"The" Weekend

...OK began on Friday night - see earlier rant-cum-review (!!). Saturday started early - don't know why, because postie is ALWAYS LATE ... while the Mossley Pendolino Crew were setting sail for Lancaster I was stomping round the house, packing stuff for our stop-over in Lancaster and listening for the letter-box. Got to about 1115 and we realised we'd get nowt in the car boot as it was full of recycling - you know tins (beer) bottles (wine) papers (MEN) ... so I drove up to Top Mossley and got rid - on my return to Chez Smiffy I saw postie coming up the street - and this is what came through the letter box ...



How did I feel - little bit of everything really - relief (for me), sorrow (for others), apprehension (what lies ahead ?) - but the rest of the weekend had to go on - so we leapt into the limo and headed up the M60/M61/M6 to Lancaster - Mossley game, and evening meal with student son - and Mrs Smiffy was being taken to the posh place at the Lancaster House Hotel for some pamper/massage-type stuff ... got to Lancaster, offloaded Mrs S and our Michelle before heading into town, drop off car @ Royal Hotel and meet the Pendolino Peeps in the pub - sorry "The Pub" - awash with Mossley fans, tattoos and a belting juke box - ten minute walk to ground to meet student son, drink keg and watch football. Game pix are at

Lancaster City 0 Mossley 0

I guess the injury to Andy Teague (thankfully not as serious as first thought) took the stuffing out of the game really - but we did see two sublime performances from the custodians, Messrs Thornley and Mann - there may have been no goals - it may have been a bit "end-of-season" - but these two guys didn't put a foot (or hand) wrong for most of the 90 minutes... game over, a few beers before repairing to the Royal to change for food - the Hotel has a tapas bar downstairs (Latinos) - but we'd done that one before so we headed up Market Street to "1725" - good nosh, good wine and real ale !! Late beer back @ hotel before kip.

Today - we stopped off at Pendle Hill on the way back - and climbed it ... things you do ... some ickle pix below








Home - food - upload - tweak/tidy - and now this ... Monday's going to be a hard day at work - the theory is that those who have had the "thumbs-down" will finish on the 31st March - meaning they're in all next week and then Monday/Tuesday the week after - while it's been agreed that notice periods will not be worked (good), I'd hope for some understanding/discretion next week and week after by Managers - we shall see ...

Football ... Mossley @ home on Tuesday (revenge mission against Trafford) - or maybe I should go up to Bower Fold (Stalybridge Celtic v Blyth Spartans) wiorking on the premise that there will be at least one (if not two) other snapper/s at Mossleyanyway ...we shall see ... for now it's ....
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