An early start this morning as I took Tom to the village shop to pick up his papers for his paper round and then dropped him by the
Lion's Head. I made tea and then rejoined Sara in bed with the morning newspaper. This morning Sara was providing the make-up for a wedding in the village and made two trips to see the bride before her big event this afternoon at All Saints. I walked to East Winterslow and back on an errand to see Hilary S (a total walk of 3 miles) and by the time I walked back into Middle Winterslow it was drizzling with rain quite persistently. Tom and I left to drive to Southampton at about 12.45 pm. arriving at our complimentary parking spot just off The Avenue at about 1.30 p.m. We walked to St. Mary's for some chips before entering the Stadium with about half an hour to go. There was a large police presence around the city today as our opponents today were the notorious Millwall. It wasn't the easiest of games but an early goal by Do Prado in the eighteenth minute (and a cracker it was too!) was sufficient to secure a 1-0 win and 3 points to keep Saints on top of the Championship after 4 wins out of 4 games. Saints now have 12 points on the board and the first month of football is still not over. Millwall nearly scored three times in the second half but some tight and at times desperate defending ensured that a clean sheet was kept. There was some crowd trouble in the Northam Stand after Saints' goal and again at the end of the match when Millwall supporters starting throwing stones and coins on top of the Saints fans as we walked under Northam Railway Bridge. We saw nothing further and kept well away from any trouble. On the way home we heard of the tragic crash of a Red Arrows' aeroplane at the Bournemouth Air Show with the loss of the pilot. Very sad indeed. Tomorrow we hope to visit the Cats' Protection League's premises at Fernwood (quite close to where the crash occurred) to look at some rescue cats. Tom will also be staying tomorow night with Harry at Natasha's.
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