Well today was the day Rob and me were playing cricket for the village. We were playing Aylesbury this afternoon. We fielded first, and Aylesbury scored 200 and something in there 40 overs. Robbie was given an opportunity to bowl, and he did pretty well, bowling 3 overs, he had 12 runs scored off him, and he took 1 wicket. A fine performance, and it could have been better if it wasn’t for a catch somebody dropped. The fielding was hard work, and I will be aching tomorrow morning. When we batted, we only just managed over a 100, so were well beaten. Rob and I were both out for zero. It was nice to play in the same team as Robbie. I hope he continues with the cricket because he could be a good bowler. As for me, that was my last game. No more competitive sports for me. I am just too old for it.

Ellie had her sports day on Thursday. She was in the egg and spoon race, and came 4th, and also in the skipping race which she won . Here she is….

Nikki is off to Epping hospital tomorrow as part of her degree work. She will be working on outpatients for the next five weeks.

I spoke with my Dad yesterday, and he sounded brighter. The good news is that the doctors seem to think they know what the problem is, and that it is a legacy of the operation he had for stomach cancer about 4 years ago. Hopefully they will be able to work around the issue, and stop Dad having the bouts of sickness he has been having. Some progress though, and he has been reassured the problem is not cancer again.

It has been a fairly quiet weekend. Tricia and I went dancing on Friday evening. Again the cha cha cha is making progress, but I can’t get the jive. Later on Friday evening I taught Nikki how to play crib… and then she went and beat me. There is gratitude for you. Tricia was at the athletics club on Saturday for an event, and then at a Guiding do in the evening. Robbie, Nikki and me sat and watched the Godfather.