An unsettled day, weather-wise with rain, quite heavy, at times. Sara did her stint at Morning Star and I walked to the shop to buy bread rolls and a newspaper for this afternoon horse-racing. At lunchtime we drove into Salisbury for Thom to put some money into his bank account and for me to deliver my last completed portfolio to Church House. A great sigh of relief as I left it there. No more essays or studying until 16th September! We arrived at Salisbury Racecourse at around 1.30 p.m. and stayed for five races. Being a family day, the racecourse was packed in all three areas - we going in the cheap grandstand area - and we had to park in the overflow car park. Not a very successful afternoon - Thom lost his £5 and of the £10 of bets I placed I won £4.50 back - so we were both about £5 down on the day betting-wise. The weather turned out to be a typical British summer - chilly and damp and Sara was shivering. After the fifth race, and a small win of £2.50 for me, we drove to Southampton Road and bought some items from Lidl and Matalan (trousers and top for Thom and some cheap socks to give to the homeless at Alabare Place). Tonight England played Scotland in a "Friendly" at Wembley with Southampton's Rickie Lambert substituting for Wayne Rooney when the score was 2-2. Within three minutes of coming on Rickie scored the winning goal for England. We Southampton fans are absolutely ecstatic. We have been chanting "Rickie for England" for some time now. We all feel so proud of him. He was grinning from ear to ear - an amazing debut. Let's hope he can repeat this at The Hawthorns on Saturday. Richard and I spent the evening at the Lord Nelson where we received reports on the progress of the match from the other bar. An enjoyable first day free of studies.
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