Sorry to bang on about Cambridge life, but after the performance of Fame the Musical, we're really cooking with gas this evening. A cultural treat in the form of the Greek Play which is staged there every three years. This year it is Sophocles' "Oedipus the King". To be honest with you, it was not meant to be quite as sophisticated an evening as it no doubt will be. I had failed to appreciate when I bought the tickets that the entire thing will be conducted in Ancient Greek, but I'm sure I'll pick it up quickly enough. I have to say thought that I am rather hoping that those Italian teenagers I told you about in the summer, when I visited the Ancient Theatre at Epidavros, will be there.
Actually I have just looked at what I wrote about that trip and at the same time I warned of the inevitable disappointment from Engerland's footballers in the European Cup. Which reminds me of the funniest thing I've read for some time which was an article in the DT yesterday by Boris Johnson on Beckham's latest "brain"storm. How about this for a Beckham quote...."People ask me if I'm a volatile player and I think I am. I normally play on the right, but I also play in the centre and I've played quite often on the left side." or this..."My parents have always been there for me. Ever since I was seven."
One more thing. I had a tough last weekend. On Sunday I was struck down by a horrid bug and spent most of the day being sick and in a complete haze. This was no bad thing. At least it spared me a long and anxious hour as I was completely oblivious to the fact that my daughter Hen, going round a cross-country course, had soared off her horse at high speed straight into a tree. She subsequently spent a night in Ipswich Hospital. Happily no broken bones and she is fine, but a very stiff and sore bunny. Anyway bad things come in threes, which brings me on the subject of SUV's on which more in the research note below. I took the day off on Monday to drive down to Ipswich to collect my wife and Hen only to find as I set off that my blinking Toyota oversize Landcruiser had a flat tyre. Took me half an hour just to find the spare and another hour to change it. For once I'm with the politicians that Steve Cheetham refers to. Incidentally go to Kwikfit and ask them to quote to supply a new Michelin 275/70/16R and they will say £180. Go home, visit the Kwikfit website and print out an order form for exactly the same tyre, to be collected and fitted by the Kwikfit centre you have just come back from. Cost...£140. 2 months broadband sub just paid for.
Rant over...have a good week-end.
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