The things you stumble upon when walking in Yorkshire. . . .Tuesday Travels

I think there were more jolly cyclists than farmers. As mentioned previously, during our stay in Yorkshire we did a considerable amount of walking and one of the joys was coming across the village pub.  This is one of the first pubs we visited during our five week stay in Yorkshire.  The pub is closed…

RWC

While we were on holiday I was fortunate enough to be in that part of the world where the Rugby World Cup was taking place.  This was a bonus for me, not that I was able to attend any of the matches, but that I was able to watch the games at a reasonable hour…

Final RWC update

Bill “Bill” or the William Webb Ellis Trophy now belongs to New Zealand for the next four years.  We were treated to a nail-biting match for the final of the World Cup Tournament.  France certainly brought the right team along for the final and at one stage I thought Les Bleus were going to cause…

RWC update

The Wallabies were soundly beaten by the All Blacks so will not be in the final of the Rugby World Cup.  It is disappointing, but that is sport. You have a winner and a loser.  I have to admit I was disappointed in the way the crowd treated Quade Cooper.  I am no fan of…

RWC update

Well, we are down to the quarter finals and sadly Scotland will not be a part of them.  I think if you have been born a Scot you always want to beat the English but unfortunately it was not the case this time and so Scotland bows out of the cup. The Wallabies are still…

RWC Rugby World Cup

I have had a weekend of indulgence. . . . eight fantastic games of rugby union! I am still amazed at how exciting ALL of the games were, each for different reasons. It is difficult to chose which game I enjoyed the most but I think the Japanese against the French would be the narrow…