The journey on the Eurostar went without a hitch. The hotel was just a short walk from the Gare du Nord, there wasn't room to swing a cat in the rooms but the proprietor was very friendly and spoke good English - though I spoke in French the whole of our time in France ( Read more... )

On the way home, tried to place a bet on two reality TV stars getting married (she knocked him back in the latest episode so figured I'd get good odds). Alas, neither Coral nor William Hill would take it. What happened to the good old days when you could have a flutter on absolutely anything?

Up early yesterday morning for Luton's lunchtime kick-off v Plymouth. Met a couple on the bus who were going to their first Luton match for 30 years. The Hatters don't have a great record in televised games and the hoodoo continued today. Luton pressed forward all through the first half but never looked like converting chances. Most attacks broke ( Read more... )

Travelled to Cardiff on Thursday for the Wales v England Women's World Cup qualifier. Went by National Express coach (apologies to any readers now with Divine Comedy earworms) as the fare was nice and cheap, though it did mean getting up at sparrow's fart to get the bus to MK, then hanging around MK coachway for an hour, and later changing at ( Read more... )

Back from the Isle of Wight.

( Island Games )

Leaving for the Island Games on the Isle of Wight. See y'all in a week.

A sign outside the canteen this morning, positioned above a tennis racket and some tennis balls resting on a Wimbledon 2002 tea towel, proclaimed that strawberries and cream would be on sale in the restaurant today ( Read more... )

The public sector cuts continue to kick in. In the canteen the little pats of butter, until now provided free of charge, are 15p each as of today.

Rejoice - MY MIRJANA IS BACK AT WIMBLEDON! Sretno, ljubimica!

Another early start to get the train to Basingstoke (gout still playing up too much for comfortable distance driving) for a 9.45 start at the Hampshire FA women's five-a-side. Charlotte, our former captain, was one of the organisers; managed a quick chat with her before she had to knuckle down to registering teams and handing out programmes and ( Read more... )

Went up to Birmingham to see Treyc Cohen in The Wiz.

What can I say, but A MUSICAL STAR IS BORN! Treyc performed brilliantly and sang all her numbers with full-on soul and emotion. Straight after she left X Factor she said musical theatre was the direction she wanted to go in, and this show proves she has found her vocation there ( Read more... )