It's squeaky bum time. 10 minutes ago I was happily watching the Olympics. Then I realised I hadn't written my blog for the week. So I'm now sat here watching the Olympics with my laptop and am churning this out before I start to fall asleep reading a Lee Child book...
If I rewind to the back end of last week, two main things stand out for me that have happened since then - and I'm not sorry to say that it's pretty sport-based. Firstly, England started a fightback in the third test against Pakistan and come Sunday evening had wrapped up an excellent win. Thankfully I was able to watch them bowl Pakistan out due to my own cricket match being cancelled due to our opponents folding for the season.
The second big talking point of the week is, of course, the Olympics. The opening ceremony was at midnight on Friday for those of us in the UK, and I'm devastated to say I did not see a second of it due to commitments at a public house. I've been watching whatever event's on really, but have tuned into the tennis a few times. What's struck me at a lot of the events is the sparse crowd. I just try and picture whether the no.2 player in the world can rock up to a half-full Centre Court at Wimbledon and the organisers be happy with the outcome of their work. I'm 100% sure there's no way anyone would miss any part of the Olympics, as was seen four years ago in London. Nonetheless I'm enjoying the Games and hopefully Team GB can win more in the next couple of weeks!
I actually did play some sport myself over the last week. A bizarre tennis session last Friday included kids running onto our court to collect their mishit balls and their parents walking behind us mid-point. I did end up hitting one of the kids with one of my shots, but he just shook it off like any kid would (shows the strength of my groundstrokes really). On Saturday we travelled for an hour to play a cricket match that lasted only half the scheduled time due to a poor batting performance from our opponents. And on Monday I played my first ever round of golf, unexpectedly shooting a solid round of 59 shots over par - joking aside, I was pretty pleased. A quick assessment would suggest an absolutely lethal game within 150 yards of the pin, but very lacking from the tee.
Apart from all of that, I've been getting ready to go to Italy - we fly on Saturday morning. Hopefully I'll have some nice pictures come this time next week!
Ollie :)
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Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Thursday, 4 August 2016
Home and dry!
So here I am, Thursday evening, knowing that this blog is a day late. I think I only realised it at about 23:45 last night when I was reading 'Personal' by Lee Child. I guess I'm saying it's better late than never. It's weird to think I'm on summer holidays and still don't have 15 minutes to write a blog. Pathetic really, isn't it? All I remember of my Wednesday was playing COD4 on Veteran, going to town to pick up a few pre-holiday items, mowing the back garden and cricket training. I think all of those were necessary events, particularly the gaming, so I think I'll give myself the benefit of the doubt this time.
We resume our journey in Prague, back to last Wednesday evening. I had some absolutely FIT pork ribs and we had a few drinks in the Old Town Square. At one point we were surrounded by about 15 kids, and I gambled by asking whether they were Spanish and they were! We had a great 5 minute conversation, including me asking one of them how old he was, to which he replied "30" - he looked no more than 14!
On Thursday we walked forever - to Prague Castle, back to our hotel, back to Old Town, and back to the hotel again. All worth it though, as the weather was great and the views were even better (see below). Another night drinking in the square and there were no complaints.
We got back on Friday evening and I was treated to an Indian takeaway - can't beat that - before resuming my career on the PGA Tour on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2014. I think I've won 5 out of my last 6 events so it's going well, thanks for asking.
The cricket last week was much better than the week before - two wins instead of two losses. Funnily enough we just don't seem to win when I contribute - it may be preferable to just be a specialist captain than pretending to bowl off spin or bat in the middle order. Hopefully the same will happen this weekend!
This week has been a bit of a rest - although it doesn't help that I've picked up a cough and cold - so I haven't done too much. Today I went to the driving range and hit some decent shots, surprisingly enough! Clearly my practice on the Xbox 360 has reaped rewards in real life.
Hopefully I have more to report next week (and on time)!
Ollie :)
Twitter: @Chowerz
Instagram: @chowerz
We resume our journey in Prague, back to last Wednesday evening. I had some absolutely FIT pork ribs and we had a few drinks in the Old Town Square. At one point we were surrounded by about 15 kids, and I gambled by asking whether they were Spanish and they were! We had a great 5 minute conversation, including me asking one of them how old he was, to which he replied "30" - he looked no more than 14!
On Thursday we walked forever - to Prague Castle, back to our hotel, back to Old Town, and back to the hotel again. All worth it though, as the weather was great and the views were even better (see below). Another night drinking in the square and there were no complaints.
We got back on Friday evening and I was treated to an Indian takeaway - can't beat that - before resuming my career on the PGA Tour on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2014. I think I've won 5 out of my last 6 events so it's going well, thanks for asking.
The cricket last week was much better than the week before - two wins instead of two losses. Funnily enough we just don't seem to win when I contribute - it may be preferable to just be a specialist captain than pretending to bowl off spin or bat in the middle order. Hopefully the same will happen this weekend!
This week has been a bit of a rest - although it doesn't help that I've picked up a cough and cold - so I haven't done too much. Today I went to the driving range and hit some decent shots, surprisingly enough! Clearly my practice on the Xbox 360 has reaped rewards in real life.
Hopefully I have more to report next week (and on time)!
Ollie :)
Twitter: @Chowerz
Instagram: @chowerz
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Much wet. Very Prague.
It's Wednesday and I'm back in business after my disaster of posting a day late last week.
My Friday was great, basking in glorious sunshine at Old Trafford Cricket Ground as England battered Pakistan thanks to centuries from Alastair Cook and Joe Root. Somehow our beer snake that stretched halfway up the stand didn't make it onto Sky Sports, and I emerged with the darkest knees I've ever had.
The weekend was full of cricket from morning to evening on both days, during which I played some of my best individual cricket but came off losing in both matches. On Saturday we were rolled by the best bowler I've ever faced in a match. He took 6 wickets and I had no idea where I was going to score runs off him, but I managed to survive and post 27* in my longest ever innings lasting 124 balls having gone in at 0-3 and batted to the end. On Sunday I made 42 and took 4 wickets but we still managed to lose one of the closest matches I've been a part of.
Since Monday I've been in Prague, where we've been exploring an amazing city, drinking great beer and learning about another perspective of WWII. We've got two days left and are going HEAVY tonight. As you can see below, I'm still LOVING it despite the Manchester-esque weather (photo credit: Harry Vogt).
Hopefully next week I'll be able to report a good end to this holiday and two wins in cricket this weekend!
Ollie :)
Twitter: @Chowerz
Instagram: @chowerz
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