Re: Cumbrian Flag spotting.....


<david.kynson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1167566368.480676.100740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
.... a new pastime:

http://picasaweb.google.com/paulyidaho/WorkingtonRedsVBarrow30December2006/photo#5014416235354940610


And that is me, just above and to the left as you view the flag.
Beard... blue baseball cap....

This was at the Workington Reds 1-1 Barrow soccer match, yesterday
afternoon.

Oh well done getting into that one! But I want to know what the guy in red
is thinking: his body language is very interesting.... Is the ref giving him
a telling-off for something, and he's backing away?

Coincidenally, I decided to visit Workington's Tesco at about the time that
match was finishing. There were people streaming out of the ground in all
directions, and the car park was packed. I couldn't believe so many people
had decided to go shopping until I realised they were all football fans'
cars.

Not quite as bad as my last foray to Edinburgh, though. I made the serious
mistake of driving into town down Gorgie Road on a Saturday afternoon,
without checking first whether there was a Hearts match on. There was...
Took about 40 minutes for a journey that's usually about 10.... And me from
a long line of Hibs supporters too....

ally


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