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Barbarians v Samoa (3)

A great match which the barbarians eventually won 27-24.  

Barbarians v Samoa, Rugby Union

Barbarians v Samoa (2)

The mighty Samoans version of the haka! Le Manu Samoa ia manu le fai o le faiva (The Manu Samoa, … More

Barbarians v Samoa, Rugby Union

Barbarians v Samoa (1)

As part of the warm up to the Rugby World Cup Keith and I went to the Olympic Stadium to … More

Barbarians v Samoa, Rugby Union

Olympic Park Revisited

Over the weekend I made my first visit to the Olympic park in London since those heady days of 2012. … More

Olympic Park Stratford

Views of Newcastle (1): St James’ Park

Whilst in Newcastle recently I managed to find time to do the tourist bus trail. One of the iconic places … More

Newcastle

Lord’s cricket ground (5): The Ground

After the Pavilion we visited one of the new stands and the Cricket school. Unfortunately due to an event taking … More

Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord’s cricket ground (4): The Pavillion

https://flic.kr/p/fRQpdC photo by David Pinkney (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_pinkney/) The next stop on our tour was the Pavilion. For some reason we were … More

Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord’s cricket ground (3): W.G.Grace

William Gilbert Grace was born in 1848 near Bristol and attended medical school there and later in London, finally qualifying … More

Lord's Cricket Ground, WG Grace

Lord’s cricket ground (2): The Ashes

The tour only takes in one item in the museum and that is one of the most famous sport’s trophies … More

Lord's Cricket Ground, The Ashes

Lord’s cricket ground (1)

A few weeks back, Keith and I went to Lord’s cricket ground in north London. Lord’s was for a long-time … More

Lord's Cricket Ground

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