English sporting 'failures'
It was another big weekend of sport on TV again, although the events were being televised in the early hours so it meant recording and then watching first thing in the morning before hearing any news bulletins!
Unfortunately it was another tail of English sporting 'failures' at the finishing post - firstly the England rugby team losing the World Cup final to South Africa on Sunday morning, and then this morning the disappointment of Lewis Hamilton losing the Formula 1 World Championship by 1 point. Even with all the 'what ifs' (the disallowed try and the gearbox problem), both the team and the driver performed much better than expected, but it would have been good for at least one of them to have come out on top!
This weekend was also a busy one in various ways. Sue and I went to the old art-deco cinema in Cremorne on Friday night, which was an impressive restored building which used to be a theatre in the 1930's. Then on Saturday we attended a 60th birthday party at lunchtime in Palm Beach which was very pleasant.
Yesterday was a hot but windy day. Laura had a 'professional' driving lesson with an instructor who will work on the things that she now needs to get right ready for the test. All of us then went to Narrabeen after lunch to look around the monthly market and then spent an hour or so on the beach there. It was still breezy and the sea was strong, so although Sue and I ventured in for a while we didn't stay in for long and then enjoyed watching the waves crashing in as we dried off!
Sue's now off back to the UK (Belfast) for just over a week so I'll be taking her to the airport at lunchtime today.
Unfortunately it was another tail of English sporting 'failures' at the finishing post - firstly the England rugby team losing the World Cup final to South Africa on Sunday morning, and then this morning the disappointment of Lewis Hamilton losing the Formula 1 World Championship by 1 point. Even with all the 'what ifs' (the disallowed try and the gearbox problem), both the team and the driver performed much better than expected, but it would have been good for at least one of them to have come out on top!
This weekend was also a busy one in various ways. Sue and I went to the old art-deco cinema in Cremorne on Friday night, which was an impressive restored building which used to be a theatre in the 1930's. Then on Saturday we attended a 60th birthday party at lunchtime in Palm Beach which was very pleasant.
Yesterday was a hot but windy day. Laura had a 'professional' driving lesson with an instructor who will work on the things that she now needs to get right ready for the test. All of us then went to Narrabeen after lunch to look around the monthly market and then spent an hour or so on the beach there. It was still breezy and the sea was strong, so although Sue and I ventured in for a while we didn't stay in for long and then enjoyed watching the waves crashing in as we dried off!
Sue's now off back to the UK (Belfast) for just over a week so I'll be taking her to the airport at lunchtime today.
posted by Hawkins Family @ 9:43 am
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