World Cup weekend.

Saturday and Sunday were full on as far as rugby goes.  There were the four quarter-final matches in the Rugby World Cup. On Saturday we had Australia versus England then New Zealand versus Ireland.  On Sunday it was Wales versus France then Japan versus South Africa. Needless to say I did very little else on…

Sport,sport and still more sport

I have been in seventh heaven this winter watching all the sport that was available for viewing from the northern hemisphere’s summer and now I get the opportunity to watch even more from the southern hemisphere’s Spring and Summer. The Rugby World Cup has just commenced in Japan and I will be glued to the…

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…

Great ad for Hong Kong 7s

Into the Lions’ Den. . . British and Irish Lions that is.

Tomorrow we head off to Melbourne to watch a tour game of the British and Irish Lions. They will be playing against my team The Melbourne Rebels.  I am really looking forward to the game as I have watched all of the tour games on television. It will be interesting to see what sort of…