Just got back from leg two of Swanage and though it was no heatwave, we got away quite lightly and saw at least some sunshine, and everyone had a great time. I came back on Tuesday to the surprise of everyone who thought they had got rid of me, and got straight back in to drinking and having fun.We had a great day on Wednesday first a game of golf where I was crowned champion of Brougton, and we luckily missed most of the rain. We had a deluge ...
I have arrived back at work temporarily after a weekend in Swanage with half of Broughton who are still all there. Incredibly on Saturday it didn’t rain and the sun shone all day which made it a fine day to watch the incredible Red Arrows do a display over the bay. Being a cynical old sod, I am not easily impressed, but these guys were fantastic, it really was awesome sight that had me bursting with British pride, all that was missing was a ...
George had a trophy collecting evening at the Oakley U13's presentation last night, picking the best all rounder award, and voted players player of the season. He desevred it too, taking 15 wkts at 4 runs an over and scoring 138 runs at an average of 19.8 retiring unbeaten twice, he also claimed five catches at Mid Wicket.Oakley as a team thrashed Champions Kingsclere on Monday to seal second in their league, and rue the ugly defeat at Baingst...
Another day of pouring rain has once again disrupted my plans. Our Colts Cricket team has had it's game cancelled, the last game of the season which had we won, we would have come second in the league. It is now reaaranged for Monday, I can't be there, and George can't play as he is in Paris from tomorrow, so a flat end to the season for us really.After two consecutive wet summers I thought us stoical Brits deserved a bit more this year, but it ...
How many Fetes, cricket matches and open air concerts have been wrecked today I wonder, as lets face it today has been absolutely dismal. My girlfriend has a ressilience towards this sort of weather that I can't fathom, she just says "Stop moaning there is nothing you can do about it." I can't understand her ability to stare foul weather in the face and still be smiley and happy, oh how she must thank her lucky stars she met a miserable, cynical ...