Saturday 19th February 2022

The day after the storm will be celebrated with the arrival of another storm. There will be further gales on Sunday and Monday before things settle down again.

But Saturday dawned clear and bright, at least at first, with once the sun was up, some fine sunshine along with the stiff breeze.

Once up we had to go to Tesco of course, and despite the weather on Friday, we got everything we needed, including milk, although prices are going up, very noticeably.

Back home for breakfast and more coffee and put the shopping away.

Jools had to go to the post office so was going to walk to the office in the village, while I needed to get some bird seed, so said I would go into town.

So I go into town, armed with my credit card and camera, as I had thought to go St Martin's Battery to take some shots of the harbour and town.

A sack of sunflower hearts, a sack of peanuts and a box of fat balls: £98. But should last a couple of months, by which time spring should be well under way and there will be natural food for our feathered friends.

I go through town, along Castle Street and then up the down on the other side, up Military Road to Western Heights. Its a heck of a steep road, especially for a boy of flat Norfolk, but driving is easy enough. St Martin's Battery looks out over the western docks, and the inner harbour with eastern docks is in a fine sweep to the north with the famous white cliffs rising behind the ferry port.

I park the car and walk along past the old gun emplacements, now venues for illicit sexual liaisons. I once went up there at sunset to take some photos,a nd there were some shady people hanging about. They eyed my camera with suspicion: I'm here to photograph the sunset, I said aloud, then I'll leave.

Which I did.

Anyway, no one around at ten in the morning, just fine views of the town and harbour, with ferries scuttling to and fro between Dover and Calais.

I take a few shots and return home, driving back through town and then up Castle Hill and along Reach Road bac to St Maggies.

Once home I gather the plastic tubs and decant the seeds and nuts into something stackable, then wait for Jools so to make a brew.

Tasks for the day done.

Lunch is fishcakes, noodles and stir fry, something healthy and to use some old veg in the fridge.

Once we had eaten it was half one, and I could watch the second half of the football, before settling down to listen to Norwich playing at LIverpool from three.

Norwich played well, held their own for the first half and even took the lead early in the second half. Liverpool made changes, brought on two new players, changed formation and went through the gears. It was good while it lasted, though we lost 3-1, the performance gives me hope, and thing is, we don't have to play Citeh of Liverpool again, while our rivals do.

And as the two teams below us both won, we are back bottom, but with winable games going up in the next six weeks.

Its always the hope that gets you.

As a fan.

At half five, it was Citeh v Spurs, and what seemed what would be a walk over for Citeh turned into something different, as Spurs took the lead, and were 2-1 up going into injury time. Citeh got a penalty, and so at 2-2, that seemed that. But Spurs went down the other end and scored a third.

Football, eh!