ellie: It surprises me that there are so little ant fans :(

just remember lots of us love you both!! :)
-Katharina


AbbylovesDecDonnelly xx & Ant Mcpartlin xx says:

well what a fantastic blog! . Sounds like you are having a great extended break! . I’m looking forward to a chocolate challenge tomorrow, they are always so good and enjoyable, and funny!!!

take care and speak soon!
love Abby xx


Jenna (petition pusher) says:

Thank you for a lovely long and informative blog, which all us fans have been eagerly waiting and it didn’t disappoint (like the last one sorry)! Thank u for taking the time to write and update us on your summer. It sounds like you had fun on your golf tour :D We knew you were up to something as various people have seen you around the country. Please update the diary with book signing news. Only 3-4 weeks to go lads.

Best wishes and thanks again


Lindsay says:

Great blog, glad to hear you’ve been up north :) Can’t wait til you’re back on tv….and to see you at your book signings!
Love you both xxxxx


Chocolate EClaire says:

Hi Guys,
Glad to hear your both enjoying your extra long holiday. You both obviously enjoy playing golf, I on the other hand have not got a clue about golf. I’ve tried watching it on tv but it makes no sense at all. The only golf I play is crazy golf, pretty pathetic I know. Anyway.
Look after your selves.
Talk soon.
Love Claire xxoo
P.s I saw the pictures of Dec and Georgie on The Daily Mail website, and can I just say that you both look so happy together, which I hope you both are.


Ellie - Adelaide, South Australia says:

Well, I’ve seen a picture of Ant in the nude! XD. Only his bottom.. he was in the shower.. lol.


abbey says:

my lil brother say you 2 are his favs and that he wish that he could play golf with you coz he love that football golf swimming all that stuff he love at the min he running about in and out i am going crazy help me plz he looks like lil dec from saturday night takeaway lolz hope that you 2 have a nice time :)


abbey says:

you rock that y i love you :)


officiallystephensscottishangel says:

hey lads glad u enjoyed scotland u should come more often


Pish says:

I echo what Ellie said about individual Twitters, I’m sure I’ve seen pics of you both with Blackberries? ;-) Come onto Twitter, download Twitterberry and we can finally see an end to all the fake Ant and Decs! I saw a fake Dec t’other day with a name like “Declund donnolly”. Awful!
Thanks for the update, lads, glad you’re enjoying your free time!
I can’t WAIT for the autobiography! XXXX


June says:

Hi boys, glad to see you’ve had a great summer, just wondered if u ‘drag’ your ladies round the golf hols with you?
Great to see its not long till I’m a Celeb BUT that means its not long till CHRISTMAS! oh my xxx


Emma says:

I was at St.Andrews golf course as well this summer! Love you Ant and Dec x


Vikki xo says:

You guys are amazingggg.

Geordies f’life! xx


x Tahlia x says:

Love ant and dec wen it gunna be on again ?


Ellie - Adelaide, South Australia says:

golf courses*


Ellie - Adelaide, South Australia says:

How ironic I should make a typo XD.

*instead


Ellie - Adelaide, South Australia says:

Hey Ant and Dec! A new blog already? Awesome :D

Give us an update on I’m A Celebrity, when is it? I’m so excited when you come to Australia we will be 2 hours away from each other, so we’re pretty close!

YouTube is awesome *coughs* wonder why *coughs*.

I’ve made friends with a few Ant and Dec fans and I’m the only Ant fan! Oh well, all the more Ant for me. If there was ever a ‘Meet Ant McPartlin Contest’ I’d win for sure! I mean I love Ant and Dec TOGETHER, but you know :D

Oh and I just want to say I have been making a terrible typo all the time. Inseatd of saying ‘Declan Donnelly’ I say ‘Decland Donnelly’. I have no idea where DecLAND came from, but if it existed.. it’d be a pretty good place :D

Ant and Dec, if you’re not too busy, could you make a Twitter profile for the both of you? I already follow @iViva (we’re tight XD. Aha, joking), but what about you both? Doing your own little Tweets? I’m constantly wondering what you’re both doing during the day (Hm, is Ant putting the bins out right now, is Dec making the bed?) all those sorts of things!

Now this has turned into one of those long comments I usually post that have nothing to do with your blog, so to make it somewhat related:

Australia has good gold courses, come down under mates!


megan says:

Ah i love you guys (:


Charlotte says:

hyeeee <3
Dec won!! jeeeeeej :’D
love you both!! xx Charlotte ^^

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