Close but no cigar!

John and Darienne have been travelling around the UK for a few weeks, and last friday they made their way from the west coast of Wales to London. They were to spend the weekend at our place, and the 4 of us would be watching the Springboks take on the Pommies at Twickenham.

In the build up to the game on saturday we made our way to Richmond, and walked up to Richmond Park, where we had a view of Twickenham in the distance. After a beer at a pub on the river, we made our way to the stadium, along with another 81,996 people. We weren't completely surprised to find boerewors rolls for sale, and I just couldn't resist. Tasty, but maybe just because I haven't had 1 in a while.

Our tickets were organised through a contact of John's dad at SARFU. This meant that we were sitting with the bulk of the SA supporters, and I must admit that I had a huge frog (or possibly some of the boerewors roll) in my throat during the singing of our anthem. We thought we were impressive, until the poms sang 'God save the queen'. All of a sudden we were feeling a touch outnumbered.

The game began, and we immediately showed that we were ready to rumble. Our play was seriously good, and by half time, it looked like we had it in the bag. Then it all fell apart, we started shouting more, and the poms started singing more, and that was that. The chariot had swung low.

On sunday we drove down to the south coast, close to Beechy Head. We parked at Birling Gap, and walked along the coast towards Eastbourne, enjoying super views of the coast and white cliffs.

Lets wait and see what happens at Twickenham next weekend. Maybe, with Jacks and I not being at the game, the bokke will win for a change!