One of the encounters happened at George's home, Weeping Ash. I just want to point out that I was not harrassing George and was quietly waiting for him on a wall about 70 yards away from the house. George decided himself if he wanted to stop his car and talk to me, it was all up to him...

George is a very lovely guy who really cares about his fans and obviously once in a while likes to talk to some true fans, I want to take this opportunity to thank you George and wish you all the best in the future.

The following story has been published in several fanzines and is written by my very dear friend Ricarda and myself. I hope you all enjoy it!

We - which means Bibbi, Ricarda and Linda - went to Weeping Ash at 1 o'clock. It was terribly cold and raining. When we arrived, George's gate was open but unfortunateley his car wasn't there. Some "landscape"- people were there to put up a new fence at the back of George's garden ( - the new fence was in fact smaller than the old one :)...hehe.. )

We saw Lesley's car standing outside, so we knew she was in cleaning the house. Later - after Ricarda left - Lesley and Hippy (George's dog) came out of George's house. Hippy ran towards us and we got a chance to pat Hippy. We then spoke to Lesley who told us that George wasn't at home but was in London to rehearse for the Freddie Mercury Tribute on April 20, 1992. The trip to Weeping Ash ended with Lesley leaving us smiling.

At 10.30 a.m we arrived at Weeping Ash - the FAITHful trio was back! This time the Range Rover was there so we knew George was inside. After a while George's driver Dennis arrived in his black BMW. The only thing Dennis did was to bring George his wellington boots out of the garage. Then Dennis left and so did we....

This time me and Linda went to Weeping Ash. We arrived at noon. 15 minutes later Dennis arrived and stopped his car right infront of the gate. Then - 15 minutes later - you could hear George shout for Dennis to get his mail. Of course he couldn't get it himself - poor guy.... After 3/4 hour George and Hippy came out. George was in black as usual and wore his grey Rock-in-Rio'91-jacket, and a black Kings baseball-cap - no sun-glasses (they were later to come...). George looked at us and then sat down in the Range Rover, Dennis sat down behind the wheel. They drove really slow towards us. You could see how the window on George's side of the car slowly went down..The car was still moving when George asked me: "Have you got anything you want me to sign?" - Of course we had! George asked for my name and signed my copy of Bare that I had brought with me. After being asked if he would mind whether we took a photo, he just smiled and said: "It's ok". We took our photos, thanked him and left the place.

This day George wasn't at home and nothing happened until 6.15 p.m. Dennis arrived in George's BMW and fetched something from the house and then changed the car and took the Range Rover instead. We talked to Dennis who said that George wouldn't return until late and that he still was in the studio where he just finished the 12" version of the new single (according to Dennis this was a very good song) - we also got to know that the single would be released on May 18th. (The song George was recording was TooFunky). Dennis also told us that George was rehearsing for the Wembley concert. Hoping that the studio was Sarm West we went there. When we just came around the corner we saw the black Range Rover and we knew we were about to meet Geroge again...

After 20 min, the G-man came out. This time he was - unusually - in black, and NO sunglasses so we could see those sandy-brown eyes :). George approached us himself and started talking. A friend of George's took the car keys to the Rover to wait in it while George was busy with us... When the friend was to unlock the car - suddenly the car alarm went off! And George started shouting "Press the red button, I said -press the red button", George then turned towards us and said "I'm sorry for that".. and all I could figure out to say was "It's ok..." errr...

Then we had a nice chat for 20 min. We talked mostly about the Freddie Mercury concert the next day. After signing items for us he said "Now it's photo-time" and we all got our own photo taken with George arm in arm! George said good-bye and drove off in his Range Rover....

Well that's my story. I hope you enjoyed reading it and I'd like to wish everyone the luck I had within one week!

Keep the Faith,
Bibbi