A very packed day today. I awoke at 7 a.m., made tea and hoisted the St. George's flag. I then hurried down to the Village Hall for the Annual Men's Breakfast. The meal was excellent, cooked mainly by Chris, Richard, Clive and Chris M. The speaker was the former
Dean Emeritus of Lincoln, the Very Reverend Dr. Alec Knight, who spoke about the schism which occurred there about ten years ago. Alec Knight is also known for his approval of the
Da Vinci Code being filmed in Lincoln Cathedral when Westminster Abbey had already refused to allow it to be filmed there. Alec currently lives within the Clarendon Team area at
Whiteparish. After helping to put out some tables for the Parish Fete, I returned home to collect Tom to take him with me to Southampton to get our season tickets and free tickets for the Ajax friendly next Saturday at St. Mary's Stadium. I had to queue for an hour and a quarter to get the season tickets (our current seats renewed) and then another 20 minutes at another window of the ticket office to get the Ajax tickets - all the time the rain was drizzling down. Tom stayed in the car whilst I whiled away the time chatting to the folk around me in the queue discussing the events of the recent days and speculating as to who might be the next manager. Gordon
Strachen seems to be a very possible choice. Having secured the tickets, we wasted no time in trying to get out of Southampton and drive to Bournemouth for the Saints v. Cherries
pre-season friendly at
Dean Court. The traffic was bad getting out of Southampton and congested again around
Christchurch (I chose to take the A35 as somebody in the queue told me
Ringwood was badly congested) but we got to Dean Court and parked the car by 2.20 p.m. - 40 minutes before kick-off. We found the only hot food on offer was hot sausage rolls so we bought one each and I had a hot coffee too. The support for Saints was phenomenal with the segregation nets having to be moved twice to accommodate all the Saints fans. There must have been more Saints fans than those supporting the Cherries. Despite all this support, Saints put on a rather lack lustre performance and lost 2-1. The drizzle became a torrent and we had to wait about an hour before we could get clear of Kings Park. We stopped off on the way home at
Southbourne for some chips as we were both hungry. We got back home around 7.20 p.m. with the rain coming down heavily. There was time to change and quickly check emails before Sara and I set off for the
Houghton's garden party leaving Dawn in charge of the children. Fortunately they had set up a marquee and a number of gazebos to keep the rain off the hundred or so guests. We enjoyed a hog roast, some excellent cheese and
strawberries, spoke to many people who we knew although there were quite a few we didn't! We left around 10.45 p.m. and trudged home in the pitch black night and in pouring rain.
A very packed day today. I awoke at 7 a.m., made tea and hoisted the St. George's flag. I then hurried down to the Village Hall for the Annual Men's Breakfast. The meal was excellent, cooked mainly by Chris, Richard, Clive and Chris M. The speaker was the former Dean Emeritus of Lincoln, the Very Reverend Dr. Alec Knight, who spoke about the schism which occurred there about ten years ago. Alec Knight is also known for his approval of the Da Vinci Code being filmed in Lincoln Cathedral when Westminster Abbey had already refused to allow it to be filmed there. Alec currently lives within the Clarendon Team area at Whiteparish. After helping to put out some tables for the Parish Fete, I returned home to collect Tom to take him with me to Southampton to get our season tickets and free tickets for the Ajax friendly next Saturday at St. Mary's Stadium. I had to queue for an hour and a quarter to get the season tickets (our current seats renewed) and then another 20 minutes at another window of the ticket office to get the Ajax tickets - all the time the rain was drizzling down. Tom stayed in the car whilst I whiled away the time chatting to the folk around me in the queue discussing the events of the recent days and speculating as to who might be the next manager. Gordon Strachen seems to be a very possible choice. Having secured the tickets, we wasted no time in trying to get out of Southampton and drive to Bournemouth for the Saints v. Cherries pre-season friendly at Dean Court. The traffic was bad getting out of Southampton and congested again around Christchurch (I chose to take the A35 as somebody in the queue told me Ringwood was badly congested) but we got to Dean Court and parked the car by 2.20 p.m. - 40 minutes before kick-off. We found the only hot food on offer was hot sausage rolls so we bought one each and I had a hot coffee too. The support for Saints was phenomenal with the segregation nets having to be moved twice to accommodate all the Saints fans. There must have been more Saints fans than those supporting the Cherries. Despite all this support, Saints put on a rather lack lustre performance and lost 2-1. The drizzle became a torrent and we had to wait about an hour before we could get clear of Kings Park. We stopped off on the way home at Southbourne for some chips as we were both hungry. We got back home around 7.20 p.m. with the rain coming down heavily. There was time to change and quickly check emails before Sara and I set off for the Houghton's garden party leaving Dawn in charge of the children. Fortunately they had set up a marquee and a number of gazebos to keep the rain off the hundred or so guests. We enjoyed a hog roast, some excellent cheese and strawberries, spoke to many people who we knew although there were quite a few we didn't! We left around 10.45 p.m. and trudged home in the pitch black night and in pouring rain.
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