Today was by and large dominated by football. Tom's team, the Clarendon Under 14s, was playing Upper Clatford at Upper Clatford which meant a meet-up at the Hill Top Grill, Firsdown, at 10 a.m. and a drive with the other players' parents in convoy to the Clatfords. Kick-off was at 11 a.m. and Tom's team won 9-1. It was then a rush back home for Tom to shower before we drove to Southampton. Leaving at about 1 p.m. we hit horrendous traffic on the M271 and deviated off through Lordshill to find all roads into the city just as heavy. This gridlock was caused mainly by the numbers of motorists heading for the Boat Show which has been staged all week at Southampton's Mayflower Park. We didn't arrive at our usual car park (praise to God that there were two parking spaces still available - I had been praying!) until 2.50 p.m. We marched swiftly to the stadium arriving only 5 minutes after kick-off. The match was poor and resulted in a 0-0 draw leaving Saints still in the relegation zone and I did wonder why we had put ourselves to all the bother of rushing to get there. Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Grimsby Town all lost their matches too. Not a great day (other than the Portsmouth defeat). This evening Sara and I joined the Carters for an Italian evening at the Lord Nelson. Excellent food, beer and company. I had clam vongole followed by tiramasu. Really lovely. I really pleasant evening all round. Sara's Dad phoned us while we were out to confirm their safe return to the USA.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Footballing Saturday
Today was by and large dominated by football. Tom's team, the Clarendon Under 14s, was playing Upper Clatford at Upper Clatford which meant a meet-up at the Hill Top Grill, Firsdown, at 10 a.m. and a drive with the other players' parents in convoy to the Clatfords. Kick-off was at 11 a.m. and Tom's team won 9-1. It was then a rush back home for Tom to shower before we drove to Southampton. Leaving at about 1 p.m. we hit horrendous traffic on the M271 and deviated off through Lordshill to find all roads into the city just as heavy. This gridlock was caused mainly by the numbers of motorists heading for the Boat Show which has been staged all week at Southampton's Mayflower Park. We didn't arrive at our usual car park (praise to God that there were two parking spaces still available - I had been praying!) until 2.50 p.m. We marched swiftly to the stadium arriving only 5 minutes after kick-off. The match was poor and resulted in a 0-0 draw leaving Saints still in the relegation zone and I did wonder why we had put ourselves to all the bother of rushing to get there. Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Grimsby Town all lost their matches too. Not a great day (other than the Portsmouth defeat). This evening Sara and I joined the Carters for an Italian evening at the Lord Nelson. Excellent food, beer and company. I had clam vongole followed by tiramasu. Really lovely. I really pleasant evening all round. Sara's Dad phoned us while we were out to confirm their safe return to the USA.
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