Danny's Blog: April 2019

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Danny on South Today

I made my first appearance on TV today. It was after the Pompey game against Peterborough. I gave a few pearls of football wisdom to South Today :-)

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Castle Utd Final

Castle United U10s were in the Cup Final against Infinity Youth today....and guess who won!

Pre match talk from Ross the coach...

Joe taking a free-kick...

And heading clear...

Throw-in to Max...

Castle won 2v0!!! Ollie picking up the trophy....

Ross (coach), Ned, Rohan, Stanley, Joe, Ollie, Max, Neil (manager), Henry, Matthew and Jenson.

Up the Castle :-)

Saturday, April 27, 2019

Last Coalie Game

It was the Hampshire Cup Final today for the Coalie and probably the last ever game. Coalie played well but lost 4v1.

The game was played on the same pitch as the first ever game for the Coalie back in 1996. Great times and many fantastic memories.....what a great 23 years!

Friday, April 26, 2019

Invested at Scouts

Joe, Seth and Finn were invested into the Southbourne Sea Scout troop tonight :-)

Monday, April 22, 2019

Pompey 2v1 Coventry

Pompey played Coventry today, and our Coventry fan friends..Graham, Caleb and Rachel came along to the game. Caleb and Joe at the Rutland Arms...

Pompey went 1v0 down, but the fans were still confident.

We came back to win 2v1 to keep the promotion dream alive.

Play Up Pompey...

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Mary 50th

We went down to Lewes to help Mary celebrate her 50th birthday. First was a trip for the entire family to Lewes FC. They lost 3v1 to Bishops Stortford...

Very nice drink and pizza at the Snowdrop Inn...

Back at the ranch....Joe and Mary mucking about.

Happy Birthday Mary :-)

Friday, April 19, 2019

Band Prac Carymoor

Band practice at Carymoor. This is the environmental education centre where Jimmer works. We made lots of noise in the sunshine and had a lovely curry afterwards in Sherbourne...

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Man City and Moor

Me and Joe had a trip up north to see some cars, some football and some peaks. First the British Motor Museum. Stirling Moss drove this car 245.6 mph in 1957 to break the World Land Speed Record...

And Micheal J Fox went 'Back to the Future' in this car!

This ones broken :-)

After the motor museum we headed to the Ethiad Stadium for the second leg of the Champions League Quarter Final between Man City and Tottenham....

The game turned out to be a remarkable one. There were 4 goals in the first 12 minutes. The lead swung back and forth between the teams....

After two VAR goals (one ruled out) Man City were winning 4v3, but losing on away goals...

They lost...out of the Champions League....what an amazing game though....

And...we were on TV....

The next day we had a walk along Froggatt Edge in the Peak District...

Me and the boy.... :-)

Joe scaring me as usual...

Friday, April 12, 2019

Iceland with Lisa

Me and Lisa sneaked off for a DIY Geography Field Trip to Iceland for a few days at Easter.

Trekking over endless lava fields...

Beautiful volcanic rock...

This is the junction of the tectonic plates of North America and Eurasia...America on the right and Europe/Asia on the left...

We got down to the coast...the sea was up....

Thule beer to celebrate :-) Thule is the Northern-most land in the world. They used to think that was Iceland...

What a geyser! Great fun geyser watching.....and watching people getting soaked :-)

Walking out to see some hot springs...

Here they are...nice and warm here...

I think that chicken is good!

Modern sculpture of an ancient boat...v cool

Driving across Iceland...

Gulfoss...the most voluminous waterfall in Europe.....the windiest one too...

We had a walk up the side of a fabulous valley in central Iceland to see Oxararfoss. This valley is the traditional assembly place for Icelandic people...