March update
Next week sees my wife and elder step daughter break up for Easter.......
So now is a good time to update the blog since February. The girls God Parents came to visit and we took them to Imperial War Museum North in the Salford Quays and to Conwy in North Wales. Both Sara and myself have celebrated birthdays and pictures are enclosed. Unfortunately Liz's Uncle Walter passed away and we had a long road trip to Llandysul in Ceredigion for the funeral. As one discovers the Welsh only meet for weddings and funerals and the 17th was a poignant day. It was two years since my step father Bill Stuart had passed away and the day also saw CB marry Thommo in Ilkley in Yorkshire and also saw Megan Downey marry Bill in Radnor, PA.
The 6 Nations has concluded with another French triumph marred by the demands of TV which saw the French get the trophy in an empty stadium. The problem being that the TV company decided after the 2003 World Cup won by England that England should play the final match of the 6 Nations. In 2004 England played France in Paris and this worked but in 2005/06/07 the Championship was effectively over by the time England played. Wales eventually overcame injuries, suspension, awful refs and downright poor performances to beat England. "As long as we beat the English" by Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics echoed round the Borth pub in Llandysul on the evening of the 17th March, but we do and we should aspire to more than that but it is a start.
The French election continues to gather pace 3 weeks or so to go, can the Gentleman farmer or Bove or Le Pen upset the apple cart. Perhaps not this time and Chirac gave his endorsement to Sarkozy although with endorsements like that who needs friends.
On the way home from the Funeral we managed to swing past Borth and we did get to see one of the tree stumps in the surf. Pictures are enclosed, we then had a long drive home with a stop off for a wonderful Mothers day lunch in Newtown, Powys. This Sunday the clocks go forward is this the end of winter .. we shall see.
As for tv Life on Mars continues to be brilliant, I am taken by Heroes, but in a fall out between tycoons Lost, 24, Battlestar Galactica, Stargates etc have been pulled from our screens as Sky and Virgin media fall out. A plague on both their houses...........
Next week sees my wife and elder step daughter break up for Easter.......
So now is a good time to update the blog since February. The girls God Parents came to visit and we took them to Imperial War Museum North in the Salford Quays and to Conwy in North Wales. Both Sara and myself have celebrated birthdays and pictures are enclosed. Unfortunately Liz's Uncle Walter passed away and we had a long road trip to Llandysul in Ceredigion for the funeral. As one discovers the Welsh only meet for weddings and funerals and the 17th was a poignant day. It was two years since my step father Bill Stuart had passed away and the day also saw CB marry Thommo in Ilkley in Yorkshire and also saw Megan Downey marry Bill in Radnor, PA.
The 6 Nations has concluded with another French triumph marred by the demands of TV which saw the French get the trophy in an empty stadium. The problem being that the TV company decided after the 2003 World Cup won by England that England should play the final match of the 6 Nations. In 2004 England played France in Paris and this worked but in 2005/06/07 the Championship was effectively over by the time England played. Wales eventually overcame injuries, suspension, awful refs and downright poor performances to beat England. "As long as we beat the English" by Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics echoed round the Borth pub in Llandysul on the evening of the 17th March, but we do and we should aspire to more than that but it is a start.
The French election continues to gather pace 3 weeks or so to go, can the Gentleman farmer or Bove or Le Pen upset the apple cart. Perhaps not this time and Chirac gave his endorsement to Sarkozy although with endorsements like that who needs friends.
On the way home from the Funeral we managed to swing past Borth and we did get to see one of the tree stumps in the surf. Pictures are enclosed, we then had a long drive home with a stop off for a wonderful Mothers day lunch in Newtown, Powys. This Sunday the clocks go forward is this the end of winter .. we shall see.
As for tv Life on Mars continues to be brilliant, I am taken by Heroes, but in a fall out between tycoons Lost, 24, Battlestar Galactica, Stargates etc have been pulled from our screens as Sky and Virgin media fall out. A plague on both their houses...........
Lest we forget the terrible circumstances in which Bob Woolmer lost his life, there have been claims over corruption surfacing again in the sub continent. There was an article in the New York Times which said this brought Cricket to the attention of the World. Okay not much Cricket in the US or South America, China or Russia but everywhere else, Kenya, South Africa, Canada, Holland, UK & Ireland, Austrlasia and of course, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and the West Indies. Which is a true world sport unlike some of the things which go on in the US.
As for County well they seem to believe in their own publicity, the unbeaten run has come to an end and yesterday they lost 2-7 (seven!!!!!!!) at home, not some one good like Hartlepool or Swindon but to Rochdale !!! words fail me...................
