Another warm day. Sara and I went out for an early morning walk up Weston Lane, around the boundary of the Winterslow Cricket pitch and then back through The Plantation. Sara is really getting into the swing of this health kick of hers and determined to lose weight. At lunch time I met up with my fellow theology student, Ashley, and we had lunch there served by Sara. Mary also came to the pub but Tom spent the day in his room on his computer. Really hot again this afternoon and I watched the CB40 cricket game on TV - Netherlands v. Gloucestershire which Gloucetershire won comfortably - especially thanks to the rain (yes it does rain outside Britain) and Messrs. Duckworth and Lewis. Wow, what a fantastic Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics tonight! Words here cannot describe this wonderful event. Truly magnificent. Most of you reading this will have seen it on the TV and so I won't even begin to describe it other than to say that for me the most memorable parts will be the rising of the chimneys from the ground, Rowen Atkinson's contribution to the "Chariots of Fire" orchestral piece and without doubt the lighting of the cauldron and, in particular, the superb gesture of passing seven torches to seven young, up and coming athletes to light the Olympic Flame. Well done London, well done Britain. Felt really proud to be English/British tonight.
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