Author: telboy2

Don Quixote in Wellington

EQ and I continued our interest in the ballet.
She has recently returned to the dancing world after a couple years off; both for the activity, the enjoyment and the completion of her exam sequence as she has one  more to complete.

Anyway- St. James theatre. The New Zealand ballet put on a ballet that(as usual) we had not seen. In fact we went in knowing nothing of the story but it it was simple to follow and enjoyable to watch. The music was a simple accompaniment rather than a real treat in itself as with some ballets. The costumes were bright, the set good and a simple humour about it. The delivery was slapstick in parts and quite camp in others.

The group dancing was well done. The individual performances were good even if a little formulaic in the way they were squeezed into the story line at time.

A positive review too.

Overall a good experience and a lovely evening with one’s daughter.

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Cricket Part II

Yesterday was another trip to the Cake Tin in the beautiful Wellington weather, this time to watch England take on Sri Lanka. I went with Joe and Eleanor and Swen came along too-thanks to the free tickers supplied by Mark Wotherspoon.

 

The match did not go England’s way. Soundly beaten as their bowels did not at all limit the Sri Lankan batmen who reached the target of 310 with 1 wicket down.

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Nobody cares about their online privacy… until it’s gone | Comment is free | The Guardian

Nobody cares about their online privacy… until it’s gone | Comment is free | The Guardian.

 

I read John Naughton’s blog and column regularly and always enjoy his thoughts and his links to other writers.

Regarding the whole provicy issue and the mantra of the powerful “if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about”. I like the following:

In that sense, they (Rifkind and Straw) are in the same boat as most citizens. We all do harmless or foolish things that we nevertheless regard as private matters that are none of the government’s (or anybody else’s) business. That’s what privacy is all about.

A Visit to the Cake Tin Difficult to Believe

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England suffer humiliation as New Zealand romp to World Cup win | Sport | The Guardian.

Yesterday I went off to the stadium thinking I was about to see a good day of entertainment watching England play the ‘Black Caps’ in the Cricket World Cup.

The day was a good one for watching cricket. Sunny, warm and calm. Wellington looked good in front of the world. We had good tickets and avoided the sun burn risk. However, the day did not pass as expected.

However, the duration of the game was somewhat shorter than expected. England were hammered as they collapsed to 123 all out in 33.2 overs and NZ reached the target in 12.2 overs with McCullum hitting 77 in 25 balls! He was hitting everything into the stands. That was impressive but at the time one thought that the bowlers might make it a bit more difficult for him by not giving him  quite so many short balls, reaching him waist high, to hit to the short side boundaries.

It was a awful but unbelievable thing to watch. It is difficult to believe that the England can recover from this experience.

The good aspect to all this is that Mark Wotherspoon is in town as he is the England team doctor. So I managed to meet up with him a couple of times during the week, and hopefully again next week when England return to Wellington to play Sri Lanka after what is expected to be a successful match against Scotland in Christchurch.

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Mark working somewhere in the past.

Brentford about to lose their momentum?

Mark Warburton

Brentford manager Mark Warburton to leave in summer

BBC Sport – Brentford manager Mark Warburton to leave in summer.

So for a change, as noted, Brentford are flying high for the first time in living memory.

There has been conjecture in the press regarding the future of the manager which has not been confirmed. Apparently the set up is being changed to promote the long term goals of the club. But could it all go wrong? Could the brief run of success and acknowledged good football be about to evaporate with the disruption? Or sensible planning as this article contends.

Planning for life after a manager makes sense in a cut-throat world of football

Mark Warburton has been a revelation since taking charge at Brentford but it is prudent for owners to think ahead and look for ways to be more competitive – even if that means getting rid of a successful manager
• Brentford refuse to deny reports Warburton has been sacked

Nostalgia

My memory was prodded by needing to think about an overseas trip for my French homework. It made me think of the school trip to Brienz with St. John’s when we were in class seven, around 10 or 11 years old.

A trip across Europe by coach(?) boat and train from west London. Looking back it was a great thing to be doing.

If found the youth hostel on the web. I remember the place well enough to recognise the images. Amazing really.

Brienz – Hostels – Swiss Youth Hostels.


The year before I had gone to Fiesch, also in Switzerland. Again I found what I think to be the sire though I do not remember it so clearly. Though I do remember the pool and the environs.

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Hallenbad

 

 

Post holiday in the sun

The fresh start.

I have decided to re-instigate the blog since being on holiday. I thought it would be a good thing to again keep some record of life’s activities. I addition I though it best to take control and actually pay real money rather than using a site that is ‘free”. As the saying goes; “if your not paying, then you are the product”. I had already changed from Blogger and the world of Google to WordPress.com. Not the whole way with a real domain name and site hosting.

When on holiday I tried to demonstrate that I am not ancient and could still live on the edge(?!) and so had a paragliding trip. Views over Lake Hawea after jumping off a hill. The time in the ir was about 15 minutes and great fun. No fear just the exhilaration of speed, noise and views.

Maybe more in the future.

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