It was 0945 at Blackwater station where I stood ticket in one hand and mobile phone in the other. Will picked up the other end and immediately (straight away for those still living in Birmingham’s fair city 🙂 ) said, “your train leaves in five minutes. Don’t miss it!” I Read More
Saturday morning once again and once again I found myself standing on the platform at my local station for the train to Reading. The violent winds of Friday had settled and it was a pleasant, mild day which promised to be perfect for football; providing the conditions were similar in Read More
I can’t say that I was looking forward to my journey to Norwich; having looked up the trains it didn’t seem to matter which way I went –Â whether via Reading or London Waterloo –Â it was still three changes and a travel time of over four hours. Driving it was three Read More
“The north wind will blow, And we will have snow, And what will poor robin do then? Poor thing! This week has seen the return of snow but if the sight out of my back garden window was anything to go by, poor robin was just fine listening intently to Read More
It was cool and dank on Saturday morning but much milder than of late. It was also 3rd Round FA Cup day and whatever the debate regarding the present importance of the world’s oldest football knockout competition, on a personal level, it still goes down as one of the best Read More