Sporty Activities

With the current situation at UK airports today we would certainly have had to rethink a lot of our packing. So our thoughts go out to anyone travelling from or into the UK today. Heathrow is closed as I write. No hand luggage allowed. J-Rock's hockey stick would have made it through since it had to be checked through in 'oversize'!!

Besides birding and mothing and playing guitars we have been playing a bit of 'footie' (football) and watching it on TV. The thing at the moment is the Champions League - we watched Haifa and Liverpool last night with Liverpool just pulling off a winner. J-Rock's friend I-Rock will be pleased to know that J-Rock was very disappointed with the result and wanted Haifa to win! Also, I-Rock should know that the Sport Watch keeps on ticking despite being immersed in salt water!

Literally ran into some members of the Thanet Roadrunners Athletic Club the other day. I plan on joining up with them in a few weeks once I am up to snuff. I want to run another marathon perhaps in the Autumn next year. In the meantime I'm gearing up for a 1/2 mara or a 10k. It's wonderful running here - good hills, lots of flat stuff and very scenic routes. When I trained for my first marathon in 2003 I ran all the way to Deal and back and would like to do that again.

And of course our bikes - I was down the town yesterday on me bike and all was just fine. It just takes a bit of practice manouvering the roundabouts - yikes.

We also plan to visit the Kent County cricket grounds in Canterbury in a few days to take in a Kent County Cricket Club game. And, there is an ice rink about an hour away at Gillingham where they play ice hockey. It looks a little pricey compared to Bill Bolton Arena!

Other than that we scored a Play Station and have been visiting boot fairs to pick up cheap games. At £0.50 a game it's not a bad deal. Although, I did find an NHL game from 2001 and made the mistake of paying £3.00 before I realized the others were paying a lot less. Live and learn. Here are some nice colours to enjoy...