Sunday, 30 August 2020

Sunday 30 August:


Moira and I did our ‘usual’ Sunday morning walk to the harbourside… bright, sunny weather but with a hint of Autumn in the air?
We logged on to ‘streamed church’ again (for the first time in over a month – we gave up last week’s, led by Frances!)…
Han+Fee returned safely from Scotland yesterday (“epic 12 hour drive”)… and Hannah messaged saying it was lovely waking up to Autumn sunshine this morning – which suggests they’ve had their ‘unfair’ share of rain over the past fortnight.
Lovely to see some great photos (via Moira) from R+S+I+R’s 10 mile walk (via a very wet waterfall!)…
Although I’m very happy with my non-internet phone, I frequently feel frustrated that I don’t see various things (usually photographs) posted by the family… and generally feel ‘out of the loop’.
Chris Heaton messaged me to suggest a meet-up at Bedminster Cricket Club to watch some of the action (and maybe drink the odd glass of beer)... which turned out to be a very enjoyable afternoon (and Lal joined us later). Two Twenty20 games and, on an adjacent pitch, another junior game. Pretty high standard of batting and fielding, but ended up feeling a bit sorry for the bowlers! The cricket club seemed pretty organised as far as coronavirus precautions were concerned and, on the whole, spectators took due account of social distancing… but, somewhat predictably, there was a group of a dozen or so young drinkers directly outside the pavilion who clearly thought that any precautions were ‘over the top’ and completely unnecessary… and so they ignored them!
Later watched another ‘Portrait Artist’ episode plus the second Mortimer+Whitehouse fishing programme.
Image: Cricket at Bedminster CC (after five overs, the run rate is a mere 17.6 runs/over!).

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