Sunday 8 June 2014

This weekend

Hi there

I hope you've all had a good weekend and the sun has shone for you.

On our Friday walk to school we met some new friends, who were quite keen to check us out!



I kept looking at the forecast on Friday as our weekend plans required nice weather - or at least dry.

We woke up to torrential rain on Saturday morning, which for a few minutes flooded the patio.  It was quite a spectacle and so loud.  I thought that there would be no way that Matt's cricket could be played.  But by 11am it had stopped raining and was starting to dry out, and the school where the match was were happy to let the boys play.  So off we went to Cranleigh.



And out came the sun.  Perfect weather in fact - not too hot, just lovely and warm.  I took my camera and crochet so was happy.

Matt broke his bat at the previous match.  And anyone who has a sporty son will know they aren't cheap to replace.  I know I never had sporting equipment like they do!  Mark had spotted a "bargain" on line.  A bat reduced from £200 to £20.  Matt wasn't convinced, but Mark ordered it anyway.  Matt was talked in to opening the batting (he is the youngest in the team) and despite my comment of "oh well he will have plenty of time before wicket keeping then) he batted for 30 of the 35 overs.  A proud mummy moment.  As you can imagine the new bat is "okay".  You don't get much more from teenage boys!  :)







The sun has been out today too, and I've been out for a walk with my mum and a friend and her daughter.  The boys preferred to go and play golf.


Green fields and blue skies.  :)





A stray poppy.  I could fields in the distance where there were poppies, but only this one in the field we walked through.





I'd better go and cook supper - and I think I deserve a glass of wine.

I like weekends in the sun.

xx

13 comments:

  1. We too had torrential rain on Saturday morning, the bottom of the garden is still flooded. Looks like a beautiful walk.

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    1. And more rain this evening! I definitely prefer the sunshine. I hope your garden has dried out. x

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  2. Lovely photos of your local landscape and I'l really glad to see some blue skies there. We had solid rain all day yesterday but today was better. Not that warm though - that's the difference between Sussex and Yorkshire I guess, you get warmer weather! Well done Matt on his cricketing performance. I don't really understand what batting for 30 of 35 overs means, but I sense it's good! x

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  3. I don't know about any of this cricket talk, but it sounds like the bat was a good purchase. Love seeing the stray poppy, what a nice little surprise.

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  4. It sounds like you had a lovely weekend after the rain stopped. I hope you enjoyed your wine.

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    1. I certainly did enjoy my wine! Perfect at the end of a warm summery day. x

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  5. I'm glad that Matt's cricket went well and that the new bat is "okay"!!!!!!!!! I guess that it actually means that it is pretty amazing. Your walk looks lovely, the scenery is amazing isn't it. We really need to find more places for walks around here, you have inspired me to do some looking into that! Glad that the sun came out for the cricket. xx

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  6. Sounds like you had a great weekend. And no you never get much out of teenage boys unless of course they want something. And let me tell you they don't get any better when they are adults, but we wouldn't be without them would we.

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  7. Those are beautiful photos of the countryside.

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  8. Gorgeous photos Sara, the views are lovely on your walk and I'm glad you got good weather for the cricket too.
    Jacquie x

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  9. What a bargain bat, an excellent find! And that looks like a really beautiful walk that you did. Much nicer than golf. Glad you had such a lovely weekend. CJ xx

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  10. Cricket, country walks, gorgeous fields and poppies - that sounds like my kind of weekend.

    Nina x

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  11. Gorgeous blue skies in these shots. Sunny days, sudden downpours, country walks, and cricket ... a proper English summer post.

    And well done to Matt ... I'm not surprised you were proud.

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