27th February 2011

Today we went to visit our friends and their three children. The weather for once was reasonable and so after lunch we hit the local park. Dad kept the elder two boys entertained with football whilst we entertained the younger one on the swings and see-saw, the latter of which was possibly a challenge for Mr W's half-marathon weary legs!

28th June 2010

Today I went to Wimbledon with my Mum, where we enjoyed smoked salmon sandwiches, champagne, strawberries and cream and Pimms. Oh yes, and some exciting tennis matches, including Andy Murray beating Sam Querrey in straight sets.  How nice, after the pain of watching England's pitiful 4-1 loss against Germany in the football World Cup, to see a British sportsman actually winning without causing their supporters immense discomfort in the process.  There was a temporary blip at the end of the first set but fortunately after that Andy got his act together and we were spared the agony of a long-drawn out match wondering whether or not he would keep a nation's dreams of having a British champ at Wimbledon alive.

23rd June 2010

This evening Germany beat Ghana 1-0 in the World Cup, however considering the celebrations on the streets of Hamburg this evening you could be forgiven for thinking they'd won the whole thing! Mind you I wonder what the celebrations were like in London after England managed to scrape through in their pool - next up is Germany - what's the betting that match goes to penalties! :)

10th June 2010

The football World Cup starts tomorrow. Mars have launched special packaging and we've got a sweepstake in the office.  Not sure I'm going to get too excited though, despite being a small office and thus getting to pick 3 teams each, I have still managed to select three dud teams - Uruguay, South Africa and Greece.  This morning's Metro said although Uruguay were the first ever winners of the World Cup they weren't likely to be needing the Brasso again in a hurry and described South Africa as the weakest host team since the USA in 1994.  After that I was too depressed to even look what it said about Greece!  Still, I will enjoy munching the Mars Bar and maybe England will give us something to smile about for once...