Woke at 7.30 a.m. today in Malcolm's flat in Liverpool. Made tea and had a shower and then woke up Tom. After a breakfast of porridge and toast and marmalade we set off at 9.00 a.m. for Carlisle. We had a really clear journey up the M6 and decided to carry on into Scotland and visit Gretna where we arrived at 11.30 a.m. After filling a tyre with air - I seem to have a slow leaking value - we drove on to Gretna Green where we spent an hour at the the Blacksmith's and Visitors' Centre buying a few souvenirs and having a coffee. Tom had his photograph taken with a piper in highland dress - just for the record. We then sent back down south into Carlisle parking the car at Carlisle United's ample parking lot for just £2. We then walked into the city centre - about a mile - and had fish and chips on a park bench by the Citadel near the station. Returning back to the ground we had a look in the shop and bought Mary a "Bonzo Bear" for her collection of football club mascots. Today was the 100th Anniversary of Brunton Park, their ground, and the shop gave me a souvenir booklet to commemorate the event. Saints were poor again and Carlisle scored early on in the second half. Southampton did not seem capable of finishing any attacks and one one occasion pushed the ball to the side of the goal when it was such an easy shot. Tom and I were frustrated by their performance and with just 5 minutes to go we decided to hot foot it back to the car before we got blocked in by the rush after the game otherwise we might not get back to Liverpool until quite late. As we were leaving the car park we heard on the radio that Saints scored an equaliser from a disputed free kick just 15 seconds from the end. Carlisle United fans were, naturally, gutted by this and Tom and I were stunned - the first time we have missed a Saints goal at a match we've attended! However, by leaving early we did get away and on to the M6 before the rush and were back in Liverpool at 7.30 p.m. Tonight we dined at Greek Restaurant in Lark Lane. Tom was very tired but enjoyed the Greek bread and lamb kebab - also the ice cream which followed. Sam was feeling unwell and left after about 20 minutes. Today my laptop has been playing up. I've got it working now but feel it needs looking at by PC World again. It is not always booting up and the quality of the monitor keeps varying. I've run Virus checks and they seem to indicated that all is well. I will see what happens after this current session as I seem to have cured it for now!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Taking the High Road
Woke at 7.30 a.m. today in Malcolm's flat in Liverpool. Made tea and had a shower and then woke up Tom. After a breakfast of porridge and toast and marmalade we set off at 9.00 a.m. for Carlisle. We had a really clear journey up the M6 and decided to carry on into Scotland and visit Gretna where we arrived at 11.30 a.m. After filling a tyre with air - I seem to have a slow leaking value - we drove on to Gretna Green where we spent an hour at the the Blacksmith's and Visitors' Centre buying a few souvenirs and having a coffee. Tom had his photograph taken with a piper in highland dress - just for the record. We then sent back down south into Carlisle parking the car at Carlisle United's ample parking lot for just £2. We then walked into the city centre - about a mile - and had fish and chips on a park bench by the Citadel near the station. Returning back to the ground we had a look in the shop and bought Mary a "Bonzo Bear" for her collection of football club mascots. Today was the 100th Anniversary of Brunton Park, their ground, and the shop gave me a souvenir booklet to commemorate the event. Saints were poor again and Carlisle scored early on in the second half. Southampton did not seem capable of finishing any attacks and one one occasion pushed the ball to the side of the goal when it was such an easy shot. Tom and I were frustrated by their performance and with just 5 minutes to go we decided to hot foot it back to the car before we got blocked in by the rush after the game otherwise we might not get back to Liverpool until quite late. As we were leaving the car park we heard on the radio that Saints scored an equaliser from a disputed free kick just 15 seconds from the end. Carlisle United fans were, naturally, gutted by this and Tom and I were stunned - the first time we have missed a Saints goal at a match we've attended! However, by leaving early we did get away and on to the M6 before the rush and were back in Liverpool at 7.30 p.m. Tonight we dined at Greek Restaurant in Lark Lane. Tom was very tired but enjoyed the Greek bread and lamb kebab - also the ice cream which followed. Sam was feeling unwell and left after about 20 minutes. Today my laptop has been playing up. I've got it working now but feel it needs looking at by PC World again. It is not always booting up and the quality of the monitor keeps varying. I've run Virus checks and they seem to indicated that all is well. I will see what happens after this current session as I seem to have cured it for now!
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