Track of the week 7/2/16
Mika’s “Happy Ending”
Snap!
Sam is growing too fast (and too much!)
We clearly share a common taste in “leisure wear”
I reckon I’ve still got half a foot on him, but he’s catching up fast!
Getting Better
Knee is getting much better, but still not 100%
Back running, but only on the flat. Walked down to Strode before starting. Was “aware” of my knee, but it didn’t hurt. Feels fine now, post run.
Ran 6K in 30 mins – not bad. Bright and breezy – made the out bound leg easy, but running back into the wind was tough. Heavy rain yesterday, river had burst it’s banks and flooded fields, which glistened in the sunlight, the tor standing proud in the distance.
99 Red Balloons
Track of the week 31/1/16
Nena’s “99 Red Balloons” has always been a guilty pleasure of mine since I first heard in, I reckon, ’86. It makes it appearance as track of the week as Sunday evenings currently find me watching Deutschland 83, a nostalgic spy thriller on Channel 4.
The two of us!
Pic of the week 31/1/16
Sunday morning lie in with my beautiful wife.
Dusty!
Track of the week 24/1/16
Not sure where, but I heard a Dusty Springfield track on a TV programme in the week and it got me searching through YouTube and Amazon music to listen again to her hits.
“You don’t have to say you love me” – possibly my favourite Dusty track.
On the loo!
Pic of the week 24/1/16
How to spend a Tuesday evening in January. After 24 years, the romance is still alive!
Bought a bog in a box and a basin from B&Q. Livin’ the dream!
Back on the road again
When I injured my knee on 3rd of Jan, I think I did it quite a bit of damage. It hurt a lot, for some time, and for the last week of the hols I did no exercise and walked with a definite limp.
As time went on, it slowly improved – I found that it tended to feel better after swimming and I was able to referee a couple of football games, although on the first Thursday back at school it hurt like hell, a combination, I think, of refereeing the day before followed by going up and down stairs whilst on duty in Walton.
Anyway, its been getting better so I thought I would hit the road today and go for a shortish run.
Nearly turned back as soon as I got down the hill – it hurt – but the pain eased and I ran to the B&Q roundabout and back. Glad I ran, the knee hurt at times, although feels fine know. The real indicator will be how it feels later today.
The run itself wasn’t easy, either. Amazing how quickly your fitness drops off.
But at least I’m back in the saddle ….
Yellow Card!
Issued my first, ever, yellow card today.
Great game, Millfield U16Bs, bolstered by some 5ths, v Kings Taunton 2nd XI. Thoroughly enjoyed refereeing it, game ebbed and flowed, finished 3-3 with both sides leading at some time. Millfield grabbed an equaliser 3 minutes from time. A deserved score, Millfield played some lovely, cultured passing football, King’s Taunton were a little bigger, more physical and employed route one. A clash of styles on a slippery surface.
Last 30 seconds of the first half, and KT broke, their speedy left winger collecting the ball outside the area and accelerating towards the byline. “Michael” (we’ll leave it at that to preserve his anonymity) raced across the meet him and scythed him down 5 yards outside the corner of the box.
The tackle was about 2 weeks late, could possibly have warranted a sending off, but probably not at this level. I reached for my cards – but they had stuck together, so I rather gingerly showed him the yellow, conscious that the red was stuck to the back. I feared if I brandished it too vigorously others might see the rear of the card and think that I had sent him off!
Anyway, a first! Perhaps a line in the sand has been crossed and I’ll be reaching for my pocket with regularity in the future …?
The Cutter
Track of the week 17/1/16
Rediscovered this a few weeks ago. No idea what it means, but it’s a great tune.