On the Road Again!

Just a table and some pot plants.

The season ended with  a 3-0 home win against Accrington Stanley.  When we were promoted from the National League last June in the Promotion Final at Wembley, no one realistically would have imagined that for part of the season we would be looking as though we might make it to the play-offs in League 2. It wasn't to be and only picking up 4 points from the last 18 scuppered any chances. Still 10th is a creditable return to the Football League. Onward to next season! If there is a footballing god, let's hope that artificially created (and funded) Salford City, the b@stard love child of ex-Manchester United retired players, get beaten in their play-off games. 

The last Arsenal game physically at the Emirates Stadium this season. Should have a few on the TV though as the season runs down. Today was home to Fulham in the Premier League. A chance to extend the lead at the top over Manchester City. Already three points and +1 goal difference at kickoff. They got the Champions League experience flame thingamajigs out. I usually miss the flame. I just kept clicking the button. Sixty photos later in chose three and deleted 160mb of storage. This far away you can feel the heat. Two goals from Gyokeres and one from Saks before half time seemed like a thrashing was on the cards... Nope. The second half was a 0-0 draw. When goal difference has proven to win the Premier League title, why do we piss about? So. The difference is six points and +4 goal difference.

A month of walking with Reggie to raise a few quid or two for the charity. I opted to do 26 miles and in the end we did 47. Only raised £20, but it's better than nothing.

Once back from Off Grid we had a quick look around the van and checked that with the inverter switched on that Claire could get the hair dryer and straighteners to work. To get a better appreciation of the upgrades we wanted to get away for a night or two off-grid. We couldb't get away in the week so were looking at the Bank Holiday weekend. We don't usually go away on bank holidays. I have my last Arsenal game of the season on Saturday afternoon and so we can really only go for one night away. So we looked around locally. In the end we have a night booked at the Hop Farm campsite in Beltring near Tonbridge for one night on Sunday into Bank Holiday Monday, aka May Day. It used to be a really good place to visit as the Hop Farm has the largest number of oast houses in one cluster. It's a shame that the company have closed the museums and other attractions. But at least the campsite is still open. It gets plenty of good reviews on Pitchup.com   https://thehopfarm.co.uk/stay

Searching high and low in the house for the dog. Check the garden. Nothing. Then the roses and bushes at the back start to move... Then a face appears. Grrrrrr.