before I talk about the umberella fayre I need to jump up and down with excitement at how brilliant arsenal were today. They played beautiful football with (crucially) an end product. RVP was tripped as he went past David James and Adebayor converted the penalty. Fabregas reacted first to Rosicky's corner to stab in for 2-0 before Senderos was sent off for a clumsy foul on Kanu. Even with 10 men we still found time to add a third goal - a terrific strike from Rosicky. Kanu pulled one back but the result was never in doubt. Brilliant stuff! Then Villa beat chelski! Magic!
The umbrella fayre in the park was interesting... lots of fairly odd stalls and the usual suspects (greenpeace, veggie food, indian jewellery etc) and local bands and performers. Guff was there using his pole lathe and looking just the same as ever (with less hair), rob was playing in a band and patti was wandering about. It was like going back in time to my blackcurrent days.. the flying sheep had its first outing at an umberella fayre years ago and we made lots of money (although that was something of a false dawn). I saw lots of faces I recognised from the sheep and I suppose most of northampton alternative scene were there (alan Moore, Justin Porter, Snake) and even the conservative party and the local police had stands! It was a very nice vibe and i hope its back next year. I even ran in to someone I studied with in 1997-2000... its been a very good day so far.