oh dear me... cambridge were far from mighty this aftertoon. Two hours drive with BM navigating brought us to the New Lawn, home of Forrest Green Rovers and a lovely little ground it is. Sitting high up above the village of Nailsworth it is indeed new and friendly. Nice little clubhouse with bar but no real food till we got some chips in the ground. Cambridge brought 301 supporters to swell the home crowd and they were pretty vocal throughout (especially when the large lad that watered the pitch at half time emptied the remains of his bucket over the Yorkshire U's flag). The police (all 3 of them) mooched about and the ground manager glared at the travelling support who cheerfully invited them to 'come and join us over ere!'. But it was all fairly good natured. Unfortunately by h/t the U's were 1-0 and it got worse in the next 45. 2-0 down to Fleetwood's second goal and very little attacking threat meant that the unbeaten run looked in danger. When Peters had a decent shout for a penalty turned down and Fleetwood netted for his hattrick defeat was confirmed. Convery was booked for diving in the area when he should have had the pen and Boylan (just back from injury) scored a neat consolation in the 95th minute. overall, rather disappointing but since the arsenal won away at west ham (RVP header) and the chavs only drew at home the journey back to norfampun was still enjoyable.

came home to find J and her sis collecting stuff. she bought me some flowers and a very nice message of thanks and we got on fine. hopefully things really will be ok..

went to the uni do and it was really fun. Russian/mongolian host with dutch husband and guests from germany and turkey and a few from around the uk. nice people - although the turk was a little ernest. I was surprised that he said that turkey was very class ridden and that upper class people like himself were somehow excluded or restricted there. I had always understood turkey to be a fairly open secular nation if a bit militaristic. the german woman was gorgeous in a tutonic way and im not sure if her man was british or not (i didn't get to talk to him). the dutch are the most cultured race in europe and i'd like to go and work there one day, they are reasoned people, speak perfect english and play divine football. overall the evening was revaltory - i had expected it to be a chore but it was midnight before i'd even blinked and we left refereshed by cherry tea and cake. I hope they enjoy their time in england they certainly improve the place!

off to Nailsworth to see cambridge vs forest green rovers while elsewhere arsenal take on the hammers at the boleyn ground. Both are tricky fixtures but i feel both are winnable. BM is coming with me and I'm glad of his company especially in helping to find the ground. J should be moving more stuff out while i'm away but she has the whole w/end so she may not.