The passage of time in Wellington and elsewhere
A visit to a new garden yesterday. As with these things I have known of its existence for many years but never took the time, effort or cost to go and see.
So a trip with Shaz, cheaper because of RHS membership, to sunny Surrey on the 65 bus.
Beautiful, interesting and very relaxing with a pleasant walk along the Thames to Richmond high street at the end.
Joe is now doing his enforced quarantine in Auckland having left the UK on Thursday. Two weeks of limited movement in Ellerslie Novotel.
He left from Heathrow on Thursday with tears all around.
So back to Kiwiness for the more Kiwi Quirke and a new adventure with Victoria University and more familiar features of Wellington life.
Go well.
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.
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.
On Friday we were all together as Joe is soon off, to celebrate birthdays and as it was the first time for many months EQ was allowed out of Scotland.
A walk through parts of west London, including a view of the Almond Ave.
That was followed by Gunnersbury park and saying hello to grandmother and grandfather, plus a clean up of the grave.
Next stop were the gardens of Chiswick House before the lunch stop at Kew.
Nice.
SAT 22 May 2021Championship – Play-offs – 2nd LegBrentford12:30AFC Bournemouth(Agg 0-1)Venue: Brentford Community Stadium
21 May 202121 May 2021.From the section Championship
| Championship play-off semi-final second leg: Brentford v Bournemouth (0-1 agg) |
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| Venue: Brentford Community Stadium Date: Saturday, 22 May Kick-off: 12:30 BST |
| Coverage: Commentary on BBC Radio London Digital and BBC Radio Solent, plus live text coverage on BBC Sport website |
Off to the new stadium today for the second time with Anthony by my side. Clearly a big game for the Bees and with some fans in the stadium, maybe it will feel like a normal match. Long time no attendance .
Am I confident? Not overly, but a win is possible.
Time to enjoy however.
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.
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 hut is on a farm near Longtown, officially in Herefordshire but this part of border country seems more Welsh.
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.
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.
