Treasured time in the cathedral

I didn't make the early morning Eucharist at St. John's this morning. Although the service starts at 8 a.m. and I woke at 7.05 a.m. - in reality it was 8.05 a.m. as we put the clocks forward last night and I ended up going to bed late! We therefore had a leisurely breakfast of eggy bread and bacon and then all went to Laverstock to watch Tom play for Clarendon Juniors in a cup semi-final against Sarum Youth. Unfortunately it was a poor defeat at 2-7. Tom only played for part of the match but crossed two marvellous corners which were not capitalised upon by his team mates. Sarum Youth had a very good tall goalkeeper and our defence lacked cohesion. Sara, Mary and I also visited the Five Rivers Leisure Centre to revive our corporate membership so that we can use the gym there. I am spending more and more time in Salisbury and so could use the gym first thing before going into work. Back home at 2 p.m. the weather was warm and sunny and it felt that maybe spring had indeed arrived and I got the lawn mower out for the first time this year and gave the back and front lawns a high cut to tidy them up. Lunch was a light chicken noodle soup - my favourite - and at 4 p.m. we went to the Village Hall for the start of our Food for Thought Treasure Hunt which was to be at Salisbury Cathedral. We drove in convoy to the cathedral and spent about 45 minutes looking around for clues. We had a great time and finished up with a fish and chip tea in the Cloisters. Klynn organised fetching the fish and chips from the "chippie" in Devizes Road. They were excellent. Sara had a salmon pasta salad as part of her new dieting regime. We did not win the Treasure Hunt but is was great fun and I learned some new facts about the cathedral and its history. Back home afterwards, Dawn and her daughter came round for a cup of tea and to borrow Grand Canyon to watch before our house group meeting on Thursday. We watched an underwater exploration programme made by Ron and Valerie Taylor about their exploits in Australia and Indonesia. Quite fascinating and remind me of the wonderful programme of theirs I had seen in the Isle of Man (see January 29th 2009 - Manx Justice) about diving in the dangerous waters of the Amazon. Klynn came round later and after quite a few attempts managed to get Tom's Xbox configured for Xbox Live use but Tom will need to by a special wireless adaptor to use it in the family room. The evennig ended with Sara watching more "Desperate Housewives" whilst I wrote up this blog.