Polo lessons followed by the Cartier International Polo

One has had a most lovely weekend on the weekend just gone. One (Adam) had a polo lesson on Saturday with a few friends down near Brighton followed by a swim at the beach. This was then followed by a spiffing day out at the Cartier International Polo match held at the Guards Polo Club in Windsor Park. Unfortunately 'One' (the Queen) was away in Scotland however Prince Charles was in attendance and we watched 2 polo matches. In the first match the Prince of Wales team played against Hurlingham. In a blow to Charlie, his team lost the match.

The premier event of the day was England Versus Australia consisting of 6 chukkas (6 x 7min period). In what turned out to be a close and very hotly contested affair, England squeezed out Australia 10 - 9. On field entertainment was provided by 3 blokes who decided to streak accross the field near the end of the match. A spokeswoman for the club said "I think it is the hot weather and the Pimms to blame. These things happen." (check out the BBC report http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7527930.stm)

A beer festival that ran out of beer!!!!

I went with a few mates on the train to Canterbury complete with tents and sleeping bags ready for an informative and educational experience at the Kent Beer festival. It was all going well until they ran out of beer at 5pm on Saturday!!!

Being adaptable worldly sort of blokes we adjusted our plans and hit Canterbury instead. Having hamburgers from a food caravan in the street at 3am we decided that we had not wasted our trip to the lovely city of Canterbury...

Bordeaux Fete le Vin

That's French for Bordeaux wine festival!

I spent the weekend in Bordeaux visiting a few wineries, drinking copious amounts of wine and eating a little bit of duck too...

Twenty20 Cricket at Lords

A sunny Wednesday evening at Lords Cricket Ground to watch Middlesex V Sussex in Twenty20 cricket was just the ticket!

I went with a few friends to watch some county cricket. Since we live in Middlesex I thought it was appropriate that I barrack for them. A few tinnies and a packet of chips (crisps to the English) made for a civilized evening during which Middlesex thoroughly beat Sussex! Jolly good show...