First ever hat-trick!

We have one of those 1,000 Places to Visit before you die calendars and the last 3 days have been Naples, Monet's Garden and the Masai Mara...done, done & done...not a bad hat-trick

Catch up with Tucks

Andrew was over yesterday and I got a phone call from him to say he was at the Trout. Luckily I was working from home and had a clear spell so went out to meet him and he was with his sister and parents. They all looked well and the weather was fantastic so we sat out by the river and caught up with things. I only had a shandy as I was working/driving later but it was good to see him.

He’s not up to a great deal and is travelling around as usual. Work’s not good in terms of performance which is a concern for him but he gets on and does what he needs to do. He’s off to Paris at the end of this week, meeting with a friend there.

Also over again in August to Italy for a break and cycling round there.

It was good to see him of course but I only stayed for 90 mins as Jack was home being sick so I couldn’t leave him for long really. Glad I went though

Jacks Disco and Dream Team selection!

Worked from home today for the first time in ages and it was a great opportunity to catch up with things that have been dragging on. The only problem was that the weather was lovely so I ended up outside working on the patio and got burnt! First time in the sun since last year so hardly a surprise, just a bit embarrassed..or red faced…

Jack went to his school disco in the evening and came back ‘full of it’. There was a dance off and he told us about the other kids and then said what he did on his turn, sounds like he blew them away with his gymnastics and dance routine, it was good to listen to him being so positive. Very talented and able boy…

We were also having a clear out of things and Tash came across a sheet of paper that Jack had been writing on and it was a Dream Team selection he’d sorted out and it was so funny I put it on Twitter, a few friends thought it brilliant, which I agree…see what you think:

Knackered.com & OUFC Youth Team Professionals

Worked my bollocks off today at Raintree, over 10 hours in their office with so much to get through. Nice feeling by the end of the day but so tired. Early night I think.

Interesting read in the morning, Oxford City are playing Oxford Utd this evening in the Senior Cup final and it was showing that 3 OUFC lads from the Youth Team were going to play have just signed professional contracts there. Reading the names I saw they were Sam Long, David Lynn & Callum O’Dowda who were lads in my under 9’s Centre of Excellence team. Obviously I cannot claim any sort of credit for it as it was 9 years ago and they’ve done their own thing with other coaches but I was delighted to see that they’d made it.

Hopefully they’ll do well and progress, I’ll be keeping an eye on their futures