A great match which the barbarians eventually won 27-24.
Category: Sport
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 (1)
As part of the warm up to the Rugby World Cup Keith and I went to the Olympic Stadium to … More
Olympic Park Revisited
Over the weekend I made my first visit to the Olympic park in London since those heady days of 2012. … More
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
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 (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 (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 (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 (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