after the shambles of the euro qualifers and the excitement of the rugby and F1 its back to real football. Arsenal at home to Bolton - always tricky but hopefully the lads can overcome the loss of RVP and stay top of the league, meanwhile over at the abbey the mighty U's are taking on salisbury city. good luck to both of my teams lets hope for a great weekend!

been out in the garden for a bit of end of season clearing out. its actually the sort of gardening i really like - im not much good at gardening - no monty don me! but i have enjoyed growing things in the veg patch this summer. now everything is looking sad and crumpled and it was good to pull it all up and throw it in the compost bin. now all that's left are a few courgette plants and some carrots that are still trying to develop. hopefully they might be on the table for christmas. then its all just bare earth and with the sun breaking through and birds singing all around its quite magical out there.

and last night just got better.. as i was struggling to take over the world on the computer my phone started going off. for several hours we just exchanged texts until finally i had to go to sleep - i even had to rush out at one point to top up my credit to keep the conversation going. so today everything looks bright and positive - im hopeful at least of finding a new friend and that is always a good experience - you can never have too many good mates.