Out of date ramblings
Oct. 13th, 2008 05:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cheekbones3Well, that was a good weekend in Manchester last week for the annual lads' beer and sport meet.
This year's event, to my great pleasure was the Super League Grand Final, and my dearest team Leeds made it there and for the second year running beat the odds-on favourites St Helen's to become effective northern hemisphere champions. Next on the agenda will be the NRL champions Manly.
It was of course good to see the lads, to let them beat me at poker, and to walk back into Manchester in the pouring rain in my Batley Bulldogs shirt along the inside lane carriageway, much to the chagrin of numerous drivers.
As for the weekend just gone, it was notable for the return of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dee_ from Sydney, and also for the beginning of the korfball season, where one win out of two wasn't a bad return for a heavily remodelled team. I'm not sure we'll finish higher than last season, but it's certainly not beyond the realms of possibility.
Finally for now, a couple of excellent weddings. I was in Manchester three weeks ago as well (never escape from Lancashire at the moment it seems) for the wedding of Ali to Nally, and that was excellent for the wedding itself, and for seeing lots of excellent people that I don't see often enough. Around the same time, my old mate Kellie also got hitched, proving Facebook is useful for something (my knowledge, not their marriage as far as I know...)
And finally finally, the travel reporter on the radio has just inadvertantly reported hold-ups outside the Dick Turpin pub...
This year's event, to my great pleasure was the Super League Grand Final, and my dearest team Leeds made it there and for the second year running beat the odds-on favourites St Helen's to become effective northern hemisphere champions. Next on the agenda will be the NRL champions Manly.
It was of course good to see the lads, to let them beat me at poker, and to walk back into Manchester in the pouring rain in my Batley Bulldogs shirt along the inside lane carriageway, much to the chagrin of numerous drivers.
As for the weekend just gone, it was notable for the return of
dee_ from Sydney, and also for the beginning of the korfball season, where one win out of two wasn't a bad return for a heavily remodelled team. I'm not sure we'll finish higher than last season, but it's certainly not beyond the realms of possibility.Finally for now, a couple of excellent weddings. I was in Manchester three weeks ago as well (never escape from Lancashire at the moment it seems) for the wedding of Ali to Nally, and that was excellent for the wedding itself, and for seeing lots of excellent people that I don't see often enough. Around the same time, my old mate Kellie also got hitched, proving Facebook is useful for something (my knowledge, not their marriage as far as I know...)
And finally finally, the travel reporter on the radio has just inadvertantly reported hold-ups outside the Dick Turpin pub...
