Miracle Required

Today Derby County play Hull City in the first leg of play-off semi-finals, this was so unexpected a few months ago that I booked a dog show which I have now decided to miss. Perhaps that was a mistake as Derby fail to turn up and Hull win 3-0, leaving them requiring a miracle in the away leg on Tuesday.

The game was an early 12:30 kick off (naturally), so in the afternoon I start my swim training for next month’s Leeds Triathlon. L and I go for a swim at Harvey Hadden on one of their rare as Hen’s Teeth 50m sessions. It is packed, which really makes you wonder why they don’t do more of them. I swim 30 lengths which is the 1500m Olympic race distance which we’ll be doing at Leeds.

We stay in at night with Eurovision, as we are both going to attempt to run 10k tomorrow against our respective physios’ advice.

(Saturday 14^th May)

An Endangered Species

No ‘P’ words this morning. I survived and my tyres survived. It seems though that this is less of a miracle than for L’s tyres. One of which appears to be almost totally bald. You can see threads through what little rubber is left on it. Blimey, she must have used her bike more than we thought.

Pub lunch at the Brunswick and the blackboard says that pie, chips and peas is back, temporarily. Very temporarily. 'Only three left' it says. We have two of them and the chap behind us has the third. Where did they find these, at the back of the freezer? They’re clearly an endangered species as the price increase from £5.00 to £7.95 demonstrated. Exactly the same meal though. Well, perhaps with extra gravy but a bit overpriced at £2.95.

No matter, they’ll be no more the grumpy barman tells us after admitting they’re a best seller but the new owner has other, new owner sort of, ideas.

Tennis tonight. 4-6 4-6. Sort of enjoyed it but I enjoyed the pint in the Victoria afterwards more.

(Thursday 8^th August)