Category: UK

Next season fixture list

Looking at the names seems a little wild, unreal.

Saturday 14 August Arsenal H

Saturday 21 August Crystal Palace A

Saturday 28 August Aston Villa A

Saturday 11 September Brighton and Hove Albion H

Saturday 18 September Wolverhampton Wanderers A

Saturday 25 September Liverpool H

Saturday 2 October West Ham United A

Saturday 16 October Chelsea H

Saturday 23 October Leicester City H

Saturday 30 October Burnley A

Saturday 6 November Norwich City H

Saturday 20 November Newcastle United A

Saturday 27 November Everton H

Wednesday 1 December Tottenham Hotspur A

Saturday 4 December Leeds United A

Saturday 11 December Watford H

Tuesday 14 December Manchester United H

Saturday 18 December Southampton A

Sunday 26 December Brighton and Hove Albion A

Tuesday 28 December Manchester City H

Saturday 1 January Aston Villa H

Saturday 15 January Liverpool A

Saturday 22 January Wolverhampton Wanderers H

Wednesday 9 February Manchester City A

Saturday 12 February Crystal Palace H

Saturday 19 February Arsenal A

Saturday 26 February Newcastle United H

Saturday 5 March Norwich City A

Saturday 12 March Burnley H

Saturday 19 March Leicester City A

Saturday 2 April Chelsea A

Saturday 9 April West Ham United H

Saturday 16 April Watford A

Saturday 23 April Tottenham Hotspur H

Saturday 30 April Manchester United A

Saturday 7 May Southampton H

Sunday 15 May Everton A

Sunday 22 May Leeds United H

Wembley is next

After a tense early afternoon on Saturday, with much excitement and shouting the Bees managed to win the semi-final play-off match and tie, after a disastrous start, with the winner with 10 minutes to go.

As summed up:

What it took was victory in one of the most chaotic, glorious games of the season as they overturned a two-goal deficit to defeat Bournemouth in a contest that included calamitous defending, a penalty, a red card, countless fouls and a ballistic atmosphere. It was ultimately decided by substitute Marcus Forss’s winner in the 81st minute.

My voice was harsh at the end with the shouting and frustration.

 

Unfortunately there is not ticket for me as things stand for the final against Swansea. There were 4,300 at new GP but the club has access to less than 4,000 for the final even though 10,000 are allowed to watch. Not enough fan points on my behalf. Oh well, Isaac’s rugby followed by watching in a pub in east London? Interesting.

The Cat’s Back walk

We drove through many narrow and windy roads to the ‘picnic site’ to begin the walk- as recommended by The Guardian. It was somewhat more of a challenge than expected, along with some misunderstanding between the two of us.

Very beautiful and with few other people around.

  • Looking south
  • Looking north

We walked around the sides for a while until we decide that, with a likely change in the weather, it was sensible to make out way back It was then that we came across the path to the top. There is a platform -like area with beautiful views to the valleys to the side and over the steep, south- facing side. Beautiful. As ever, we met lots of sheep and evidence of wild horses.

The shepherd’s hut

The hut is on a farm near Longtown, officially in Herefordshire but this part of border country seems more Welsh.

The hut

As well as a holiday experience it was also a way to test the market and see how other people do the secluded, quiet, minimalist accommodation and how we may do something similar in the future. A useful learning experience as well as a holiday.

And the view from the deck

Birthday walking in Powys

We are on holiday. Photos of the hut to come on due course.

We are officially in Herefordshire but on the border with Wales. The area feels Welsh as the names are more Welsh and the accents are more like that too.

Today was a walking day. First to the Skirrid which was steep and tough on the legs. At the top the views were good and the wind and rain strong.

In the afternoon we managed to do the Sugar Loaf on the other side of Abergavenny, though we did have a bit of trouble finding the car park for the start. It was very much ‘4 seasons in one day’ stuff. We did not reach the summit but that did not matter.