Friday

Just back from "The Itchy Pig" where I drank two pints with Alan the CAMRA man. CAMRA stands for Campaign for Real Ale. This is an organisation that celebrates good beers and well-kept hostelries. Recently, Alan has been on his rounds across Yorkshire seeking "the pub of the year". It is a hard job but somebody has got to do it.

This afternoon I was mostly out in the garden trimming hedges and bushes. Our garden is 45 metres long or 49 yards if you prefer.  There's a lot of trimming to do but fortunately on the left-hand side  the boundary hedge is only about twenty metres long. After that we have a fence, borders and the neighbours' garage.

It was hot and sticky out there. I made a dinner of chicken, salad and new potatoes. I had grown the lettuce myself - lollo rosso which is strangely unattractive to slugs that clearly prefer other lettuce varieties.

Later, after more garden work, I came back in the house to watch football on the television. It was the third quarter final of the Women's Euros in Switzerland. The host nation were playing Spain who fluffed two penalties but still manage to win the match by two goals.

It was dramatic but not half as dramatic as England's victory over Sweden on Thursday night. Our lasses won that game after extra time in a penalty shoot-out. Hurray for The Lionesses! They will play Italy in their semi-final next Tuesday night. Come on England!

Midnight is fast approaching. I have got to get this blogpost published by the witching hour. All I need to do now is find an  image I can slap at the top of this hurriedly written blogpost - something relevant to the content would be good.