19 August 2012
Yesterday, being my special birthday trip to Lord’s, in effect, Jane farewell to 30 or 40 my very old friends it up since I first became a member almost 40 years ago four months. The actual cricket became secondary and for this reason I did not memorialise the details the promise to do so today. […]
18 August 2012
Well, I made it or rather I should say we made it from carers and the good Dr, overseen by a day ‘my lovely’ and then Ollie taking us to Lord’s meant and I had reached my 78th. birthday and achieved my ambition of being there for the third of the test matches between England […]
17 August 2012
One final check on the five-day weather forecast, pretty much as it was before the maximum predicted temperature of 27°C. Doctor Margaret Saunders, from the Arthur Rank hospice, in Cambridge, came to have a chat this morning. Last time she came in ran out of time to discuss such matters as how they deal with […]
16 August 2012
I turned to the Internet to check, once more, the weather forecast for the big day (Saturday 18th of August). The temperatures were pretty much the same as they had been on previous forecasts but the general outlook for Saturday was perhaps a cloudy start Saturday becoming bright, hot and humid.. Certainly not ideal as […]
15 August 2012
According to the night carer, Lillian, had the best nights sleep yet. My first task this morning was to check the five-day weather forecast, once again. The general outlook for Saturday is mostly dry with sums sunny spells. Showers in places. The temperature, at 10 o’clock is forecast at 22°C rising to 24°C and one […]
14 August 2012
I did a five a weather forecast, as promised. I have maintained, for several weeks now, that provided it was not wet or too cold, I would go. The one thing we have not anticipated was that it could be too hot. the present forecast predicts a temperature of 19°C, at 10 AM. rising to […]
13 August 2012
The Games are over. The triumphant Olympians are homeward bound via a special temporary terminal setup for them at Heathrow airport. This last act of transporting the 4500 competitors plus their hangers on, presented the last challenge to the organising committee, which, like all the rest of the Games, went smoothly without a hitch.. The […]
12 August 2012
I am pleased to report a perfectly good night compared with the horrors of the previous one. It was our favourite sitter, Lillian, in whom both’ my lovely’ and I have the greatest confidence. Today is the last day of these Olympic Games . Provided there is no incident tonight then I believe we are […]
11 August 2012
I can scarcely believe that I am here reporting yet another drama connected to the night sitters. Around 4 AM this morning, I woke up and, after a minute or two feeling pain, I attempted to hit my alarm button. However, the carer had tucked me up so tightly that I simply could not get […]
10 August 2012
Well, the Games are coming to an end. There are a few more medals to be contested for today and then we have the closing ceremony to look forward to. Sadly, then there is a fortnight or so of Paralympics. I’m sure that these Olympians can feel justifiably proud to have overcome whatever differently they […]