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Sunday 22nd December 2013 – WHAT A GLORIOUS SUNSET!

sunset les guis virlet puy de dome franceI just happened to look out of the window and there it was. I couldn’t let it pass by without photographing it.

Of course it does remind me of the old saying –
Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight
Red sky in the morning, Sy Eloy is on fire.

Talking of mornings, it’s Sunday and so that’s a lie-in. And I was in bed until all of about 08:00 which shows you just how effective an early night might be. But with it being Sunday I didn’t exert myself too much. I’ve collected a pile of wood for up here and I’ve given the kitchen area another really good going-over and that was about my lot.

Apart from another crash-out on the sofa, that is. I’m having problems about staying awake, that’s for sure. And despite the pizza and the possibility of a vital gridiron match tonight between the Cardinals and the Seahawks, I was in bed long before midnight.

I’m definitely not feeling myself, and quite right too. It’s a dreadful habit.

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Sunday 11th November 2012 – WHAT ANOTHER …

… extraordinary football match.

Yes, ths afternoon saw me at Terjat to see the AS Terjat 1st XI play Hyds in Division One of the Allier League. But I’ll talk about that in a moment.

First, though, with a fairly early night on Saturday (despite the cups of coffee) and no alarm clock either, I managed to be fully conscious and on my feet at … errrr … 08:26. I haven’t a clue what happened there.

So after an early breakfast and watching a film I mooched around for the morning doing not very much at all, and after lunch went off into the wilderness.

An extraordinary match indeed. The final score was something like 8-6 to Hyds and I’m not talking about the goals but about the yellow cards. I think that the referee must have had a pop-up toaster in his shirt pocket. Every time there was a foul, up popped a yellow card. Amazing!

And not only that, I’m sure that the referee must have been officiating a different match to the one that we were watching, because some of the decisions were, well, bewildering, to say the least.

We had the AS Terjat keeper throw himself on top of a Hyds attacker to stop him scoring (and I do mean exactly that) and the referee blew for … a free kick to AS Terjat.

And then, a few minutes later, an AS Terjat attacker flattened the Hyds centre-half, and the referee blows for … a penalty to AS Terjat (which they miss).

If that’s not enough to be going on with, there’s a foul on an AS Terjat player about 25 yards out but as the ball breaks free to another AS Terjat player in an excellent position, the referee plays a good advantage.

This second AS Terjat player is then scythed down well inside the penalty area by a later Hyds challenge and the referee blows … not for the penalty, but to bring the game back for the first foul.

That’s probably the strangest “advantage” decision I have ever seen.

AS Terjat eventually win 3-2, but both sets of supporters (and I was chatting to both groups) left the ground shaking their heads in disbelief.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I lit the fire to cook my pizza and settle down to watch the gridiron. We were promised a sportfest – three matches consecutively last night.

But the early start clearly had its effect because I fell asleep towards the end of the Eagles – Cowboys match, woke up in the 2nd quarter of the Jets – Seahawks match, fell asleep again later and woke up at 2:30 having missed all of the 49ers – St Louis match.

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