Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Long Hot Summer
The summer has ended in Britain, and autumn has well and trully arrived. The winds are blowing, and the leaves are starting to fall. And it's raining quite a lot too!
Life goes on however, and so does blogging. I've not been able to do much recently, so this will be short too, but a basic update is...
Work is fairly dull and busy; I wish I could get excited about it, but I can't. I did see another job vacancy today and will have a look into applying for that. If successful, it could mean European travel, which I will enjoy.
Football is covered on my other site - www.charltonathleticonline.co.uk - so I'll keep quiet about Charlton being bottom of the league at present...
Cricket is starting up again after a quieter summer than the year earlier (when we trounced the Aussies); a drawn test series against Sri Lanka and a 3-0 win against Pakistan wasn't bad, although one-day results were generally poor. The Champions trophy ODI series is about to start in India, with England not expected to do very well, and this is immediately followed by the Ashes test series down under. This will be the first Ashes series abroad I've missed attending since 1990-91, so I'm not too happy about things. I could have gone, but it was very expensive and compromised a few of my other plans. After that, the World Cup is held in the West Indies, which will be fun.
Home is OK - we had our tree cut right back which has pleased Rachel, as she thought it much too big. We may well get the stump removed befor etoo long now, as it isn't a pretty site...
My parents have just gone off on a three-week cruise to the West Indies - Azores, St Maarten, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Barbados, Madiera...it's alright for some!
That's about it for a quickie.
The world goes on, and will do for some time if the North Koreans don't mess it up for everyone.
Life goes on however, and so does blogging. I've not been able to do much recently, so this will be short too, but a basic update is...
Work is fairly dull and busy; I wish I could get excited about it, but I can't. I did see another job vacancy today and will have a look into applying for that. If successful, it could mean European travel, which I will enjoy.
Football is covered on my other site - www.charltonathleticonline.co.uk - so I'll keep quiet about Charlton being bottom of the league at present...
Cricket is starting up again after a quieter summer than the year earlier (when we trounced the Aussies); a drawn test series against Sri Lanka and a 3-0 win against Pakistan wasn't bad, although one-day results were generally poor. The Champions trophy ODI series is about to start in India, with England not expected to do very well, and this is immediately followed by the Ashes test series down under. This will be the first Ashes series abroad I've missed attending since 1990-91, so I'm not too happy about things. I could have gone, but it was very expensive and compromised a few of my other plans. After that, the World Cup is held in the West Indies, which will be fun.
Home is OK - we had our tree cut right back which has pleased Rachel, as she thought it much too big. We may well get the stump removed befor etoo long now, as it isn't a pretty site...
My parents have just gone off on a three-week cruise to the West Indies - Azores, St Maarten, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Barbados, Madiera...it's alright for some!
That's about it for a quickie.
The world goes on, and will do for some time if the North Koreans don't mess it up for everyone.
