Pompey and Man City

Me and Joe had a full-on Football Weekend.  Pompey v Stevenage and Man City v Liverpool...and Joe even got his hands on the Premier League and FA Cup trophies!

POMPEY V STEVENAGE.  Pre-match grub...Come On Pompey...

Pompey players warming up before the big match....Joe looks a bit worried (he is right to be!)

We're off!

Pompey were awful and got beat 3 v 0.  But the Pompey fans won the singing and there were still a few hundred still singing half an hour after the game had ended....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWh_sS3yw4&feature=youtu.be

We stayed with Mark and Rebecca in Nottingham on Saturday night and then drove up to Manchester to the National Football Museum...

Joe checking out some kits...

We are the champions!

We discovered that the 1966 World Cup winning team had an extra member....

Shooting practice...

Yes...that's how they used to do it....Passing the kids down to the front....

MAN CITY v LIVERPOOL.  We went to the Ethiad for the second big game of the weekend....

A Japanese tourist wanted a photo with 'real City fan'  :-)

It was a brilliant game.  Full of speed, skill and aggression.  0 v 0 at half-time.

Both teams came close....

In the second half Liverpool scored from a penalty, but Man City piled on the pressure...

At last the equaliser.  Great game.  Good result.  1v1...

What a brilliant weekend of football....

Joe Oompa Loompa

It's was World Book Day at school today.....Joe the Oompa Loompa :-) 

Great costume work by Karen :-) 

Kaprun Ski 2017

Half-term ski & snowboard trip to Kaprun in Austria :-)

Check out the video here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE9ILS1_KWs&feature=youtu.be

Dinner with some of the gang in the Baum Bar....Dab Dab Dab....

Lisa on the slopes of the Maiskogel with the Kitzsteinhorn in the background....

Seth, Joe and Finn ready for their lessons....

Joe with his ski instructor..... ;-)

Karen on her first and last run.  Unfortunately the dodgy knees after her op made her hang up the snowboard for this week....

Geoff and Oscar in the mountains....

Lisa riding the powder :-)

Boarder Dude Simon....

Lisa on a chair lift over the Kitzsteinhorn glacier....

Karen, Lisa, Joe, Oscar, Geoff and Travis at the Kaprun Night-time Snow and Yodelling Show....

That's me riding the soft stuff :-)

The Ice Bar.  Three igloos containing a bar and some cool ice sculptures...

Lisa heading for a drink at the Ice Bar....

More big mountain action....

Kaprun pizza with Geoffer....

Joe skivved off his lessons and came out with me and Lisa....

Up on the glacier...

Celebrating the end of ski lessons.  George and Joe on the left.  Birte, their Finnish ski instructor, on the right....

The Fellows gang at the veeeeery top....

The funicular to the very top, and underneath us the X1 off-piste ski run....

I sneaked out early one morning with Simon and Paul....

Joe and Lisa are the last ones off the mountain...again....

Fellows ski race....

On the way back to the airport we stopped at Hohenwerfen Castle....

And had a wander round Werfen.....very quiet....shhhhh...

Coffee and strudel in Werfen...

Joe with his hand luggage....

Great trip....looking forward to the next one already.

Joe in the Sports Mail

Joe's footy match was featured in the Sports Mail this week.  There as a cool picture of him on a half page spread....

Up The Castle...

Joe at Minstead

Joe went for a residential visit to Minstead Study Centre in the New Forest.  Eating Pizza on the first night with Mr Wilson and the other kids....

Handing out the Latin name badges.  Joe's was Lizard....Lacerta!

On the way out for an activity : Mackenzie, Ollie, Amelia, Summer, Alfie, Olivia, Ellie-May, Evie, Joe, Max and Felix....

Pudding: Joe, Haydon and William...

Joe feeding a sheep....

Walking through the stream...

Bonfire songs: Freddie, William, Joe, Seth, Max.

Hot Chocolate :-)

Great Trip....thanks to everyone :-)

Ride Shipwrights Way

Me and Geoff had a ride along the Shipwrights Way today....

We did the section from Liphook to Emsworth....

It was a tad on the chilly side....

We swapped bikes so that I could try out Geoff's new big tyre bike.  Not sure he's too keen on mine....

My trusty steed.....

We stopped for lunch in the fantastic Harrow Inn....Cheers

Top ride!

Will, Rachel, Mary NYD

Will, Rachel, Nell, Reggie, Mary, Lola, Grandma and Papa came round todday for New Year visit...

Nell entertaining us with Sharades....

Joe and Reggie getting down to important FIFA business on the XBox....

Happy New Year....