No lines wet this weekend but we did decide to travel to Carrow Road to watch England Lionesses play Spain in a round robin tournament with Littlest Little 'Un as she likes a bit of footie. Forgot that as it was a Sunday the whole of East Anglia would have flocked to our Fine city to sample the destination shopping experience it offers, as well as the 15,000 who'd come for the footie so no place to eat was available so we made do with a pint and a coke. The only "beer" available amongst a sea of hoppy IPA and bog cleaner tablet lager, this was locally brewed and not a hint of Citra, if I hadn't been driving later a couple more would have followed.
Riverside is usually a throng of green and yellow on match day as another 11 thousand souls would be swelling the nylon shirted noisy oik phalanx heading to the theatre of dreams. Today's mass migration was an altogether more orderly affair. Not so quiet in our seats in the infill as the Engerland band were right next to us and it was a blessed relief to be offered the chance to move in to a quieter section which would have been 30 quid not the 10 quid we'd paid. The roofing kept us dry but the cold did sneak in towards the end (it was a coat not coat and jumper day being a barmy 12 C when we left the Mighty Mighty Walsham).
The footie? Well, as expected it was a case of 25 ponytails (including the pitch officials) nodding in unison and some nice neat triangles from the Spaniards. Local girl made very good Lauren Hemp came on for the second half and lifted the Lionesses with a decent shot that hit the far post with her first touch but that was really as good as it got. 0-0 a fair result.
15.000 people must have been queuing for the Riverside Car park ticket machine so 6pm curfew at Weatherspoon's was missed and with a sigh of despair I drove to the Golden Arch, half of which was fill of Deliveroo and Just Eat lackeys waiting patiently for the take out orders to come up to stuff in their insulated bags. You pay people to bring this muck to your house? Yes I know, I eat and drink occasionally in Spoons...
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