On Saturday I went to my first Rugby Match.

At Cambridge RUFC, where Cambridge was playing Manchester in a National league 2 game.

Cambridge was playing in their Blood and Sand Club colours.

It all started with a superb lunch for over 220 people ,it was a nice warm sunny day,with perfect pitch conditions too.

Then a very exciting game followed where it looked for a while that Cambridge may get beaten, but they fought back hard and was rewarded with a win .

So final score was Cambridge 28 v 27 Manchester.

Thanks to Philip who organized the Table for lunch and like he says the Company was excellent and I had a great time.

If you have been reading my blog ,you will know that I am disappointed not to be able to walk the last bit of Coast from Snettisham to Kings Lynn.

I wrote to the Sandringham Estate to ask why there was no permissive path along side or on the coastal defence .

Here is the reply I received:-
“The Norfolk County Council have been,on behalf of the Ramblers Association,trying to negotiate a path connecting Kings Lynn to Hunstanton. The Sandringham Estate has in the past indicated that they would be prepared to consider such a path.However , following consultations with the English Nature ( now Natural England) and the RSPB they both objected to such a proposal as it would potentially disturb the habitat on the marshes.

The County Council has looked at creating an inland diversion and the Estate had in principle agreed to a permissive path from Castle Rising through to Dersingham linking back to Snettisham.The Estate was prepared to offer a permissive path nearly three miles long to help with this proposal but unfortunately the County Council were unable to negotiate the connection off the Estate.”

Personally I don’t see how a few walkers would disturb the birds when there are hundreds of Twitcher’s out there, every Sunday and I wonder why the Council was not able to negotiate the connection off the Estate.

Having a path go inland would be a shame, especially when there is so much open space along by the sea defence wall .

I will write another letter and see what excuses the Council come up with for not negotiating the connection off the Estate.

 I went mad  today and  baked a mountain of muffins, well 24 in total , Double Chocolate and Banana and Nut.

My Kitchen smells Great , but they keep calling me to come and eat them and I must not give in to temptation. 

Good job Geoff likes them between him and my boys they will soon be gone out my way.

I must not give into temptation……I must not give into temptation…..

My New Years Resolution was to drink more water.

I Drink no where near the recommended 2 litres a day.

Did you watch the program with Lisa Tarbuck in, ‘the truth about food’ they did an experiment with identical twins, and proved that if you eat a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and veg, that you didnt need to drink 2ltrs a day. it can be seen here

Then today I received this information and wonder if I really want to drink more water 🙂

WATER
It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 litre of water each day, at the end of the year we will have absorbed more than 1kilo of E coli bacteria found in faeces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop! However, we do not run that risk when drinking Wine (or rum, whiskey, vodka, beer or other liquors) because alcohol has to go through a distillation process of boiling, filtering and fermenting and also alcohol kills the Escherichia coli bacteria. 
So …
Water = Poop 
Alcohol = Health
It is better to drink wine and talk sh^t than to drink water and be full of sh^t. There is no need to thank me for this valuable information; I am doing it as a public service.

 

Found another good blog today

The Psychiatrist Blog

and for anyone still not reading it

Wife in the North  is a must read her post today brought tears to my eyes.

After months of not Jogging I seem to be catching the bug again.

Have been out 3 times since Saturday and it certainly makes me feel good.

Only doing a 2 mile circuit from home and its taking me about 23 min’s so not very fast, but I am not doing it for the speed. I do it because its the best form of relaxation I know.

I think the reason I stopped going was that my boys started coming with me and it stopped being relaxing, also I tried to keep up with them which was an impossible task, so I pushed myself too hard and started getting some little aches and pains.

So now I keep sneaking out the house with out them. 🙂

As I am only 6 lb from my target weight at slimming world I am sure this will help me on my way too, BUT I did eat 2 hot cross buns today which wasn’t good, but they were delicious

I found this just amazing.

If you can read this you have a strange mind  , only 55 out of 100 people will be able to read it.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid.

 Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. 

 The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.  Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. 

 Amzanig huh?  yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt

So do you have a strange mind too ?????

As well as Walking , Jogging, Baking Muffins and chatting I also like to do a little bit of Craft Work and Quilting.

It all started with Cross Stitch, then I joined a small Craft Club about 5years ago and have tried many new things since then.

The Quilts I have made are called Quillows  and are lap size Quilts, as they are easier to handle for a beginner.  They have all been made from a book called Magic Pillows Hidden Quilts by Karin Hellaby.

I have also made a few miniature Quilt squares and turned them into pictures, along with a Teddy , and endless  Iris folding  cards too.

I don’t have a sewing project on the go at the moment , but I am sure I soon will have .Having just got 2 new books, Cut loose Quilts and Triore Greeting Cards

This week I came across 2 great blogs, Pete Ashton of Bournville it was his post about Quilts that took my eye and i am sure it will be a good one to follow.

The other is on The ThunderDragon blog  and is about knitting Fake Breasts, an interesting story indeed, wouldn’t it be great to knit one.

I have just spent an hour on MSN chatting to someone I have not seen since I left home.

All because she has been reading my Blog.

I was 17 when I left home and Samantha would have been 10. Our families used to go on holiday together, to Butlins 

She is now 38 and I am 45 , we both have 2 children and will have lots to chat about.

Wonder if she remembers jumping into the pool at Butlins and breaking her front teeth………