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Posted on 02/03/2011
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My beloved departed yesterday afternoon which is probably just as well given how busy the last couple of days have been. The weather’s not been ideal: grey, chilly and drizzly. Not great for Carnival but the lower temperatures and more snow have assured great… Continue Reading “Bountiful”
Category: Cycle Club Events, FootballTags: Agritubel, Arsenal, Chelsea, Cofidis, Geoffroy Lequatre, Manchester United, OGCN, Paris-Nice, Reims, Team RadioShack
Posted on 24/02/2011
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Having devoted yesterday’s post to a round up of the cycling, today I felt I should turn my attention to the football. I will, of course, firstly address the two clubs closest to my heart: namely, AVFC and OGCN. The former didn’t play at the week and as… Continue Reading “Handily poised”
Category: FootballTags: AC Milan, Arsenal, AS Rome, AVFC, Bayern Munich, Birmingham City FC, Champion's League, Chelsea, FC Barcelona, FC Copenhagen, Inter Milan, Manchester City, Manchester United, OGCN, Olympique Lyonnais, Olympique Marseille, PSG, Real Madrid, Schalke 04, Shaktar Donetsk, Tottenham Hotspur, Valencia CF, WBA
Posted on 04/01/2011
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Christmas Eve After our usual festive feast of oysters and lobster, swilled down with champagne, my beloved fell asleep on the sofa – early night. Christmas Day I woke my beloved at 08:30am with a cup of coffee and his presents. I prepared breakfast… Continue Reading “How was yours?”
Category: Cycling, Cycling, Favourites, FootballTags: AVFC, Brad Friedel, Chelsea, Cyclo-cross, Didier Drogba, Gerard Houllier, John Terry, Lars Boom, Manchester City, Paris-Nice, Randy Lerner, Robert Pires, Tottenham Hotspur, Tour de Haut Var, Tour de Mediterranee, Tour Down Under
Posted on 22/11/2010
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The weather’s been a bit of a curate’s egg this week as we slide inexorably towards winter. Rain on the coast has translated into snow in the mountains where they may well be about to experience their third consecutive great winter. Many of the… Continue Reading “Lightweight”
Category: Cycling, FootballTags: Arsenal, Ashley Young, AVFC, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Brad Friedel, Chelsea, David Ospina, Fulham, Gabi Agbonlahor, Manchester City, Manchester United, Montpelier, Morten Gamst Pedersen, OGCN, Robert Pires, Sam Allardyce, Spurs
Posted on 02/05/2010
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Yesterday was my first attempt at a local sportif called La Lazarides. I did the shorter parcours (107km) accompanied by my beloved. Or should that be part-accompanied, since he lost me on the way back. I know: careless, foolish, misguided or what? It’s not… Continue Reading “I’ll have mustard with mine”
Category: Cycle Club Events, Cycling, Cycling, FootballTags: Alejandro Valverde, AVFC, Boulogne, Callian, Chelsea, Denis Menchov, Fayence, Garmin, La Lazarides, La Louis Caput, Lac St Cassien, Liverpool, Manchester City, Mons, OGCN, Premiership, Simon Spilak, Tanneron, Tour of Romandie
Posted on 11/04/2010
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On the one hand, it’s been a disappointing week end. I’ll start with the football. My beloved boys in claret and blue lost 3-0 to Chelsea at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final. Having played well in the first half, they were unfortunate not to… Continue Reading “Differing fortunes”
Category: Cycle Club Events, Cycling, Favourites, FootballTags: AVFC, Chelsea, FA Cup, Fabian Cancellara, Frank Schleck, Igor Anton, Klasica Primavera, La Charly Berard, Marseille, OGCN, Paris-Roubaix, Portsmouth, Sammy Sanchez, Tom Boonen, Totttenham Hotspur, Wembley
Posted on 29/03/2010
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At the beginning of the season, Martin O’Neil, AVFC’s wondrous football manager attempted (unsuccessfully) to manage the fans’ expectations. He cautioned that with the teams around us having strengthened their squads, we would do well to hold onto 6th place. We’re currently lying 7th, 7 points behind… Continue Reading “Hot money”
Category: FootballTags: Arsenal, AVFC, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Bordeaux, Champion's League, Chelsea, CSK Moscow, FA Cup, Inter Milan, League Cup, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Martin O'Neil, OGCN, Tottenham Hotspur, Wembley, World Cup 2010 South Africa
Posted on 07/03/2010
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My husband had told me that he was arriving from London at 20:30. He was wrong, that was his take off time. I only found this out after my abortive trip to the airport. In the end, he was delayed 2 hours and arrived home… Continue Reading “We’re on our way to Wembley (again)”
Category: Cycling, Cycling, FootballTags: Alberto Contador, Astana, AVFC, Bradley Wiggins, Chelsea, Cofidis, Denis Menchov, Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Eric Boyer, FA Cup, Fulham, L'Equipe, La Strade Bianchi, Lance, Lars Boom, Le Samyn, Levi Leipheimer, Maxim Iglinskiy, Nancy, OGCN, Paris-Nice 2010, Portsmouth, Rabobank, Radioshack, Saxo Bank, Sky, Thomas Lofkvist, Tirreno-Adtiatico 2010, Tottenham, Vuelta Murcia, Wembley
Posted on 12/12/2009
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Yes, I’ve had three pieces of excellent news this weekend. First up, my cycling club has retained its departmental championship (2eme series). We were 3rd overall, just behind the two much larger local clubs. Seventy-three team mates turned out for the pointage, just over 75% of our cyclists.… Continue Reading “Good news comes in threes”
Category: Cycle Club Events, Cycling, FootballTags: Arsenal, AVFC, Chelsea, David Beckham, Everton, Gabi Agbonlahor, Liverpool, Manchester United, Old Trafford, Spurs, Wolves
Posted on 30/11/2009
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We woke yesterday morning at 07:00am to find that it had been raining in the early hours but was now, thanks to a stiff wind, starting to dry out. The sky was positively leaden and, while we doubted we would make it to the… Continue Reading “Lights out”
Category: Cycle Club Events, FootballTags: Arsenal, AVFC, Barcelona, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, OGCN, Promenade des Anglais, Real Madrid, Sochaux, Spurs
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