Tuesday 25th february 2014

Sunday.

Up at seven. Feed the cats. Make coffee. Check interwebz. And sit on the sofa with Molly to watch MOTD. Already, my thoughts are heading towards the game in the afternoon when we take on Spurs in the televised game, and that mike make or break the season.

As it was, shortly after ten we headed out to see Nan. It has been some time since I was there, but I have been ill. And still am, but I really should make the effort.

When we arrive, she is dressed and sitting in her armchair, knitting, and in very good spirits. She won at bingo, but only two of them took part, but she did win a Milky Way and she seemed very happy with that. Mike had just left and whilst we were there Cath arrived to, so Nan had the full set of grandchildren, and she was happy indeed with that.

Afterwards we headed over to Deal to sample the final pub in the POTY. The Mill in Deal was recommended to me, but in truth I was left disappointed. It's not that I minded that it was an ex-miner's pub, it was that it had the air of a place that catered for the typical lager, sun-reading, sky-sports-watching demographic. There was just two ales on, two must have sold out over the weekend, and it was clear they had a lot of ales, as there was loads of hand pumpsigns over everywhere. The beer, Wainrights, was not too bad, but it had the feeling of a NAAFI to be honest, and it was good to drink up and eave.

Hmmmm, we were both feeling hungry, so we headed over to martin for lunch at the Old Lantern. The lanes down to the village was just about passable, and they had a table. So Jools has steak and ale pie, and I have Scampi, which was OK. But it did save me cooking that day, and so we went back home to chill out and for me listen to the game on the radio.

And, Norwich won. 1-0. And just about deserved to win, outplaying Spurs most of the game, rode their luck at times, and missed a few other chances. But City hung on to claim the three points and climb to 14th. We now have to win at Vila next week to really climb out of trouble.