Well, what a miserable day…and what a lovely evening. We’ve had torrential rain for most of it but now (at 9pm) there isn’t a cloud in the sky.
There was one break at about 3pm when the sun came out and did it’s best to dry everything so, figuring it may last a bit, I took the poodles up to the park. What a busy day it was up there!
As we wandered by the football pitch, a full on game of football was under-way. As we walked by, the yellow side scored a fantastic goal (a swift pass from the left wing, the goalie had it covered when, out of no-where, a head appeared, sending the ball smashing into the back of the net). There was even a (very) small crowd watching from the sidelines.
As we neared the castle, the thwack of leather on willow announced that another game of cricket was being played out on the Farnham pitch – presumably using the Duckworth-Lewis method of scoring since they wouldn’t have managed many overs in the morning.
On the grass in front of the cricket pitch, around 50 cars were parked, belonging to the audience for As You Like It, the yearly Shakespeare in the castle grounds which was performing today. Hopefully it didn’t start until the rain stopped as it was an open air production.
And then, to cap all of this frenetic activity, a group of kids (about 20) were playing rounders just up from the playground, squealing every time someone hit a ball and ran around the evenly spaced sticks.
We quite often see a lot of people but this was like nothing we’ve ever seen before – a riot of activity. It was as if these groups had suddenly sprung up out of the ground the instant the rain stopped. Even the number of dog walkers was greater than normal. All very strange…but reasonable.
Because of the weather, I spent most of the day sorting out a few things on the computer. I also put some photos of New York on the site.
I did manage to get a shot of our lovely and very successful Lavatera though (during a brief lull in the weather).
I also managed to talk to Mirinda who isn’t that keen on Hong Kong.
Dad and I were there in 1981 and we loved it. Auntie Hazel and I did loads of shopping but have heard that it is not so nice now and not so cheap. Lovely plants I expect she is at her mums now as it is Sunday. Did not get on yesterday or Friday, dad not well then, but better today. love mum
Great photos. Yes, it did look very hot people; looked like they were melting. LOL
Love mum