Rugby @ Millenium Stadium

Hi all,
The countdown has begun and the light can be seen at the end of the tunnel (I hope it isn't an oncoming train).
The weather has been very poor of late (probably the opposite of what most of you are experiencing and they are predicting 0 C overnight later in the week) and days are getting very short (sunrise: 7:30am and sunset 4:30pm)!

Anyhow the only real interesting thing going on, has been the Rugby Union International of Wales versus Australia at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff.

Although we aren't great Rugby fans, it was a great day and even better that the Aussies managed to thrash the Welsh (33 - 12)! A dominant performance by the Wallabies!

The 4 of us went down to Cardiff with Les (Dave's father-in-law) and had a few pre-match drinks and also met up with Mike (who we met in Turkey, Paris and Cambridge). We bought our tickets through the Australian Rugby Union site and we sat with other Aussies, but were probably in the worse seats in the stadium (top level, back row).

It was a lot of fun sitting amongst the "Fanatics" and were entertained by 3 young (very pissed) Aussie gals in front of us, who had very little idea of the result by the end of the game! From the game, we had a quick wander around Cardiff, then walked to Canton and met Les and Kay for a drink (or ten!).

We are going to Scotland for a flying visit this weekend and that will be the end of the big adventure, beside a few days in London before we fly out. So I'll probably do one of our last blogs next week after Scotland.

Hope all is well and see you after Xmas!