And so it begins again

The next installment of the sporting life kicked off yesterday.  A resounding success it was not.  Ev was playing at Kellet school where the pitch is on the roof.  He managed around 10 minutes, five of which were in the dry (and during which he made this save) before the pitch was closed with lightning and thunder.  Game over, head home.

Aiden played at King's Park at a different time (hence my getting to both) and the pitch blissfully stayed open.  He played well, though there was plenty of evidence of a long holiday with big couch time with electronics.

On the right here he taps the ball in after rounding the keeper.

Sundays are rugby days.  The stadium pitch is closed for Ev's practice because the field which is a rare turf pitch is waterlogged.  Now we are playing the waiting game to see whether an alternative pitch is arranged for Aiden's practice at 1pm.  Think about it, 1pm on a Sunday for a rugby practice. Mmm.

It's rained relentlessly in the past month or so.  Strangely, its hard to get rainfall figures - as if no one really cares because there is always enough?  I managed to find that it rained 570mm in August here, a little less than the P-town annual average of 680mm.