Catch up blog

Hi Everyone, It is two days since I posted a blog. Sorry about that. Could say I couldn't remember yesterday as I was still celebrating the A;; Blacks amazing win in Cardiff but that would not be true. Monday seemed like an anti climax. No TV coverage of the All Blacks, no radio Sport analysing, critising and praising the game it was like the All Blacks hadn't been in town. I wouldn't always say bring on Veitchy on Sport but a dose of him would have been good. Decided on Monday to take advantage of my complimentary hop on/hop off bus ticket so despite the cold - 6 degrees - headed to the nearest bus stop. Stayed on the bus for the whole route and it went something like this - Cardiff Castle closed on Mondays, Cardiff Museum closed on Mondays, Doctor Who closed on Mondays. Decided to get off at Cardiff Bay as it promised variety, a bit of retail therapy and a nice pedestrian environment. When I got off the bus it might still have been 6 degrees but it felt more like 3. I retreated into a coffee shop to get warm inside and out and ponder my next move. Decided to return to the hotel where they had arranged for the All Blacks/France to be replayed. Enjoyed seeing the match again with enthusiastic if not biased watchers! Today we left Cardiff in sunshine for our bus trip back to London. Today would have been the warmest day I have had so far and it was nice to stand outside in the sun with a cup of coffee in my hand. At 3 o'clock we were just 28 miles from London but those 28 miles took two and a half hours to make our hotel. The President of China is in town for a state visit and many of the roads were either closed or diverted so the trip along the Embankment was a right doddle. Tomorrow at 7:15 am I set off for Rugby for a day trip to the place where this crazy game started. Should be a great day and I will come back with lots of pictures to make up for the lack of pictures in the last two blogs.